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Ultimate Summer Guide 2015: NYC parks and zoos debut new attractions
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Saturday, June 20, 2015, 5:21 PM
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There’s more places to park yourself than ever this summer.
The Bronx Zoo has refurbished its Children’s Zoo. Hikers can hoof it from Washington Heights to the Bronx for the first time in 45 years now that the High Bridge has reopened across the Harlem River. Governors Island makes a splash with new play fountains and tours of its rising hilltop vista. Plus, the New York Botanical Garden takes visitors on a trip to Mexico, and Battery Park debuts its long-awaited carousel.
So what are you waiting for? Get out and play in the zoos, gardens and green spaces across the boroughs.
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The renovated Bronx Zoo Children's Zoo includes new animals like the giant anteater.
BRONX ZOO
They’re not kidding around. The Bronx Zoo reopened their Children’s Zoo after a $4 million renovation on Memorial Day weekend with a new giant anteater named Velcro, and a bevy of other animal attractions. There’s a Monkey Island with 11 squirrel monkeys, three South American coati-mundi bears, and the world’s smallest deer, the South American pudu.
The beloved petting zoo, the prairie dog tunnels and the tree house slide remain, but with updated graphics. And the little penguins (they max out at 13 inches tall) are currently on exhibit at the Aquatic Bird House as part of a new breeding program. Tix run $33.95 adults, $23.95 kids. 2300 Southern Blvd., the Bronx.
See bronxzoo.com.
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This year marks the first time in 45 years that walkers can trek over the bridge that spans over the Harlem River.
HIGHBRIDGE PARK
The High Bridge, New York’s oldest standing pedestrian footbridge, has been restored to its former glory after spending more than four decades in disrepair.
Walkers, runners and cyclists can now cross the 1,450-foot walkway connecting Manhattan and the Bronx over the Harlem River, and enjoy breathtaking views from 123 feet over the water — including the Instagram-able Highbridge Water Tower built in 1872. And its 130-acre High Bridge Park home in Washington Heights has also been updated with refurbished ballparks, a mountain bike trail and its public pool.
From the Bronx side, take the 4 train to 170th St. and Jerome Ave., and follow 170th St. west for half a mile to the High Bridge. From Manhattan, enter the park along Amsterdam Ave. between 181st St. and 173d St. Seenycgovparks.org.
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Battery Park’s waterfront promenade will be hopping, and the aquatic-themed Sea Glass Carousel will soon open.
THE BATTERY
This lower Manhattan oasis formerly known as Battery Park has received a fresh face lift in the years since it was ravaged by Superstorm Sandy. Chief among them is the long-anticipated Sea Glass Carousel expected to finally open this summer after many delays. This aquatic-themed ride housed in a stainless steel and glass structure shaped like a seashell was inspired by the New York Aquarium. It will feature 30 multicolored fiberglass fish that visitors will circle around on. Battery Park also features a waterfront promenade with Statue of Liberty views, play spaces, as well as the Battery Gardens beer garden.
Enter at South Street, by the Whitehall Staten Island Ferry Terminal, or at Pier A Plaza by West St. and Battery Place. See thebattery.org.
FABER PARK
This Staten Island park is the wheel deal.
Faber Park unveiled its new $1.5 million 10,000-square-foot skateboard park this spring, which features a red volcano structure circled by handrails, stairs, metal-edged ledges and mini-bowls made for skaters to catch some air or hit a smooth 360. This overlooked gem by the Bayonne Bridge also features basketball courts, an outdoor pool and a rec center.
Faber St. and Richmond Terrace, Staten Island. See nycgovparks.org.
MADISON SQUARE PARK
The Flatiron District shines with “Fata Morgana,” an outdoor sculpture by renowned artist Teresita Fernandez that features 500 feet of golden, mirror-polished dics serving as canopies over the park’s walkways around the Oval Lawn. The gilded overhang should make waiting in line for Shake Shack infinitely more interesting.
Madison Ave. and 23rd St. See madisonsquarepark.org.
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Swing on in to Governors Island, where hammocks await weary visitors.
GOVERNORS ISLAND
This New York Harbor haven also continues to grow. The next phase, the Hills, is rising as a series of summits made from recycled fill materials 25 to 75 feet above the ground to give guests a 360-degree panoramic view of the Harbor. Guests can go on guided hard hat tours of the site on the last Thursday of every month. Three new play fountains at Liggett Terrace have opened to the public this year with 90 programmable water jets. And there’s the usual fun in the sun events such as the Jazz Age Lawn Party (Aug. 15-16) or the NYC Unicycle Festival (Sept. 5-6).
Take the free ferry weekend mornings from Battery Maritime Building in Manhattan or at Pier 6 in Brooklyn. Otherwise, round-trip fare is $2 adults and kids over 12, and $1 seniors. See govisland.com.
BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK
This waterfront continues to expand, with new pedestrian entrances and bridges being completed at John Street, Pearl Street and Jay Street, as well as the renovated Main Street (between the Manhattan Bridge and Jane’s Carousel) to be completed with an expanded lawn and climbing wall. The park also begs guests to “Please Touch the Art” with an interactive new public art exhibit that includes a mirror labyrinth, a scavenger hunt and sculptures doubling as park benches.
East River between Adams St. & Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn. Seebrooklynbridgepark.org.
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A scale version of the pyramid at the Casa Azulat in The New York Botanical Garden.
THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
This corner of the Bronx becomes a Mexico City sanctuary with “Frida Kahlo — Art, Garden, Life.” The gardens staff recreated the great artist’s Casa Azul home and studio inside the Haupt Conservatory, planting many of the exotic cacti and succulents found in her own garden, and creating scale models of her studio and her decorative pyramid on the grounds. Or explore the garden’s 250 acres, including forest, herb garden and orchid collection.
Admission is $20 adults, $18 students and seniors, $8 kids ages 2-12. 2900 Southern Blvd., the Bronx. See nybg.org.
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Visitors add to an ever-changing Lego cityscape, created as an art installiation by artist Olafur Eliasson, on the High Line.
THE HIGH LINE
The third and final section of the High Line opened last September, and the elevated park on Manhattan’s far West side celebrates its first completed summer with the Olafur Eliasson “The Collectivity Project.” This installation invites guests to add on to a growing cityscape being crafted by white Lego building blocks near the W. 30th St. entrance. Or circle the last leg around the Hudson Railyards and scope out the exposed framework of the High Line at the Pershing Square Beams, which also features interactive rotating beams, periscopes and a gopher hole for kids.
From Gansevoort St. to W. 34th St., between 10th & 12th Aves.Seethehighline.org.
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