By Car: Take Hylan Blvd to Midland Ave. make turn towards two way road, and follow to end at Father Capodanno Blvd. There are various parking lots, any of which are provide access to the beaches and jetties.
By Public: Take the S51 busline along Father Capadanno Blvd, get off where ever you feel lucky!
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Midland and South Beach are one of the longest stretches of open beach in New York City. There are multiple parking lots along Father Capodanno Blvd, each giving access to the beach and the jetties. From late fall until mid-spring waterfowl can be found in Lower New York Bay/Raritan Bay. Make sure to check the rock jetties for purple sandpiper, and scan through the numerous gulls for rarities. Eared grebe, harlequin duck and Barrow's goldeneye were all found off this strip of beach during the 1990's. During winter finch invsion years red and white-winged crossbills and evening grosbeak have been found in the pines surrounding the last parking lot. Snow bunting can also be found in the dunes.
From March through September, all of the common species of wading birds can be seen flying to and from their nesting colonies on Hoffman and Swinburne Islands in the morning and evening.
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