KINGS PLAZA was built to serve Brooklyn, the most populous of the five New York City boroughs. In late 1970, the shiny new, 50 million dollar complex encompassed approximately 1,078,700 leasable square feet and housed seventy-nine stores and services. Free parking was provided for 3,700 autos (parking fees would be instituted in January 1984). 

The mall has most of its shipping and receiving done via a rooftop loading dock. This is similar to overhead freight receiving systems at Houston's MEYERLAND PLAZA and Miami's NORTHSIDE CENTER.