Kings Point, New York

Kings Point is a village on the Great Neck Peninsula in the Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 5,619 at the time of the 2020 census.

The Village of Kings Point incorporated in November 1924. It is named for the King family, which owned large portions of land in the area.

The entire region was once known as Hewlett's Point after the Hewlett family, who also owned land in the area; this name is still used at times, in reference to the northernmost tip of the village.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has an area of 4.0 square miles (10.3 km²), of which 3.3 square miles (8.7 km²) is land and 0.6 square miles (1.7 km²), or 16.08%, is water.

Kings Point is surrounded on three sides by water: Little Neck Bay to the west, the Long Island Sound to the north, and Manhasset Bay to the east.

As of the census of 2000, there were 5,076 people, 1,401 households, and 1,203 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,519.0 inhabitants per square mile (586.5/km²). There were 1,455 housing units at an average density of 435.4 per square mile (168.1/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 91.67% White, 0.87% African American, 0.08% Native American, 3.55% Asian, 0.65% from other races, and 3.19% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.95% of the population.

As of 2000, Kings Point was the most Iranian conurbation in the United States, with 29.7% of its population reporting Iranian Jewish ancestry.

There were 1,401 households, out of which 38.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 79.7% were married couples living together, 4.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 14.1% were non-families. 11.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.14 and the average family size was 3.38.