Birding spots · New York

Best Birding Spots in Kings County, New York

Prospect Park leads Kings County's birding spots with 256 species reported, best in spring. 107 spots in the county have enough data to rank.

Species counts are birds reported at least three times in that season at that spot, 2016–2025. Busy spots list more species simply because more people look, so compare the checklist counts. Spot names come from public map data and hotspot listings.

Spot	Species	Checklists	Winter	Spring	Summer	Fall
Prospect Park	256	31,425	128	226	153	210
Barren Island	248	3,597	123	194	138	195
Marine Park	231	5,105	118	199	133	188
Point Breeze	220	5,118	87	163	135	181
Dreier-Offerman Park	218	1,849	108	185	106	168
Coney Island Creek Park	211	792	89	145	104	165
Prospect Park (Duck Island)	200	3,260	95	168	84	149
Fruit Street Sitting Area	190	8,114	89	154	97	146
Bush Terminal Park	184	2,276	89	133	66	138
Canarsie Park	176	799	70	128	81	140
Marine Park (Gerritsen)	170	399	71	141	83	121
Shirley Chisholm State Park (Old Mill Creek)	164	679	87	111	78	119
Brooklyn Botanic Garden	157	2,891	60	140	78	129
Prospect Park (Adelphi)	153	2,215	47	144	61	121
Dead Horse Bay	152	555	61	98	80	119
West Pond (Pumpkin Patch Channel)	149	490	55	106	98	82
Owl's Head Park	147	981	48	127	50	115
Heffernan Square	144	601	38	125	61	112
Coney Island Boat Basin	139	154	41	102	50	95
Shirley Chisholm State Park	138	705	83	95	67	103
Dyker Beach Park	128	359	54	102	52	88
Sunset Park	127	1,129	31	102	50	106
Shore Park and Parkway	127	663	35	103	38	93
Squibb Park	126	504	33	106	33	78
Fort Greene Park	125	1,850	38	117	37	100
Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk	122	1,069	72	46	35	94
Ruffle Bar	119	300	35	67	77	88
Mill Basin	117	118	33	92	30	56
Hendrix Creek	116	310	80	80	22	73
Spring Creek Park	114	134	58	66	42	83
Gateway National Recreation Area (Barren Island)	113	204	44	70	43	84
Msgr. McGolrick Park	111	1,697	31	93	49	90
McCarren Park	110	783	27	94	30	89
Bushwick Inlet Park	104	758	32	64	38	86
Lincoln Terrace / Arthur S. Somers Park	100	239	33	91	16	73
Stephen A Rudd Playground	99	280	41	76	37	78
Manhattan Beach Park	98	394	50	40	26	73
Red Hook	95	533	36	66	32	57
Kaiser Park	91	246	59	46	25	39
Plumb Beach Channel	91	234	51	54	39	33
Belt Parkway/Shore Parkway	89	855	58	49	17	43
Prospect Park (Breeze Hill)	89	370	55	68	19	44
Yellow Bar Hassock	87	288	23	45	52	66
Plumb Beach Channel (Manhattan Beach)	87	218	29	46	14	66
Old Swale Marsh	85	186	46	45	39	31
Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk (Seagate)	84	324	47	31	15	56
Gateway National Recreation Area (Nova Scotia Bar)	84	146	39	44	25	54
Four Sparrow Marsh	84	76	14	56	54	34
Prospect Park (Sullivan Hill)	83	85	4	76	18	19
Tucker Place	82	914	64	35	33	24