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11216

ZIP 11216 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
60,685
Coordinates
40.6808, -73.9492
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Where 11216 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 11216
  • 🔢 Type 11216 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gIZII — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 11,216 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 701. Its digits add up to 11, a total 714 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101111010000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 11215 (Brooklyn, NY, 2 mi away) and 11217 (Brooklyn, NY, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 11216 becomes 61211, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 7 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12116, 12161, 16112, 16121, 16211, 21161, …). The farthest-flung twin is 61112 in Rockford, IL, 784 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 11216 and you would come out at 40.68°S, 106.05°E — 813 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
  • 📏 At 0.962 square miles of land, 11216 is bigger than 8% of ZIP codes — about 466 football fields.
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People and housing

Population60,685This ZIP60,685
Households27,134This ZIP27,134
Housing units28,995This ZIP28,995
Median age34.8This ZIP34.8New York39.8US 38.9
Median household income$101,277This ZIP$101,277New York$85,974US $80,734
Median home value$1,293,700This ZIP$1,293,700New York$423,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,271This ZIP$2,271New York$1,621US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher56.2%This ZIP56.2%
Mean commute41.7 minThis ZIP41.7 min
Population density63,082.1 / sq miThis ZIP63,082.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,034This ZIP1,034
Employees7,818This ZIP7,818
Annual payroll$376,555,000This ZIP$376,555,000
Tax returns filed29,120This ZIP29,120
Total adjusted gross income$2,400,150,000This ZIP$2,400,150,000

Land area

Land area0.96 sq miThis ZIP0.96 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 11216

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ZIP codes near 11216

ZIPCityDistance
11213 Brooklyn, NY 1.0 mi
11238 Brooklyn, NY 1.1 mi
11225 Brooklyn, NY 1.2 mi
11221 Brooklyn, NY 1.3 mi
11205 Brooklyn, NY 1.5 mi
11206 Brooklyn, NY 1.5 mi
11217 Brooklyn, NY 1.5 mi
11233 Brooklyn, NY 1.5 mi
11249 Brooklyn, NY 1.9 mi
11237 Brooklyn, NY 2.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 11216?

11216 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 40.6808, -73.9492.

What county is 11216 in?

11216 lies in Kings County.

What area code is 11216?

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

What time zone is 11216 in?

11216 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 11216?

About 60,685 people live in ZIP code 11216, in 27,134 households, at 63,082.1 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 11216?

$101,277 a year, against $85,974 across New York.

What ZIP codes are near 11216?

The closest are 11213 (1 mi), 11238 (1.1 mi), 11225 (1.2 mi), 11221 (1.3 mi) and 11205 (1.5 mi).

Is 11216 a PO Box ZIP code?

11216 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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