New York Aquarium

Walk through a 14-acre Coney Island aquarium with a shark exhibit, the Aquatheater and an invertebrate gallery called Spineless.

602 Surf Avenue · Brooklyn, NY

About New York Aquarium

Run by the Wildlife Conservation Society, the New York Aquarium opened in 1896 at Castle Garden in Manhattan and moved to Coney Island in 1957. Its 14 acres hold 266 species across exhibits such as Ocean Wonders: Sharks!, Sea Cliffs, Conservation Hall and Spineless. You can also visit the Aquatheater and see the original Bathysphere, the deep-sea submersible used on 1930s dives.

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