Staten Island Zoo

Meet cute critters of all shapes and sizes including Staten Island Chuck, NYC’s official Groundhog Day forecaster.

Visit Staten Island Zoo with Go City®

• With us, there are no entry fees on the day – all you've got to do is show your pass.
• The zoo is home to over 1,500 animals and 350 different species.
• Visit the impressive reptile enclosure, feed animals in the petting zoo and meet New York's most famous groundhog.

Staten Island Zoo packs a decent punch across its relatively small eight acres, with plenty to keep kids and adults entertained.

Opened in the 1930s, the zoo’s original focus was on reptiles, so it’s no surprise that the Reptile Wing is among its most awe-inspiring exhibits. Come face to face with Chinese crocodiles, bearded dragons and the enormous green anaconda, a boa constrictor that can reach weights of over 150lbs, making it the planet’s heaviest snake. The reptile enclosure is also home to one of the largest and most complete collections of rattlesnakes in North America.

The zoo’s other main exhibits include the Tropical Forest Wing, African Wing and Aquarium. It’s here you’ll meet residents including prickly porcupines, bat-eared fennec foxes and fearsome piranha fish.

Don’t miss America’s biggest Amur leopard exhibit. Native to southeastern Russia and northern China, these majestic creatures are among the most endangered big cats on the planet, with only 100 or so left in the wild.

There’s plenty more for kids to enjoy here, including a playground, a petting zoo, dinosaur sculptures and a carousel featuring lots of wild animals. And, of course, Chuck’s House & Weather Station, home of New York’s official Groundhog Day forecaster.

Staten Island Zoo highlights

Chuck’s House & Weather Station - meet Chuck, aka Charles G. Hogg, the meteorological rodent who predicts the duration of winter in a ceremony held every February

Reptile Wing - see the biggest collection of rattlesnakes in North America, meet the world’s heaviest snake and come face to face with a bearded dragon

Amur Leopard Habitat - a rare chance to see the beautiful Amur leopard, which remains critically endangered in the wild

Getting in: please present your pass at the entrance.

For more information, visit the Staten Island Zoo website.

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