Kings County
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- Population
- 2,631,580
- Area
- 69.37 sq mi (179.68 km²), 27.48 sq mi water
- Median age
- 36.5
- Households
- 1,009,927
- Persons per household
- 2.6
- Median household income
- $80,263
- Median house value
- $905,000
Demographics: 2020–2024 ACS
Kings County
An independent city — coextensive with this county-equivalent, so it is governed as a city and reported as a county.
Local News
Brooklyn Paper
Published 5 hours agoRemembering 9/11: Brooklyn memorials honor those lost on 9/11, 25 years later
As New York City and the nation mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, people across the city will gather at prominent sites — from the 9/11 Memorial & Museum in downtown Manhattan to the Brooklyn 9/11 Wall of Remembrance at Maimonides Park in Coney…
Queens Ledger
Published 17 hours agoPop the Bubble! Activists, Tennis Players Organize to Stop Astoria Park “Bubble” Enclosure
BY COLE SINANIAN | cole@queensledger.com ASTORIA – A coalition of local tennis players and activists are sounding the alarm over a proposal to build private “bubble” enclosures over most of Astoria Park’s tennis courts, which they argue would mark the beginning of the total…
Queens Ledger
Published 20 hours agoPERLMAN: Rosh Hashanah Postcards of the Golden Age
By Michael Perlman Rosh Hashanah, which is known as the “Beginning of the Year” and referenced as the Day of Judgment and Day of Remembrance, will be observed from the evening of September 11 until the evening of September 13 on the Gregorian calendar, which is 1 to 2 Tishrei on…
Queens Ledger
Published 20 hours agoWENDELL: Exploring Woodhaven’s 9/11 Memorial Garden
By Ed Wendell Did you know that Woodhaven has its own 9/11 Memorial? The September 11th Memorial Garden, paying tribute to all of the victims from Queens, sits adjacent to the Seuffert Bandshell in Forest Park, just to the right of the stage. It has been there since October 2002.…
Queens Ledger
Published 21 hours agoChurch-in-the-Gardens to Host Volunteer Fair
BY KYLIE VOLAVONGSA news@queensledger.com FOREST HILLS — In March 2020, Forest Hills’ Church-in-the-Gardens hosted its first volunteer fair to connect community members with local nonprofits. That is, until two weeks later, when the COVID-19 pandemic either slowed or halted the…