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11236

ZIP 11236 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
88,051
Coordinates
40.6394, -73.9007
☼ Live from 11236 — Brooklyn, NY

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Where 11236 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 11236
  • 🔢 Type 11236 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gEZII — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 11,236 = 2 × 2 × 53 × 53. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101111100100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 11235 (Brooklyn, NY, 4 mi away) and 11237 (Brooklyn, NY, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 11236 becomes 63211, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11362, 12136, 13126, 13162, 13261, 13612, …). The farthest-flung twin is 36121 in Montgomery, AL, 896 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 62% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 91%.
  • 🎯1,299 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 11236 and you would come out at 40.64°S, 106.10°E — 809 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
  • 📏 At 3.6 square miles of land, 11236 is bigger than 16% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.7 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population88,051This ZIP88,051
Households31,033This ZIP31,033
Housing units37,238This ZIP37,238
Median age42.1This ZIP42.1New York39.8US 38.9
Median household income$81,464This ZIP$81,464New York$85,974US $80,734
Median home value$743,100This ZIP$743,100New York$423,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,660This ZIP$1,660New York$1,621US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher28.0%This ZIP28.0%
Mean commute49.7 minThis ZIP49.7 min
Population density24,705.7 / sq miThis ZIP24,705.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments987This ZIP987
Employees12,742This ZIP12,742
Annual payroll$600,993,000This ZIP$600,993,000
Tax returns filed45,480This ZIP45,480
Total adjusted gross income$2,513,952,000This ZIP$2,513,952,000

Land area

Land area3.56 sq miThis ZIP3.56 sq mi
Water area0.04 sq miThis ZIP0.04 sq mi

Other place names in 11236

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 11236

ZIPCityDistance
11212 Brooklyn, NY 1.7 mi
11352 Flushing, NY 1.8 mi
11381 Flushing, NY 1.8 mi
11405 Jamaica, NY 1.8 mi
11425 Jamaica, NY 1.8 mi
11499 Jamaica, NY 1.8 mi
11695 Far Rockaway, NY 1.8 mi
11203 Brooklyn, NY 1.9 mi
11239 Brooklyn, NY 2.0 mi
11207 Brooklyn, NY 2.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 11236?

11236 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 40.6394, -73.9007.

What county is 11236 in?

11236 lies in Kings County.

What area code is 11236?

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

What time zone is 11236 in?

11236 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 11236?

About 88,051 people live in ZIP code 11236, in 31,033 households, at 24,705.7 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 11236?

$81,464 a year, against $85,974 across New York.

What ZIP codes are near 11236?

The closest are 11212 (1.7 mi), 11352 (1.8 mi), 11381 (1.8 mi), 11405 (1.8 mi) and 11425 (1.8 mi).

Is 11236 a PO Box ZIP code?

11236 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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