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- 2.6M Residents
- $124B County GDP
- $48,413 GDP per Capita
Kings County
Kings County
Kings County is coextensive with the Borough of Brooklyn, NYC's most populous borough. The economy mixes finance / professional services, healthcare (Maimonides, NYU Langone Brooklyn, Brooklyn Methodist, Kings County Hospital), tech (Brooklyn Navy Yard), media and creative industries, retail, education (Brooklyn College, Pratt, LIU), and one of the largest US multifamily housing stocks. The County Clerk (Nancy T. Sunshine) is the recording officer and Clerk of the Supreme Court; ACRIS (NYC DOF) holds land records.
Property in Kings
What every owner, heir, and investor should know.
Owning a home in Kings.
Brooklyn is one of the nation's largest urban homeowner and co-op/condo markets.
- STAR / Enhanced STAR, senior (SCHE), disabled (DHE), and veteran exemptions apply via NYC DOF.
- Property tax billed quarterly by NYC DOF (Tax Class 1 for most 1–3 family; Class 2 for co-ops/condos/rentals).
- NYC assessment caps under RPTL § 1805 limit annual assessed-value growth on Class 1 and small Class 2.
- Tax-foreclosure / lien-sale risks under NYC Charter and post-Tyler v. Hennepin reforms.
- Foreclosure surplus rights under RPAPL § 1361.
- HSTPA tenant protections, J-51, 421-a / Affordable NY, and rent-stabilization rules govern most multifamily.
- HPD violations and DOB lien risk on neglected properties.
Investing in Kings.
Brooklyn is one of the country's most liquid investment-property markets across 1–4 family, multifamily, and condo.
- Judicial foreclosure auctions held in person at the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street.
- NYC tax lien sale (when active) administered by NYC DOF; in rem foreclosure under NYC Charter.
- Land records via ACRIS (a836-acris.nyc.gov).
- NYC DOF property tax / parcel lookup.
- NYSCEF case search for lis pendens / foreclosure tracking.
- Watch for HPD/DOB violations, ECB judgments, water liens, J-51 / 421-a expirations, rent-stabilization status, NYCHA / Section 8 tenants, and zoning overlays (LPC historic districts, special districts).
After a Kings foreclosure or tax deed sale.
Brooklyn uses New York's judicial foreclosure process under RPAPL Article 13.
- Mortgage foreclosures filed in Supreme Court, 2nd Judicial District.
- Auctions held at the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street; conducted by court-appointed Referee under RPAPL § 1351.
- Surplus money proceedings filed under RPAPL § 1361 in the original action.
- NYC tax enforcement: NYC Department of Finance handles real-property tax via in rem foreclosure (NYC Charter § 1519); historical third-party lien sale program currently paused / under reform.
- Post-Tyler v. Hennepin (2023) requires return of tax-foreclosure surplus to the former owner.
- Notices published in legal newspapers of record (e.g., New York Law Journal, Brooklyn Daily Eagle).
Courts and records in Kings.
- Kings County Supreme Court — 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 (civil/criminal)
- Brooklyn Civil Court — 141 Livingston Street, Brooklyn
- Brooklyn Housing Court — 141 Livingston Street, Brooklyn
- Family Court — 330 Jay Street, Brooklyn
- Surrogate's Court — 2 Johnson Street, Brooklyn
- 2nd Judicial District (Kings, Richmond)
- Appellate Division, 2nd Department — 45 Monroe Place, Brooklyn
- County Clerk — Nancy T. Sunshine — 360 Adams Street, Room 189 — (347) 404-9750
- NYC Department of Finance (ACRIS / property tax) — 210 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn
- Sheriff (NYC) — (212) 825-5953
- Public Administrator — 360 Adams Street