[4][14] Kings Point is located in New York's 3rd congressional district, which as of December 2023 has been unrepresented in the United States Congress.

Like the rest of New York, Kings Point is represented in the United States Senate by Charles Schumer (D) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D).

[15] In the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the majority of Kings Point voters voted for Donald J. Trump (R).

[16] Kings Point is located entirely within the boundaries of (and is thus served by) the Great Neck Park District.

[4][18] Kings Point is located entirely within the boundaries of (and is thus served by) the Great Neck Union Free School District.

[4] Kings Point is located wholly within the boundaries of (and is thus served by) the Great Neck Library District.

[4] The United States Merchant Marine Academy is located within the village, along Little Neck Bay.

[4] The nearest Long Island Rail Road station to the village is Great Neck on the Port Washington Branch.

[4] Kings Point is served by the n57 and n58 bus routes, which are operated by Nassau Inter-County Express.

[23][24][25] PSEG Long Island provides power to all homes and businesses within Kings Point.

[4][27] The only major exception is the United States Merchant Marine Academy, which operates its own sanitary sewer network.

It is said that Fitzgerald modeled West Egg, the fictional town in which Nick lived, next to the mansion of Jay Gatsby, after Great Neck (specifically Kings Point), for its epitome of nouveau riche gaudiness, atmosphere, and lifestyle.

He modeled East Egg, the town where Daisy and Tom lived, after Great Neck's eastern neighbor Sands Point, which is part of Port Washington.