Reply To: Long Island is EVERYTHING! Almost.

Because Kings County originally was composed of the independent cities of Brooklyn and Williamsburg and the Townbc of Flatbush., Bushwick, New Utrecht, Flatlamds anb Gravesend. The City of Brooklyn gradually annexed the rest before becoming part of the City of New York in 1898. That’s why it’s called Brooklyn. Queens County, on the other hand , was still a collection of towns before 1898 so it is called Queens