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11249

ZIP 11249 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
47,728
Coordinates
40.7045, -73.9660
☼ Live from 11249 — Brooklyn, NY

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Where 11249 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 11249
  • 🔢 Type 11249 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhZII — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 11,249 = 7 × 1607. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101111110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 11247 (Brooklyn, NY, 4 mi away) and 11251 (Brooklyn, NY, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 11249 becomes 94211 — and that is a real ZIP code: Sacramento, CA, 2,502 miles away.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11429, 11942, 12149, 12194, 12419, 12491, …). The farthest-flung twin is 94121 in San Francisco, CA, 2,572 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 11249 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 0.715 square miles of land, 11249 is bigger than 7% of ZIP codes — about 346 football fields.
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People and housing

Population47,728This ZIP47,728
Households17,982This ZIP17,982
Housing units19,310This ZIP19,310
Median age29.6This ZIP29.6New York39.8US 38.9
Median household income$123,047This ZIP$123,047New York$85,974US $80,734
Median home value$1,478,400This ZIP$1,478,400New York$423,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$3,036This ZIP$3,036New York$1,621US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher59.9%This ZIP59.9%
Mean commute34.5 minThis ZIP34.5 min
Population density66,752.4 / sq miThis ZIP66,752.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,292This ZIP1,292
Employees14,151This ZIP14,151
Annual payroll$794,653,000This ZIP$794,653,000

Land area

Land area0.72 sq miThis ZIP0.72 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 11249

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ZIP codes near 11249

ZIPCityDistance
11205 Brooklyn, NY 0.5 mi
11206 Brooklyn, NY 1.2 mi
11211 Brooklyn, NY 1.3 mi
10002 New York, NY 1.4 mi
11201 Brooklyn, NY 1.5 mi
10009 New York, NY 1.7 mi
11217 Brooklyn, NY 1.7 mi
11216 Brooklyn, NY 1.9 mi
11222 Brooklyn, NY 1.9 mi
10038 New York, NY 2.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 11249?

11249 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 40.7045, -73.9660.

What county is 11249 in?

11249 lies in Kings County.

What area code is 11249?

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

What time zone is 11249 in?

11249 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 11249?

About 47,728 people live in ZIP code 11249, in 17,982 households, at 66,752.4 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 11249?

$123,047 a year, against $85,974 across New York.

What ZIP codes are near 11249?

The closest are 11205 (0.5 mi), 11206 (1.2 mi), 11211 (1.3 mi), 10002 (1.4 mi) and 11201 (1.5 mi).

Is 11249 a PO Box ZIP code?

11249 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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