Wasp Nest Removal New York City

Get the Nest Gone. Stay Safe Outside Again.

Professional wasp nest removal in Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan handled fast, done right, by a licensed team with over 50 years serving New York City.

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Years Of Collective Experience

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Emergency Pest Control Calls

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Years Serving NYC & Long Island

Over 50 Years in New York City

We’ve been removing wasp and hornet nests across Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan since 1971 longer than most competitors have existed.

A+ BBB Rating Since 1989

Our Better Business Bureau A+ rating isn’t new. We’ve held it for over 35 years a record you can look up and verify yourself.

Licensed, Bonded, and Insured

We apply only NYS DEC Registered materials, meaning every treatment meets New York State’s strict pesticide safety and compliance standards.

100-Plus Years of Staff Experience

Our team’s collective hands-on experience exceeds 100 years so your technician has handled situations just like yours, many times before.

NYC Wasp and Hornet Control

A Wasp Problem in New York City Is Never Simple

New York City’s housing stock brownstones in Crown Heights, attached row houses in Ridgewood, pre-war buildings on the Upper West Side gives wasps and hornets more places to nest than almost anywhere else in the country. Gaps in aging wood trim, open soffits, wall voids behind old siding they find a way in, and once they do, a colony can grow to hundreds or even thousands before you realize what you’re dealing with. What makes stinging insect control in Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan genuinely different from a suburban job is the density. A nest in your eave doesn’t just affect you it affects the neighbors on both sides, anyone using the shared entrance, and anyone walking by on the sidewalk. That’s why the NYC Department of Health is direct about it: removing a wasp nest yourself is dangerous, and property owners are legally responsible for addressing infestations on their property. We’ve been handling wasp and hornet control across all five boroughs since 1971. Kingsway Exterminating knows what species are active in your neighborhood, where they like to build, and how to eliminate them without making things worse.

Wasp Exterminator Results in New York City

What Changes After We Handle It

From the first call to the day after service, here's what you can realistically expect when a licensed wasp exterminator handles the job right.

You stop worrying every time someone opens the front door or walks past that corner of the building.

Your backyard, stoop, or outdoor space becomes usable again especially important heading into late summer in Brooklyn and Queens.

The nest is physically removed, not just sprayed so you’re not left with a structure that attracts new colonies next season.

You get a clear explanation of what species was present and what conditions allowed it to nest where it did.

If you’re a property manager or landlord, you have documentation of professional treatment which matters when health code compliance is on the line.

You don’t have to deal with a second call because the problem came back we treat the source, not just the surface.

Hornet Nest Removal in New York City

Why DIY Removal Goes Wrong Fast

Hardware store sprays can kill the wasps you see. They rarely reach the queen, they don’t treat wall-void or underground nests effectively, and they almost never eliminate the full colony. What usually happens is the colony relocates sometimes deeper into the same wall, sometimes to a spot that’s even harder to access. The other issue is the response. Wasps don’t need much of a reason to sting, especially in late summer when colonies are at their largest and food sources start to thin out. A single yellow jacket nest can contain several thousand individuals. Disturbing it without the right protective equipment and the right treatment approach is genuinely dangerous and that risk is compounded in New York City’s attached housing, where agitated wasps don’t just affect one unit. We’ve seen what happens when a nest gets partially treated and the colony scatters. It’s a worse situation than the original one. The right move is to have it handled completely the first time.

Stinging Insect Control Near You

Not Every Wasp Nest Gets Treated the Same Way

Yellow jackets, bald-faced hornets, paper wasps, and mud daubers all behave differently, nest differently, and require different treatment approaches. Yellow jackets the species responsible for most sting incidents in New York City frequently nest underground or inside wall voids, which means you may never see the nest itself. Bald-faced hornets build the large, gray, football-shaped nests you’ll spot in tree branches or under eaves in places like Prospect Heights or Forest Hills. Paper wasps tend to build smaller, open-comb nests under overhangs and railings. When we arrive, we identify the species first. That determines the treatment method, the protective measures needed, and how the nest gets removed. It also tells us whether there are satellite nests nearby that need to be addressed at the same time. Skipping that step is how infestations get partially treated and come back.