New York Aquarium

Surf Avenue at West 8th Street
Located on Coney Island "where the city meets the sea." Features thousands of marine creatures including beluga whales, bottlenose dolphins and stingrays. Major exhibit areas include Sea Cliffs, a 300 foot-long recreation of the rocky Pacif... more

Located on Coney Island "where the city meets the sea." Features thousands of marine creatures including beluga whales, bottlenose dolphins and stingrays. Major exhibit areas include Sea Cliffs, a 300 foot-long recreation of the rocky Pacific coast, and Explore the Shore, where you can touch sea stars and experience the energy of a 400-gallon wave crashing on a rocky coast while you stand dry underneath.


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Coney Island Description

New York Aquarium is located in the Coney Island neighborhood of Manhattan. Almost a century before the boardwalk opened along the Atlantic Ocean, Coney Island was on its way to becoming the nation’s most popular pleasure ground. In 1824, the Coney Island House was established as a seaside resort, and within a few decades it was attracting a steady stream of visitors, including celebrities. At the turn of the century, amusement parks—Sea Lion Park, Steeplechase Park, Luna Park, and Dreamland—offered rides, concessions and entertainment on a spectacular scale. Today, Coney Island continues to reinvent itself with new businesses flocking to the always-developing hotspot. Most notable is the renovated and reopened Luna Park, which operated from 1903 to 1944 before closing, only to reopen to much fanfare and local excitement in 2010. Other historic attractions include Deno's Wonder Wheel, an unconventional, "eccentric" Ferris wheel; and the Cyclone, a wooden roller coaster so synonymous with Coney Island that it was declared a New York City landmark in 1988 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places three years later. The Cyclone is so famous, in fact, that the Mets' minor league team, the Brooklyn Cyclones, take their name from the historic ride. The Cyclones—one of the New York Mets' minor league teams—play their games at MCU Park, located along the Coney Island boardwalk. On the far end of the boardwalk's main stretch, families enjoy the New York Aquarium, with its thousands of marine creatures, including beluga whales, bottlenose dolphins, and stingrays, and exhibitions like the Sea Cliffs, a 300-foot-long recreation of the rocky Pacific Coast.

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Surf Avenue at West 8th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11224
718265
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Admission And Tickets

General Admission
$15 - Adult
$4 - Child (Ages 2–12)
$7 - Students & Seniors (65+)

Total Experience (includes 4-D Theater)
$29.95 - Adult
$25.95 - Child (Ages 3–12)
$27.95 - Senior (65+)

This Week's Hours

NOVEMBER 5, 2023 — MARCH 28, 2024
Daily: 10:00am–3:30pm
Park closes at 4:30pm

MARCH 29 — MAY 24, 2024
Daily: 10:00am–4:00pm
Park closes at 5:00pm

Nearby Subway

  • to Stillwell Ave/Coney is
  • to Stillwell Ave/Coney is -- 0.5

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