Although there was some form of menagerie in Brooklyn's Prospect Park since
1890, the
Prospect Park Zoo that we know today was a New Deal
creation, built in 1934-35 by CWA and WPA funding and labor. The zoo
grounds and building exteriors were designed by Aymar Embury II[1].
This gallery is focussed on the New Deal creation of the park and
contains only archive material[2].