The Williamsburgh Savings Bank was an important institution in a borough that has had the same boundaries as Kings County since what year?
Brooklyn Brooklyn ( ) is the most populous borough of New York City, with a Census-estimated 2,629,150 residents in 2016. It borders the borough of Queens at the southwestern end of Long Island, and has several bridge connections to the nearby boroughs of Staten Island and Manhattan. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, the most populous county in the U.S. state of New York and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, after the county of New York (which is coextensive with the borough of Manhattan).
Kings Island (California) Kings Island is an island in the Old River (California) in the south Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in San Joaquin County, California, fifteen kilometres southwest of Stockton. The small 3.5 ha island is the smallest of a cluster of delta islands including Eucalyptus Island, Widdows Island, Victoria Island (California), and Coney Island, adjacent to Clifton Court Forebay. At 1 metre below sea level with the surrounding waters kept a bay by a levee system, the island is accessible only by the one road from the Clifton Court levee or by boat.