I'm surprised this is listed separately from the Central Park Zoo. You simply buy a ticket to the Central Park Zoo and this is included. There's a handful of exhibits and four petting/feeding areas. There's a small area for kids to play on. Yet, if people do it separately, you're missing the main part of the zoo. read more

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This zoo should name farm animals zoo, lol. I enter to Central Park Zoo through Tish Children's Zoo so at the beginning I thought all Central Park Zoo is only this children's zoo and was so disappointed. After I found out this is not an actual Central Park Zoo I laugh. Most animal in the children zoo is farm animals. Smell is not very nice, and no place to sit. read more

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Tisch Children's Zoo Review 06/06/2020 The Zoo features a small petting zoo, home to goats, sheep, cows, pigs and other furry creatures. Animal food is available from dispensers, giving kids the opportunity to feed the animals themselves. The Children's Zoo is located north of the main zoo. It is officially named the Tisch Children's Zoo after businessman Laurence A. Tisch, whose donation funded the zoo's 1990s renovation. The Children's Zoo contains a petting zoo with goats, sheep, cows, and pigs, as well as the Acorn Theatre, a performing arts theater. Admission to the Children's Zoo is included with the purchase of tickets to the main zoo. Due to the Covid-19 Crisis the Central Park Zoos are seeking donations. I'm a huge fan of of baby animals! I'm not sure how they will handle the activities now. I'm really sorry if children miss this educational experience. It's not only educational it's so much fun! read more

Tisch Children's Zoo - Lehman Gates by Paul Manship a notable feature retained from the original Children's Zoo. Posted with Review 06/06/2020 - Zoos Near Me - New York, New York

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Small little intimate petting zoo with a few key farm animals! There's a cow, a few goats, 2 pigs, a few sheeps. My kids had more fun here than in the bigger zoo alone. They let you feed the animals, and the food is located in the quarter machines around the zoo; 50¢ for about 10pcs. I also like how they have some areas for cute pictures. There is a turtle sculpture with some big hatched eggs where my kids jumped right into them thinking they were the hatched baby turtles. Keep walking and you'll see the rabbit ones, you stick your head in 'em looking like a rabbit yourself. Then some empty turtle shells, you get the point, crawl into them and you're the turtle haaahaaha. The admission is included in the admission with the the bigger zoo, so make sure you stop by! You have to exit Central Park Zoo and walk past the clock, walk under the over pass and there it is to your right, you can't miss it. read more

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Tiny Zoo for kids within the Central Park Zoo. If you buy the full experience tickets, entry is included. It's basically a small circle shaped area with pens where you can reach over or thru the fence to pet some of the animals. There are also machines where you can buy pellets to feed the goats. It's was closed for feeding though while I was there. Feeding was only allowed from 10 am to 2 pm. There were also pigs but you couldn't feed or pet them. Even though it's small, depending on the age and nature of the kid your with will tell you how much time you end up spending here. There are benches everywhere to for the parents. There are also handwashing stations by the exit with purely dispensers. read more

Eh it was nice but the main part of the zoo is feeding the animals. The two change machines were "out of order". I couldn't find staff to ask for change. The one person I did find told me to walk to the other zoo for change... Really? Not impressed. If you go make sure you bring plenty of quarters or you kid will be sad like mine. Probably won't go back read more

Tisch Children's Zoo - The animal we couldn't feed because we didn't have quarters and the change machines (yes plural) was out of order - Zoos Near Me - New York, New York

Face painting, balloon sculptors, clowns, puppet shows and other child friendly performances are provided by local street performers as you approach the entrance of the Children's Zoo. The Children's zoo is just about the best place for young children in Central Park! In the zoo besides petting the animals which of course is the high light , there are also story times and puppet shows for the children. You can see the list of animals at the web site. It's a fun place for adults too! The famous Delacorte Musical Clock is right above the entrance to the children's zoo. http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/centralpark/highlights/11982 read more

Tisch Children's Zoo - Delacorte Musical Clock - Zoos Near Me - New York, New York

Central Park is one of my top favorite places in all of NYC. It's so fascinating to be able to have a picnic or visit a zoo, while being surrounded by skyscrapers. The Tisch Children's Petting Zoo is a great "getaway" from the big city and a fantastic experience for kids and adults alike. As other Yelpers pointed out, the Children's Zoo is small. At normal pace, you could probably walk through the zoo in about 10 minutes. However, they have 4-5 petting stations, which is where you can stop and feed/pet some of the animals (goats, sheeps, cows and pigs). The food is 50 cents and you get about 10 pieces. There is also a bill breaker in case you don't have change. It's really nicely set up and so nice in warm Spring/Summer time. If you buy a ticket to the regular zoo, you also have access to the petting zoo, so be sure to check it out! read more

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Nice a small farm zoo, can be done in 30 min There is animal food u can buy at the quarter machine and feed the animals, kids will love it because the animals never get full from eating all day lol read more

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This is a really great place to take your kids or even adults(as long as they are excited about getting to pet farm animals).I had come here with friends and their lil boy was absolutely thrilled at getting to feed the animals.Its a small place and you would probably take less than 30 mins to complete the tour.Its not worth coming all the way to Central Park just for this but once you are done with the zoo and the 4D show,this is a nice way to finish the trip and keep the kids happy.The feed is provided on the premises and its only a quarter to get a handful. My favorite part of this zoo were the goats since they actually seemed to have character.Two of the goats were obvious bullies n were prancing about headbutting the quiet ones trying to pick a fight and the quiet ones were asking to be left alone.I kid you not(see what I did there?!).Thats exactly what it looked like.The other animals just stood around looking bored till they got food pellets and the pigs were too lazy to stand up.There's a trampoline for children to jump about on and the kids seemed to be having fun.(I would have too had they allowed me on!) Now if you get to visit an actual farm,you should choose that over coming here but since Midtown is not exactly known for its spacious farms,I suppose you should settle for this! read more

We went here today after visiting the Central Park Zoo (admission for the Tisch Zoo is included in the fee for the regular zoo). It was a rainy day so maybe the animals were a bit less active, but I wasn't hugely impressed with the selection of animals that were accessible to the children. The guinea fowl aren't approachable and run away from children as they approach. Peacocks? Not real friendly creatures, either. There were waterfowl in the main entrance, but the foliage was so high that the 3 year old couldn't see anything. The catfish display was down - a small disappointment added to the mix. The only animals that actually came out to be petted were a very reluctant llama (or alpaca?) and two goats. We really expected a bit more in terms of "hands on" animals for the children...and were sort of let down in this regard. Especially so as it's called a petting zoo by many online sources. I was blown away by how little feed you get for 50 cents, too. I realize that the animals might get portly being fed all day by the hoards of visitors, but the amount was barely a quarter handful. The main zoo is the main event between the two. Don't get your hopes up too much with this one. read more

It's hard to complain when you're getting free access here. I understand there is a certain level of expectation but don't think of it as anything other than a very small petting zoo with just a handful of animals. It's a mini kids zoo inside Central Park that isn't even really apart of the main zoo. It is what it is. It's like complaining at the free mints after your meal. Nobody should go out of their way to come here, but if you're in Central Park and you plan on going to the zoo with your children, visit the Tisch zoo. Lamas, bunnies, sheep all can be feed, held and petted plenty. read more

Tisch Children's Zoo is pretty tiny. I expected a little bit more out of this one considering that they charge extra for it. I was hoping to see more animals up close in the petting area but there was barely any animals to begin with. They all looked so poorly groomed. My son got really bored in this area quick. I feel sorry for these animals. With all that parkland, the city confines them to a tiny piece of a space for them to roam around. The Children's Zoo in Queens Zoo is a bit nicer with more animals and feeding areas. Tisch was a let down and I hope someone could some how expand the zoo and provide these animals with the adequate space they need to live a healthy life. Those animals looked miserable... read more

Really great little zoo. Take about a half hour to get through the whole thing and the kids love it. Don't get me wrong...you could spend some time here. There is plenty to see and do for the little ones but we were just running through it after the Central Park Zoo. Great time killer. There is a petting zoo within the Tisch Zoo and they have sanitizer. Lots of photo ops as well. read more

so much fun! if only it was bigger so they could fit more animals/cuteness in. the goats are so friendly and the pigs are so cute and the alpacas are so pretty, i just want to play with all of them and take them all home! there's machine that makes change out of your dollar bills so you can get coins and then use your coins for feed, so you're not fucked if you don't have coins to begin with. there's also loads of places for photo ops which is cute (ex: posing like you're hatching out of an egg, putting your face in a rabbits body, sticking your head out of a turtle's shell) and obviously you need to do them all, even if it means looking like a fat asshole when you get stuck in the turtle shell... ahem. it's definitely a fun place for the kids (or anybody who likes to feed cute animals). i'd take any tourist children who visit me here so i have an excuse to come back and play more read more

Tisch Children's Zoo - Zoos Near Me - New York, New York

This used to be one of my favorite places to go as a child. The place is now crawling with rats, especially by the pond. I took my two year old with me and the rats came right up to her. This can't be sanitary for young children. read more

I visited it with my daughter and grandson just last week......... the tickets for admission cost me almost $50 dollars, not to mention lunch in that over crowded, very expensive cafeteria like building .... we had cold hamburgers, cold pizza and some drinks which came to another $50 dollars ......... WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT......... there is no way the average family with 3 or 4 children could afford a day at Central Park Childrens Zoo take some of that money you are raking in and build bigger and better enclosures for the goats, lambs and sheep .... or give them to the Bronx Zoo where the living conditions are much better for the animals ..... P.S. the Bronx Zoo is "pay what you wish on Wednesdays" read more

I should have read the reviews before taking the family. I've been spoiled by actually being allowed to go I to enclosures with animals in petting zoos in the past, but here we were relegated to leaning as far as we could over the fence to pet the goats. The sheep and cow just weren't feeling it, so they stayed near the back, the alpaca looked unwell and was very skittish, and there was a sign asking that no one pet the pig as it bites. The Patagonian Cavies were not meant to be touched and are in a separate enclosure. All in all it was a depressing sight- two lone herd animals in tiny enclosures with no other members of their species to help keep the animals sane, and a goat pen sized for 1 or 2 goats that actually includes around 8 or so. read more

Okay I have to be honest and say I had way more fun in the Children's Zoo than at the Central Park Zoo and I don't have kids yet. Aaaaghh, I can't wait to bring my chitlins here someday! read more

The staff had good people skills but Billy had bad goat skills. Either way, my daughter had a blast at the petting zoo!

My favorite place to take my 18 month olds twins. They LOVE it and always have a different reaction to the animals. Lots of safe space to run around and play. will be back again soon read more