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Brooklyn is the name of the Borough and Kings is the name of the county
The borough of Brooklyn is Kings County. Each of New York City's five boroughs is also a county.
Sort of, but no, not exactly. The five boroughs of New York City are Brooklyn, The Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island. Each borough is also a county in state government: Brooklyn is Kings County, Manhattan is New York County, Staten Island is Richmond County, and the other two have the same names (Queens is Queens County and The Bronx is Bronx County). The borough of Brooklyn and Kings County are the same piece of land, but Brooklyn is the name of the borough and Kings is the name of the county.
Brooklyn used to be one of 25 towns, cities, and villages in Kings County until it started in 1845 to annex all the other towns, cities, and villages and absorbed all of Kings County by 1896.
Kings County is part of New York City. It is the borough of Brooklyn. Each of New York City's five boroughs is also a county: Manhattan is New York County, Brooklyn is Kings County, Queens is Queens County, Staten Island is Richmond County, and The Bronx is Bronx County.
Zip code 11216 is in Kings County, New York. The city is Brooklyn.
The most populous county is Kings County. It is coextensive with Brooklyn, NY.
The 11212 zip code is in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, which is Kings County. Each of New York City's five boroughs is also a county.
No, Brooklyn is a borough of New York City and a county of New York State. New York City has five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island. Each borough is also a county: Manhattan is New York County, Brooklyn is Kings County, Queens is Queens County, the Bronx is Bronx County, and Staten Island is Richmond County.
From Rochester (Monroe County), NY to Brooklyn (Kings County), NY is 335 miles; 5 hours, 40 minutes driving time. From Rochester (Ulster County), NY to Brooklyn (Kings County), NY is 100 miles; 2 hours, 15 minutes driving time.
New York's biggest county is Kings County which is Brooklyn. There are almost 3 million people in that area.
Kings County (most commonly known as the borough of Brooklyn) is both the most populous borough in New York City and the most populous county in New York State.