It is the home to the St Albans "Saints" Football Club which plays in the Western Region Football League with various Male and Female senior and junior teams playing in the Red and Blue colours made famous by the Melbourne AFL team.

The St Albans (Lawn) Bowls Club and a Scout Hall are also located within the reserve and accessed from the Magnolia Ave entry.

Kings Park is also home to Melbourne's 108 Gillespie Road Christmas Light display.

The display is synced to a wide range of music and is broadcast through a radio station to visitors in the cars.

The following PTV bus routes pass through or near Kings Park to various nearby shopping centres or railway stations: 418, 420, 424 and 425.