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11205

ZIP 11205 is in Brooklyn, New York, in Brooklyn (Kings County); area codes 347, 718, 929 and 917; Eastern time. Brooklyn has 47 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Kings
Population
51,676
Coordinates
40.6969, -73.9681
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Where 11205 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 11205
  • 🔢 Type 11205 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SOZII — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 11,205 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 5 × 83. Its digits add up to 9, a total 375 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101111000101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 11204 (Brooklyn, NY, 5 mi away) and 11206 (Brooklyn, NY, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 11205 becomes 50211 — and that is a real ZIP code: Norwalk, IA, 1,027 miles away.
  • 👥 37 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01152, 01521, 02115, 02151, 10125, 10152, …). The farthest-flung twin is 51102 in Sioux City, IA, 1,158 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 91%.
  • 🎯1,295 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 11205 and you would come out at 40.70°S, 106.03°E — 814 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
  • 📏 At 1.2 square miles of land, 11205 is bigger than 9% of ZIP codes — about 567 football fields.
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People and housing

Population51,676This ZIP51,676
Households17,962This ZIP17,962
Housing units19,740This ZIP19,740
Median age31.4This ZIP31.4New York39.8US 38.9
Median household income$93,887This ZIP$93,887New York$85,974US $80,734
Median home value$917,400This ZIP$917,400New York$423,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,269This ZIP$2,269New York$1,621US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher52.6%This ZIP52.6%
Mean commute36.4 minThis ZIP36.4 min
Population density44,129.8 / sq miThis ZIP44,129.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,775This ZIP1,775
Employees20,861This ZIP20,861
Annual payroll$1,185,999,000This ZIP$1,185,999,000
Tax returns filed18,470This ZIP18,470
Total adjusted gross income$1,987,126,000This ZIP$1,987,126,000

Land area

Land area1.17 sq miThis ZIP1.17 sq mi
Water area0.15 sq miThis ZIP0.15 sq mi

Other place names in 11205

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ZIP codes near 11205

ZIPCityDistance
11249 Brooklyn, NY 0.5 mi
11201 Brooklyn, NY 1.2 mi
11217 Brooklyn, NY 1.2 mi
11206 Brooklyn, NY 1.4 mi
11216 Brooklyn, NY 1.5 mi
10002 New York, NY 1.6 mi
11211 Brooklyn, NY 1.7 mi
11238 Brooklyn, NY 1.8 mi
10038 New York, NY 2.0 mi
10009 New York, NY 2.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 11205?

11205 is in Brooklyn, New York, in Kings County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.6969, -73.9681.

What county is 11205 in?

11205 lies in Kings County.

What area code is 11205?

Brooklyn uses area codes 347, 718, 929 and 917, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 11205 in?

11205 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 11205?

About 51,676 people live in ZIP code 11205, in 17,962 households, at 44,129.8 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 11205?

$93,887 a year, against $85,974 across New York.

What ZIP codes are near 11205?

The closest are 11249 (0.5 mi), 11201 (1.2 mi), 11217 (1.2 mi), 11206 (1.4 mi) and 11216 (1.5 mi).

Is 11205 a PO Box ZIP code?

11205 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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