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Travel & Local Resources
Directions, Hotels, Attractions, Restaurants

Local Neighborhood:

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is located in Old Brooklyn, one of Cleveland's stable residential communities. Brooklyn Centre, with its quaint historic architecture, undergoes continuing commercial and residential investment. The area includes specialty shops, restaurants, and stores and is bordered on the northeast by a new shopping center, Steelyard Commons, which offers several larger retail outlets as well as smaller retail stores. Both Brooklyn Centre and Old Brooklyn are situated within the National Heritage Corridor surrounding the historic Ohio & Erie Canal. More resources on the local area will be available soon, so please check back.

Greater Cleveland Area:

Cleveland is located in the state of Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie and is part of the Great Lakes Region, the country's largest fresh water resource. The region extends 100 miles along the Lake Erie shoreline and more than 40 miles inland and is locally known as Cleveland+ or Northeast Ohio. For more information, please see PositivelyCleveland's "Visiting Cleveland" Section.

Getting Here

• Driving Directions to the Zoo
• Public Transit:
  • Getting to the Zoo
  • RTA: Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority

Staying Here

Hotels that offer Zoo Packages:

• Cleveland Marriott Airport, (216) 252-5333
• Crowne Plaza Cleveland City Centre
• Hyatt Regency
• Beachwood Super 8 Motel, (216) 831-7200
• Days Inn, Independence, (800) 329-7466
• Radison Hotel/Southwest, (440) 243-4040
• Courtyard Cleveland Independence, (216) 901-9988
  

Other Hotels & Hotel Resources:

• Holiday Inn Cleveland Airport, (216) 252-7700
• Cleveland Clinic Hotels

While You're Here (Local Attractions & Restaurants):

Museums:

• Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
• Great Lakes Science Center
• Children's Museum of Cleveland
• Cleveland Botanical Garden
• Cleveland Museum of Natural History
• Holden Arboretum
• Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage
• Museum of Contemporary Art
• Western Reserve Historical Society
• Cleveland Museum of Art
• Pro Football Hall of Fame

Parks & Amusement Parks:

• Cleveland Metroparks
• Ohio & Erie Canalway
• Cuyahoga Valley National Park
• Summit County Metro Parks
• Lake Metroparks Farmpark
• Cedar Point Amusement Park
• Geauga Lake's Wildwater Kingdom
• Memphis Kiddie Park

Music, Theater, Comedy, Etc.:

• Playhouse Square
• Cleveland Play House
• Cleveland Improv
• Hilarities 4th Street Theatre
• House of Blues
• Cleveland Agora
• Beachland Ballroom

Sports:

• Cleveland Browns Football
• Cleveland Cavaliers Basketball
• Cleveland Indians Baseball
• Lake Erie Monsters Hockey (Cleveland)
• Akron Aeros Baseball (Akron)
• Lake County Captains (Eastlake)
  
• Lake Erie Crushers (Avon)
  

Shopping:

• Steelyard Commons
• Tower City Center

Restaurants:

• Applebees
  Locations within 10 miles of the Zoo:
  • 800 Ridge Road
    Brooklyn, OH 44144
    (216) 351-9001
    
  • 3401 Steelyard Drive
    Cleveland, OH 44109
    (216) 661-3756
  • 6871 Pearl Road
    Middleburg Heights, OH 44130
    (440) 845-8900
  • 4191 Rockside Rd.
    Independence, OH 44131
    (216) 328-0376
• Bob Evans
  Locations within 10 miles of the Zoo:
  • 5980 Rockside Road
    Independence, OH 44131
    (216) 524-9696
  • 13050 Brookpark Road
    Brook Park, OH 44142
    (216) 267-6003
  • 16500 Snow Road
    Brook Park, OH 44142
    (216) 267-3034
  • 17011 East Bagley Road
    Middleburg Heights, OH 44130
    (440) 243-6060
• Eat'n Park
  Locations within 10 miles of the Zoo:
  • 2075 Snow Road
    Parma, OH 44134
    (216) 459-1517

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Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
3900 Wildlife Way
Cleveland, OH 44109
216-661-6500