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Long Island is divided among four counties, with Kings (Brooklyn), Queens, and Nassau counties occupying its western third and Suffolk County its eastern two-thirds. Long Island may refer both to the main island and the surrounding outer barrier islands.
Generally speaking, and physically, yes. Brooklyn and Queens are parts of Long Island. But when people talk about “Long Island,” they almost always mean not Brooklyn or Queens, but Nassau and Suffolk counties, which cover the rest of Long Island and have a very different atmosphere and character.
Brooklyn is a borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelve original counties established under British rule in 1683 in the then Province of New York.
Brooklyn, one of the five boroughs of New York City, southwestern Long Island, southeastern New York state, coextensive with Kings county. It is separated from Manhattan by the East River and bordered by the Upper and Lower New York bays (west), Atlantic Ocean (south), and borough of Queens (north and east).
Long Island contains four counties, of which the western two are boroughs (Queens and Brooklyn) of New York City, and the other two (Nassau and Suffolk) are mainly suburban. The East River, highlighted in red here, separates Long Island from Manhattan Island and from the mainland.
New York City’s Queens borough is on Long Island, next to Brooklyn. It’s the largest NYC borough by size and connects to Manhattan and the Bronx via several bridges. From the museums and parks to the area’s nightlife, there are lots of fun things to do in Queens .
No, the five New York City boroughs consist of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island. While Queens and Brooklyn are technically part of the Long Island mainland, they are considered separate from the rest of Long Island and are part of the Greater New York City metropolitan area. Why is Brooklyn not considered Long Island?
Long Island’s western end forms part of the harbour of New York City. The island has four counties; from west to east they are Kings, Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk. Kings county is the New York City borough of Brooklyn, and Queens county is the borough of Queens.
The most populous borough of New York, Brooklyn occupies 81 square miles (210 square km) to the east of Manhattan on the western fringe of Long Island. Sections of the area were first settled by the Dutch in the 1630s, and six largely agricultural towns—Brooklyn, Flatlands, Flatbush, New Utrecht, Bushwick, and Gravesend—soon thrived.
When folks typically say “Long Island”, they are often not referencing Brooklyn or Queens, even if these boroughs are literally located on the island! Instead, they’re usually talking about the parts that feel more suburban and less “big city” — that would be Nassau and Suffolk counties.