Well, since Brooklyn is actually Kings County.... It stands to reason. Every King needs a Queen. Joy Rdpiet@aol.com wrote: >Queens anybody ?? > >Why Is Queens Called Queens? > >Sure, you can bet our borough is named for a Queen, but which one? Here's the >answer to Queens name. Queens, or western Long Island, was once called >Sewanhacky by the Algonquins. That name survives these days as Sewanhaka High >School, just over the border in Nassau County. > >More Algonquin and other Native American names survive in Queens like Maspeth >and Jamaica, which isn't named for the island. >How Did Queens Get Its Name? >More Queens Basics > > > > >