Brooklyn tour

Photo by Holden Blanco.

On our Brooklyn Pigeon Tour, meet the pigeons of Prospect Park.

Your guide will bring you to a few key locations in and around Prospect Park, visiting established flocks and nesting sites. You’ll observe pigeons nesting, defying anti-pigeon spikes, and braving traffic like a true New Yorker.

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What you’ll do

We’ll start the tour at Prospect Park, where we’ll teach birdwatching skills and see our first pigeons.
Next, we’ll visit a nesting site. Depending on the season, we may get lucky and see baby or juvenile pigeons!
Lastly, we’ll visit a well-known pigeon family that lives in the neighborhood. We’ll end the tour at a pigeon-themed bookstore.

What to expect

Duration

This tour lasts 1½ hours. Out of respect for your time, we aim to start and end the tour right on time.

Distance

1.3 miles / 2 km

Meetup / ending location

We start the tour at the southwest corner of Prospect Park, and end at Church Ave & E 8th St.

This is a one-way tour route, but both locations are a short distance from public transit.

Accessibility

Sidewalks in this neighborhood are relatively flat. We are not aware of permanent obstacles to wheelchairs or other mobility devices along our route. Unexpected obstacles (like construction) may occur, but we’ll route around them.

If you have specific mobility needs or questions, please get in touch and we’ll work to meet your needs.

Restrooms

We are not aware of any particularly convenient restrooms near the start of the tour.

There is a cafe near our end location that may have a restroom.

Food and water

The cafe at the end of our tour offers coffee and pastries.

Public transportation

The nearest subway stop is Fort Hamilton Pkwy (F G).

Parking

Parking in this area seems fairly easy to find. There are 2-hour spots, and also time-unlimited spots on some nearby residential streets.

What to bring

Pigeon tours are rain-or-shine — just like pigeons — so make sure to be prepared.

Weather-appropriate clothes and footwear
Sun protection, including sunscreen, sunglasses, maybe a hat.
Water
Cash (or Venmo) if you’d like to tip your guide
Your binoculars, if you have a pair you like

If you don’t have your own binoculars, no worries — you can borrow one of our loaner pairs!