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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/10242

10242

ZIP 10242 is in New York, New York, in Manhattan (New York County); area codes 212, 646, 917 and 332; Eastern time. New York has 146 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
New York
Coordinates
40.7143, -74.0060

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 10007, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 10242 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 10242
  • 🔢 Type 10242 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhZOI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 10,242 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 569. Its digits add up to 9, a total 375 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10100000000010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 10213 (New York, NY, 0 mi away) and 10249 (New York, NY, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 10242 becomes 24201 — and that is a real ZIP code: Bristol, VA, 523 miles away.
  • 👥 43 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01224, 01242, 02124, 02142, 02241, 02421, …). The farthest-flung twin is 42021 in Arlington, KY, 850 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 90%.
  • 🎯1,293 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 10242 and you would come out at 40.71°S, 105.99°E — 816 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
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ZIP codes near 10242

ZIPCityDistance
10008 New York, NY 0.0 mi
10043 New York, NY 0.0 mi
10080 New York, NY 0.0 mi
10081 New York, NY 0.0 mi
10203 New York, NY 0.0 mi
10212 New York, NY 0.0 mi
10213 New York, NY 0.0 mi
10249 New York, NY 0.0 mi
10256 New York, NY 0.0 mi
10258 New York, NY 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 10242?

10242 is in New York, New York, in New York County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.7143, -74.0060.

What county is 10242 in?

10242 lies in New York County.

What area code is 10242?

New York uses area codes 212, 646, 917 and 332, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 10242 in?

10242 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 10242?

The closest are 10008 (0 mi), 10043 (0 mi), 10080 (0 mi), 10081 (0 mi) and 10203 (0 mi).

Is 10242 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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