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11206

ZIP 11206 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
93,020
Coordinates
40.7019, -73.9426
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Where 11206 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 11206
  • 🔢 Type 11206 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOZII — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 11,206 = 2 × 13 × 431. Its digits add up to 10, a total 513 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101111000110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 11205 (Brooklyn, NY, 1 mi away) and 11207 (Brooklyn, NY, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 11206 becomes 60211, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01612, 02116, 06112, 10126, 10162, 10261, …). The farthest-flung twin is 61201 in Rock Island, IL, 866 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 91%.
  • 🎯1,296 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 11206 and you would come out at 40.70°S, 106.06°E — 813 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
  • 📏 At 1.4 square miles of land, 11206 is bigger than 10% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.1 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population93,020This ZIP93,020
Households34,813This ZIP34,813
Housing units35,906This ZIP35,906
Median age30.4This ZIP30.4New York39.8US 38.9
Median household income$61,430This ZIP$61,430New York$85,974US $80,734
Median home value$839,800This ZIP$839,800New York$423,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,625This ZIP$1,625New York$1,621US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher36.4%This ZIP36.4%
Mean commute36.4 minThis ZIP36.4 min
Population density66,395.4 / sq miThis ZIP66,395.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,669This ZIP1,669
Employees29,577This ZIP29,577
Annual payroll$1,237,749,000This ZIP$1,237,749,000
Tax returns filed37,370This ZIP37,370
Total adjusted gross income$2,265,069,000This ZIP$2,265,069,000

Land area

Land area1.40 sq miThis ZIP1.40 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 11206

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ZIP codes near 11206

ZIPCityDistance
11211 Brooklyn, NY 0.9 mi
11221 Brooklyn, NY 1.1 mi
11237 Brooklyn, NY 1.1 mi
11249 Brooklyn, NY 1.2 mi
11205 Brooklyn, NY 1.4 mi
11216 Brooklyn, NY 1.5 mi
11222 Brooklyn, NY 1.8 mi
11386 Ridgewood, NY 1.9 mi
11233 Brooklyn, NY 2.0 mi
11213 Brooklyn, NY 2.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 11206?

11206 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 40.7019, -73.9426.

What county is 11206 in?

11206 lies in Kings County.

What area code is 11206?

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

What time zone is 11206 in?

11206 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 11206?

About 93,020 people live in ZIP code 11206, in 34,813 households, at 66,395.4 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 11206?

$61,430 a year, against $85,974 across New York.

What ZIP codes are near 11206?

The closest are 11211 (0.9 mi), 11221 (1.1 mi), 11237 (1.1 mi), 11249 (1.2 mi) and 11205 (1.4 mi).

Is 11206 a PO Box ZIP code?

11206 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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