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Go on an Urban Safari at Brooklyn's Prospect Park Zoo

Where: 450 Flatbush Avenue [map], Brooklyn, NY , United States, 11225
June 6, 2009 at 3:54 PM | by Victor Ozols | 0 Comments

New York has zoos in each of its five boroughs, and while the Bronx Zoo is the largest metropolitan zoo in the country, the other four are small enough that one can see pretty much every animal there is to see in two or three hours. I actually prefer these bite-sized zoological parks, where you can get in, get your animal fix, and get out with plenty of time left over for a nap before happy hour.

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The Simple Pleasures of Life: Pedal Boating in Prospect Park

May 30, 2009 at 3:20 PM | by Victor Ozols | 1 Comment

So it looks like this won't be the year I buy a superyacht, but the recession can't keep me off the water entirely. In fact, we took our first boat excursion of the season last weekend - a lovely cruise on Brooklyn's Prospect Park Lake - and it only cost us $16.25, plus two bucks for ice cream. It had been years since I rented a pedal-boat, but the weather was beautiful and we were looking for a cheap way to float, so we took the Q train to the Prospect Park station and made our way to Wollman Rink, where we climbed into a yellow plastic pedal boat and hit the water.

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