\n| Mill Basin<\/td>\n | Neighborhood<\/td>\n | 18<\/td>\n | 11234<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n A few names on this list are ambiguous. “Brighton Beach” and “Sheepshead
\nBay” share the 11235 ZIP and sit side by side along the same stretch of shoreline —
\nlocals draw the line at Coney Island Avenue. “Bath Beach” and “Bensonhurst”
\nlikewise overlap along Bath Avenue, and most residents use the two names interchangeably for
\nthat stretch of southwest Brooklyn.<\/p>\n ZIP Codes<\/h2>\nKings County uses roughly 37 ZIP codes, all beginning with the prefix 112 and running from
\n11201 through 11256. Among the most-searched:<\/p>\n \n- 11201 — Downtown Brooklyn \/ Brooklyn Heights (county seat)<\/li>\n
- 11211 — Williamsburg<\/li>\n
- 11221 — Bushwick \/ Bedford-Stuyvesant<\/li>\n
- 11207 — East New York<\/li>\n
- 11209 — Bay Ridge<\/li>\n
- 11214 — Bensonhurst \/ Bath Beach<\/li>\n
- 11218 — Kensington<\/li>\n
- 11223 — Gravesend<\/li>\n
- 11224 — Coney Island<\/li>\n
- 11234 — Mill Basin \/ Bergen Beach<\/li>\n
- 11236 — Canarsie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
A handful of small waterfront pockets — Gerritsen Beach and parts of Marine Park —
\nshare a ZIP with a larger neighboring district rather than carrying one of their own.<\/p>\n Geography<\/h2>\nKings County occupies the western end of Long Island, the southwestern corner of the New York
\nmetropolitan area. Of its 97 square miles, 70.82 are land and about 26 are water, roughly 27
\npercent — unusually high because the county is bounded by the East River, the Upper and
\nLower New York Bay, Gravesend Bay, Jamaica Bay and the Atlantic Ocean on every side but one. The
\ncounty has no natural lake; its largest inland body of water is the man-made lake in Prospect
\nPark. The Gowanus Canal, a federally designated Superfund waterway, cuts through South Brooklyn
\ntoward Gowanus Bay.<\/p>\n Kings County shares its only land border with Queens County<\/a> to the east and northeast.
\nAcross the East River to the north lies New York County<\/a> (Manhattan), reached by
\nthe Brooklyn, Manhattan and Williamsburg bridges and the Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel. Across the
\nNarrows to the west, connected by the Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge, lies Richmond County<\/a> (Staten Island). The
\nAtlantic Ocean and Jamaica Bay form the county’s southern edge.<\/p>\nDemographics<\/h2>\nKings County had a population of 2,736,074 at the 2020 census, the largest of New York
\nCity’s five boroughs and the most populous county anywhere in New York. The 2025 estimate
\nputs the county near 2,653,963, a decline tied to the city’s post-pandemic domestic
\noutmigration. Flatbush and Bedford-Stuyvesant rank among the county’s largest and most
\nhistorically significant neighborhoods by population. Median household income runs $80,263 (2024,
\nData USA), close to New York’s statewide figure of $82,095 (2023 ACS). Population density
\nworks out to about 39,336 people per square mile of land — the densest county in New York
\nand among the densest in the country.<\/p>\n Economy & Local Life<\/h2>\nHealth care and social assistance is Kings County’s largest employment sector, with
\n236,636 workers, followed by professional, scientific and technical services at 151,840 and
\neducational services at 128,820 (Data USA). SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University and Kings
\nCounty Hospital Center, both in East Flatbush, and Maimonides Medical Center in Borough Park anchor
\nthe county’s health care base. The Brooklyn Navy Yard, a 300-acre industrial park along the
\nEast River near Fort Greene, hosts manufacturing, film production and design firms on the site of
\na former US Navy shipyard. Barclays Center in Prospect Heights hosts the Brooklyn Nets and New York
\nLiberty and is a regular concert venue. The county’s biggest annual event is the West Indian
\nAmerican Day Carnival, held on Labor Day along Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, drawing one of
\nthe largest Caribbean carnival crowds outside the Caribbean.<\/p>\n History<\/h2>\nDutch settlers established Breukelen, the first of six original towns that became Kings County,
\nin 1634. The Province of New York organized Kings County on 1 November 1683 as one of the
\ncolony’s original 12 counties, naming it for King Charles II of England. Brooklyn
\nincorporated as an independent city in 1834 and, by 1890, ranked as the fourth-largest city in the
\nUnited States on its own. On 1 January 1898, Brooklyn joined Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx and
\nStaten Island to form the consolidated City of New York, and Kings County has shared Brooklyn’s
\nboundary ever since.<\/p>\n The Battle of Long Island, fought on 27 August 1776 near present-day Green-Wood Cemetery,
\nProspect Park and Grand Army Plaza, was the first major engagement of the American Revolutionary
\nWar after independence and the war’s largest battle by troop numbers. British forces routed George
\nWashington’s Continental Army, which escaped across the East River to Manhattan in a night retreat
\nhistorians still study as a tactical success inside a strategic defeat.<\/p>\n Getting There<\/h2>\nNo numbered interstate begins or ends inside Kings County, but Interstate 278 crosses the
\ncounty as the Gowanus and Brooklyn-Queens Expressways, and the Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel
\ncarries Interstate 478 traffic into Manhattan. The Belt Parkway rings the county’s southern and
\neastern shoreline, and the Prospect Expressway links Park Slope to the Belt Parkway.<\/p>\n \n- Manhattan — about 1 mile north across the East River<\/li>\n
- Queens — adjacent, directly east<\/li>\n
- Staten Island — about 9 miles west via the Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge<\/li>\n
- Jersey City, New Jersey — about 6 miles west across Upper New York Bay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
LaGuardia Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport, both roughly 9 to 10 miles from
\ncentral Brooklyn, are the nearest commercial airports; JFK borders Jamaica Bay along the
\ncounty’s southeastern edge. The nearest Amtrak station is Moynihan Train Hall \/ Penn Station in
\nManhattan, about 3 miles north, reached from Brooklyn by subway in 25 to 40 minutes depending on
\nneighborhood. New York City Subway lines cover the county far more densely than any other US
\ncounty’s transit network.<\/p>\n Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\nWhere is Kings County located?<\/strong>
\nIt occupies the western tip of Long Island in New York, coextensive with the New York City
\nborough of Brooklyn, across the East River from Manhattan.<\/p>\nWhat is the population of Kings County?<\/strong>
\n2,736,074 at the 2020 census, with a 2025 estimate near 2,653,963. It is the most populous county
\nanywhere in New York.<\/p>\nHow big is Kings County?<\/strong>
\n97 square miles (250 km2) total, of which 70.82 square miles (183.4 km2) is land.<\/p>\nWhat is the county seat of Kings County?<\/strong>
\nDowntown Brooklyn, home to Brooklyn Borough Hall and the Kings County Supreme Court.<\/p>\nDoes Kings County have any incorporated towns?<\/strong>
\nNo. It has never had separately incorporated towns since the 1898 consolidation into New York
\nCity; the county’s roughly 30 neighborhoods have no municipal government of their own.<\/p>\nWhat ZIP codes does Kings County use?<\/strong>
\nAbout 37 codes, all beginning with 112, from 11201 (Downtown Brooklyn) through 11236 (Canarsie)
\nand beyond.<\/p>\nWhy is Brooklyn called Kings County?<\/strong>
\nThe Province of New York named it in 1683 for King Charles II of England, the same year it
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