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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/10281

10281

ZIP 10281 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
40.7146, -74.0150

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 10282, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 10281 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 10281
  • 🔢 Type 10281 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IBZOI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 10,281 = 3 × 23 × 149. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10100000101001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 10280 (New York, NY, 0 mi away) and 10282 (New York, NY, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 10281 becomes 18201 — and that is a real ZIP code: Hazleton, PA, 103 miles away.
  • 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01128, 01812, 01821, 02118, 10128, 11208, …). The farthest-flung twin is 81120 in Antonito, CO, 1,744 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 90%.
  • 🎯1,292 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 10281 and you would come out at 40.71°S, 105.98°E — 817 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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Business and tax activity

Business establishments207This ZIP207
Employees19,312This ZIP19,312
Annual payroll$5,066,584,000This ZIP$5,066,584,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 10281

ZIPCityDistance
10282 New York, NY 0.1 mi
10286 New York, NY 0.2 mi
10280 New York, NY 0.3 mi
10279 New York, NY 0.4 mi
10006 New York, NY 0.4 mi
10007 New York, NY 0.4 mi
10008 New York, NY 0.5 mi
10043 New York, NY 0.5 mi
10080 New York, NY 0.5 mi
10081 New York, NY 0.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 10281?

10281 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 40.7146, -74.0150.

What county is 10281 in?

10281 lies in New York County.

What area code is 10281?

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

What time zone is 10281 in?

10281 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 10281?

The closest are 10282 (0.1 mi), 10286 (0.2 mi), 10280 (0.3 mi), 10279 (0.4 mi) and 10006 (0.4 mi).

Is 10281 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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