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Kings County, New York

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
203historic places
—earliest paper
1683formed
2,736,074pop. 2020
13cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 203 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 10 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Brooklyn, New York, New York City.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for New York is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Kings titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

112 of 203 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

203 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
15th Street-Prospect Park Subway Station (IND)BrooklynStructure2005
4th Avenue Station (IND)BrooklynStructure2005
68th Police Precinct Station House and StableNew YorkBuilding1982
75th Police Precinct Station HouseBrooklynBuilding2007
83rd Precinct Police Station and StableNew YorkBuilding1982
9th Avenue Station (Dual System BRT)BrooklynStructure2005
Albemarle-Kenmore Terraces Historic DistrictNew YorkDistrict1983
Alku & Alku ToinenBrooklynBuilding2019
Astral ApartmentsNew YorkBuilding1982
Atlantic Avenue Control HouseNew YorkBuilding1980
Atlantic Avenue Subway Station (IRT and BMT)BrooklynStructure2004
Atlantic Avenue TunnelNew York CityStructure1989
Austin, Nichols and Company WarehouseBrooklynBuilding2007
Avenue U Station (Dual System BRT)BrooklynStructure2005
B and B CarouselBrooklynStructure2016
Baptist TempleBrooklynBuilding1995
Bay Parkway Station (Dual System BRT)BrooklynStructure2005
Bay Ridge Reformed ChurchBrooklynBuilding2020
Bay Ridge United Methodist ChurchBrooklynBuilding1999
Bay View HousesBrooklynDistrict2026
Beth El Jewish Center of FlatbushBrooklynBuilding2009
Beth Olam CemeteryBrooklynSite2016
Beverley Road Subway Station (BRT pre-Dual System)BrooklynStructure2004
Boathouse on the Lullwater of the Lake in Prospect ParkNew YorkBuilding1972
Boerum Hill Historic DistrictNew YorkDistrict1983
Borough Hall Subway Station (IRT)BrooklynStructure2004
Boulevard HousesBrooklynDistrict2022
Boy's High SchoolNew YorkBuilding1982
Brooklyn Academy of MusicBrooklynBuilding2006
Brooklyn Borough HallNew YorkBuilding1980
Brooklyn Bridge NHLNew YorkStructure1966
Brooklyn Gardens Apartments (Navy Yard)BrooklynBuilding2025
Brooklyn Heights Historic District NHLNew YorkDistrict1966
Brooklyn Historical Society NHLBrooklynBuilding1991
Brooklyn MuseumNew YorkBuilding1977
Brooklyn Navy Yard Historic DistrictBrooklynDistrict2014
Brooklyn Public Library-Central BuildingBrooklynBuilding2002
Brooklyn Trust Company BuildingBrooklynBuilding2009
Brooklyn VA Hospital Historic DistrictBrooklynDistrict2022
Building at 240 BroadwayBrooklynBuilding2021
Buildings at 375-379 Flatbush Avenue and 185-187 Sterling PlaceNew YorkBuilding1984
Bushwick Avenue Central Methodist Episcopal ChurchBrooklynBuilding2017
Carroll Gardens Historic DistrictNew YorkDistrict1983
Casemate Fort, Whiting QuadrangleNew YorkBuilding1974
Chevra Torah Anshei RadishkowitzBrooklynBuilding2021
Christ Evangelical English Lutheran ChurchBrooklynBuilding2007
Church of the Holy InnocentsBrooklynBuilding2005
Clinton Hill Historic DistrictNew YorkDistrict1985
Clinton Hill South Historic DistrictNew YorkDistrict1986
Cobble Hill Historic DistrictNew YorkDistrict1976
Coney Island Fire Station Pumping StationNew YorkBuilding1981
Coney Island Yard Electric Motor Repair ShopBrooklynStructure2006
Coney Island Yard GatehouseBrooklynStructure2006
Congregation Beth AbrahamBrooklynBuilding2009
Congregation Chevra Linath HazedeckBrooklynBuilding2016
Congregation Tifereth IsraelBrooklynBuilding2002
Congregational Church of the EvangelBrooklynBuilding2009
Cronyn, William B., HouseNew YorkBuilding1982
Crown Heights North Historic DistrictBrooklynDistrict2014
Crown Heights North Historic District (Boundary Increase)New YorkDistrict2016
Cuyler Presbyterian ChurchBrooklynBuilding2001
Cyclone Roller CoasterBrooklynStructure1991
Cypress Hills National CemeteryBrooklynSite1997
DUMBO Industrial DistrictBrooklynDistrict2000
Ditmas Park Historic DistrictNew YorkDistrict1983
East Midwood Jewish CenterBrooklynBuilding2006
Eastern ParkwayNew YorkStructure1983
Eighth Avenue (14th Regiment) ArmoryBrooklynBuilding1994
Emmanuel Baptist ChurchNew YorkBuilding1977
English Evangelical Lutheran Church of the ReformationBrooklynBuilding2023
Erasmus Hall AcademyNew YorkBuilding1975
Evergreens CemeteryBrooklynSite2007
Federal Building and Post OfficeNew YorkBuilding1974
Feuchtwanger StableNew YorkBuilding1986
Fiorentino PlazaBrooklynDistrict2022
Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church ComplexNew YorkBuilding1983
Flatbush Town HallNew YorkBuilding1972
Flatlands Dutch Reformed ChurchNew YorkBuilding1979
Floyd Bennett Field Historic DistrictNew YorkDistrict1980
Fort Greene Historic DistrictNew YorkDistrict1983
Fort Greene Historic District (Boundary Increase)New YorkDistrict1984
Fourth Avenue Methodist Episcopal ChurchBrooklynBuilding2019
Friends Meetinghouse and SchoolNew YorkBuilding1982
Fulton Ferry DistrictNew YorkDistrict1974
Fulton Park PlazaBrooklynBuilding2026
Gage and Tollner RestaurantNew YorkBuilding1982
German Evangelical Lutheran St. John's ChurchBrooklynDistrict2019
Grecian ShelterNew YorkStructure1972
Green-Wood Cemetery NHLBrooklynDistrict1997
Greenpoint Historic DistrictNew YorkDistrict1983
Greenwood Baptist ChurchBrooklynBuilding2016
Hanson Place Seventh Day Adventist ChurchNew YorkBuilding1980
Holy Trinity Church (Protestant Episcopal) NHLNew YorkBuilding1987
Houses at 216-264 Ovington Ave.BrooklynDistrict2007
Hubbard HouseBrooklynBuilding2000
Hunterfly Road Historic DistrictNew YorkDistrict1972
Immanuel Congregational ChurchBrooklynBuilding2006
Industrial Complex at 221 McKibbin StreetBrooklynBuilding2009
Jewish Center of Coney Island, TheBrooklynBuilding2013
Jewish Center of Kings HighwayBrooklynBuilding2010
Kings County Savings BankNew YorkBuilding1980
Kingsway Jewish CenterBrooklynBuilding2010
Kismet TempleBrooklynBuilding2013
Knickerbocker Field ClubNew YorkBuilding1982
Kol Israel SynagogueBrooklynBuilding2009
Lefferts Manor Historic DistrictBrooklynDistrict1992
Lefferts Manor Historic District (Boundary Increase)BrooklynDistrict2017
Lefferts-Laidlaw HouseNew YorkBuilding1985
Lehigh Valley Railroad Barge 79BrooklynStructure2015
Lewis Avenue Congregational ChurchBrooklynBuilding2020
Lincoln ClubNew YorkBuilding1983
Litchfield VillaNew YorkBuilding1977
Loew's Kings TheatreBrooklynBuilding2012
Loew’s Kameo TheaterBrooklynBuilding2021
Lott, Hendrick I., HouseBrooklynBuilding1994
Louise Terrace-Colonial Road Historic DistrictBrooklynDistrict2025
MARY A. WHALEN (tanker) (Additional Documentation)Red HookStructure2012
Magen David SynagogueBrooklynBuilding2004
Manhattan Beach Jewish CenterBrooklynBuilding2015
Manhattan BridgeNew YorkStructure1983
McGolrick, Monsignor, Park and Shelter PavilionNew YorkStructure1980
Moslem MosqueBrooklynBuilding2021
Nassau Brewing CompanyBrooklynBuilding2014
New England Congregational Church and RectoryNew YorkBuilding1983
New Lots Reformed Church and CemeteryNew YorkBuilding1983
New Urecht Avenue Station (Dual System BRT)BrooklynStructure2005
New Utrecht Reformed Church Complex (Boundary Increase)BrooklynSite2001
New Utrecht Reformed Church and BuildingsNew YorkBuilding1980
New York Congregational Home for the AgedBrooklynBuilding2008
Ocean ParkwayNew YorkStructure1983
Ocean Parkway Jewish CenterBrooklynBuilding2009
Ocean Parkway Station (Dual System BRT)BrooklynStructure2005
Offerman BuildingBrooklynBuilding2017
Old Brooklyn Fire HeadquartersNew YorkBuilding1972
Old First Reformed ChurchBrooklynBuilding1998
Old Gravesend CemeteryNew YorkSite1980
Old Stone House of Brooklyn, TheBrooklynBuilding2012
Parachute JumpNew YorkStructure1980
Park Slope Historic DistrictNew YorkDistrict1980
Parkway TheatreBrooklynBuilding2010
Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims NHLNew YorkBuilding1966
Pratt Institute Historic DistrictBrooklynDistrict2005
Prospect HallBrooklynBuilding1999
Prospect Heights Historic DistrictNew YorkDistrict1983
Prospect Heights Historic District (Boundary Increase)BrooklynDistrict2016
Prospect Lefferts Gardens Historic DistrictBrooklynDistrict2023
Prospect ParkNew YorkDistrict1980
Prospect Park South Historic DistrictNew YorkDistrict1983
Public Bath No. 7New YorkBuilding1985
Public School 108New YorkBuilding1982
Public School 111 and Public School 9 AnnexNew YorkBuilding1981
Public School 39New YorkBuilding1980
Public School 65KNew YorkBuilding1981
Public School 7New YorkBuilding1983
Public School 71KNew YorkBuilding1982
Quarters A NHLNew YorkBuilding1974
RIdgewood ReservoirBrooklynDistrict2018
Rankin, John, HouseNew YorkBuilding1978
Renaissance ApartmentsBrooklynBuilding1995
Robinson, John Roosevelt "Jackie", House NHLNew YorkBuilding1976
Rockwood Chocolate Factory Historic DistrictNew YorkDistrict1983
Rugby Congregational ChurchBrooklynBuilding2020
Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our LordNew YorkBuilding1980
Saitta HouseBrooklynBuilding2007
Senator Street Historic DistrictBrooklynDistrict2002
Shaari Zedek SynagogueBrooklynBuilding2009
South Bushwick Reformed Protestant Dutch Church ComplexNew YorkBuilding1982
South Congregational ChurchNew YorkBuilding1982
St. Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church and RectoryNew YorkBuilding1980
St. George's Protestant Episcopal ChurchNew YorkBuilding1983
St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal ChurchNew YorkBuilding1982
St. Mary's Episcopal ChurchNew YorkBuilding1983
St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal ChurchNew YorkBuilding1989
St. Peter’s Protestant Episcopal ChurchBrooklynBuilding2021
State Street HousesNew YorkDistrict1980
Stoothoff-Baxter-Kouwenhaven HouseNew YorkBuilding1982
Storehouse No. 2, U.S. Navy Fleet Supply BaseBrooklynBuilding2013
Stuyvesant Gardens IBrooklynDistrict2025
Stuyvesant Heights Historic DistrictNew YorkDistrict1975
Stuyvesant Heights Historic District (Boundary Increase)BrooklynDistrict1996
Substation #401BrooklynStructure2005
Sunset Park Historic DistrictBrooklynDistrict1988
Talmud Torah Atereth IsraelBrooklynBuilding2024
Temple Beth El of Borough ParkBrooklynBuilding2010
Twentythird Regiment ArmoryNew YorkBuilding1980
U.S. Army Military Ocean TerminalNew YorkBuilding1983
US Post Office-Flatbush StationNew YorkBuilding1988
US Post Office-KensingtonNew YorkBuilding1988
US Post Office-Metropolitan StationNew YorkBuilding1988
US Post Office-Parkville StationNew YorkBuilding1988
Union Temple of BrooklynBrooklynBuilding2015
Van Nuyse, Joost, HouseBrooklynBuilding2006
Wallabout Historic DistrictBrooklynDistrict2011
Wallabout Industrial Historic DistrictBrooklynDistrict2012
Weir GreenhouseNew YorkBuilding1984
William Ulmer Brewery ComplexBrooklynDistrict2024
Williamsburg HousesBrooklynDistrict2021
Williamsburgh Savings BankNew YorkBuilding1980
Willoughby-Suydam Historic DistrictNew YorkDistrict1983
Wilson Avenue Subway Station (Dual System BMT)BrooklynStructure2005
Wyckoff, Pieter, House NHLNew YorkBuilding1967
Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead NHLNew YorkBuilding1974
Young Israel of FlatbushBrooklynBuilding2010

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Kings was formed in 1683 (1683-11-01) from the shire of Yorkshire, which had been organized in 1664.

KINGS created from the shire of Yorkshire, which had been organized in 1664.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Kings County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

2.7M1.4M4,495179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
4,4955,74011,18747,613279,122599,4951,166,5822,018,3562,698,2852,738,1752,627,3192,230,9362,465,3262,736,074

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Governors Island National MonumentNational Monument8.4 km
Gateway National Recreation AreaNational Recreation Area9.3 km
Castle Clinton National MonumentNational Monument9.4 km
Federal Hall National MemorialNational Memorial9.5 km
African Burial Ground National MonumentNational Monument10.0 km
Statue Of Liberty National MonumentNational Monument10.2 km
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic SiteNational Historic Site12.0 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

13 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 13 of 13 listed
NameLatLon
B'nai Jeshurum and Shereth Israel Cemetery40.69032-73.87986
Canarsie Cemetery40.63676-73.90402
Cemetery of the Holy Cross40.64703-73.9379
Cypress Hills National Cemetery40.68708-73.88228
Gravesend Cemetery40.59446-73.9747
Green - Wood Cemetery40.65256-73.99105
Most Holy Trinity Cemetery40.68815-73.90337
Mount Hope Cemetery40.69193-73.87087
Old New Utrecht Cemetery40.61082-74.00611
Quaker Cemetery40.6598-73.97335
Salem Field Cemetery40.68853-73.8789
The Evergreens Cemetery40.68511-73.90042
Washington Cemetery40.61928-73.97584
Historical populated places — 2 of 2
NameLatLon
Keshaechquereren40.62278-73.93722
Weeksville40.67386-73.92584

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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