A little to the southward, on a small plateau on the east bank of 

 the stream, there stood in the Revolutionary days, the De Lancey man- 

 sion. The patriots used to steal through the dense woods that covered 

 the neighborhood, in the hope of capturing James De Lancey, loyalist 

 and raider, in one of his visits to his aged mother who continued to 

 dwell in their mansion during war times, though it was in the turbulent 

 Neutral Ground. 



THE NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



Means of Access. — Via the Subway, to the Boston Road Entrance. 

 — The terminus of the eastern branch of the Subway, at "180th St., 

 Zoological Park," lands visitors at the southeastern entrances to the 

 Zoological Park, at West Farms. Visitors from points below 96th Street 

 must be careful to board the "Bronx Park" trains, and not the "Broad- 

 way" trains. 



Routes for Automobiles or Carriages. — Via Central Park, Lenox 

 Avenue, Macomb's Dam Bridge and Jerome Avenue or Grand Con- 

 course to Pelham Avenue, thence eastward to the Concourse Entrance, 

 where motor cars and carriages are admitted to the Park. 



Via the Harlem Division of the N. Y. Central R. R. or via the Third 

 Avenue Elevated. — Visitors should alight at Fordham Station, from which 

 the northwest entrance is half a mile distant, due eastward, on Pelham 

 Avenue, via the Union Railway surface cars. 



Surface Cars. — The Southern Boulevard and the Zoological Park 



Cars of the Union Railway now run to both the Crotona (Southwest) 



Entrance and the Fordham Entrance. The Crosstown cars of the same 



line intersect the Southern Boulevard three blocks south of the Crotona 



Entrance. 



ADMISSION. 



Free Admission. — On all holidays, and on Sunday, Tuesday, Wed- 

 nesday, Friday and Saturday, the Zoological Park is open free to the 

 public. 



Pay Admission. — On every Monday and Thursday, save when either 

 of those days falls on a holiday, all members of the Zoological Society 

 who surrender coupons from their membership tickets, and all other 

 persons holding tickets from the Society, will be admitted free. All 

 other persons seeking admission will be admitted on payment of twenty- 

 five cents for each adult, and fifteen cents for each child under twelve 

 years of age. Tickets are sold only at the entrance gates. 



Holidays on Pay Days. — Whenever a legal holiday falls on a Mon- 

 day or Thursday, admission to the Park will be free on that day. 



Hours for Opening and Closing. — From May 1st to November 1st 

 the gates will be opened at 9 A. M. daily, and closed half an hour before 

 sunset. From November 1st to May 1st the gates will open at 10 A. M. 



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