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11237

ZIP 11237 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
45,334
Coordinates
40.7042, -73.9211
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Where 11237 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 11237
  • 🔢 Type 11237 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LEZII — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 11,237 = 17 × 661. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101111100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 11236 (Brooklyn, NY, 5 mi away) and 11238 (Brooklyn, NY, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 11237 becomes 73211, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11372, 11732, 12137, 12173, 13217, 17123, …). The farthest-flung twin is 73112 in Oklahoma City, OK, 1,330 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 91%.
  • 🎯1,297 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 11237 and you would come out at 40.70°S, 106.08°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 0.996 square miles of land, 11237 is bigger than 8% of ZIP codes — about 482 football fields.
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People and housing

Population45,334This ZIP45,334
Households18,228This ZIP18,228
Housing units19,195This ZIP19,195
Median age33.9This ZIP33.9New York39.8US 38.9
Median household income$85,196This ZIP$85,196New York$85,974US $80,734
Median home value$1,084,600This ZIP$1,084,600New York$423,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,219This ZIP$2,219New York$1,621US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher44.6%This ZIP44.6%
Mean commute40.1 minThis ZIP40.1 min
Population density45,516.1 / sq miThis ZIP45,516.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,305This ZIP1,305
Employees14,734This ZIP14,734
Annual payroll$931,090,000This ZIP$931,090,000
Tax returns filed23,880This ZIP23,880
Total adjusted gross income$1,290,234,000This ZIP$1,290,234,000

Land area

Land area1.00 sq miThis ZIP1.00 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Other place names in 11237

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

ZIP codes near 11237

ZIPCityDistance
11386 Ridgewood, NY 0.9 mi
11221 Brooklyn, NY 0.9 mi
11206 Brooklyn, NY 1.1 mi
11211 Brooklyn, NY 1.4 mi
11378 Maspeth, NY 1.5 mi
11385 Ridgewood, NY 1.7 mi
11233 Brooklyn, NY 1.8 mi
11222 Brooklyn, NY 2.1 mi
11216 Brooklyn, NY 2.2 mi
11379 Middle Village, NY 2.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 11237?

11237 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 40.7042, -73.9211.

What county is 11237 in?

11237 lies in Kings County.

What area code is 11237?

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

What time zone is 11237 in?

11237 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 11237?

About 45,334 people live in ZIP code 11237, in 18,228 households, at 45,516.1 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 11237?

$85,196 a year, against $85,974 across New York.

What ZIP codes are near 11237?

The closest are 11386 (0.9 mi), 11221 (0.9 mi), 11206 (1.1 mi), 11211 (1.4 mi) and 11378 (1.5 mi).

Is 11237 a PO Box ZIP code?

11237 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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