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11551

ZIP 11551 is in Hempstead, New York, in Nassau County; area codes 516 and 363; Eastern time. Hempstead has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 11549 and 11550.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Nassau
Coordinates
40.7062, -73.6187

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 11550, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 11551 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 11551
  • 🔢 Type 11551 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ISSII — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 11551 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10110100011111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 11550 (Hempstead, NY, 0 mi away) and 11552 (West Hempstead, NY, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 11551 becomes 15511, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 1 other ZIP code is made of exactly the same digits (55111). The farthest-flung twin is 55111 in Saint Paul, MN, 1,031 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 92%.
  • 🎯1,313 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 11551 and you would come out at 40.71°S, 106.38°E — 802 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments3This ZIP3
Employees8This ZIP8
Annual payroll$1,008,000This ZIP$1,008,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 11551

ZIPCityDistance
11550 Hempstead, NY 0.3 mi
11549 Hempstead, NY 1.3 mi
11553 Uniondale, NY 1.4 mi
11555 Uniondale, NY 1.4 mi
11531 Garden City, NY 1.6 mi
11599 Garden City, NY 1.6 mi
11530 Garden City, NY 1.7 mi
11556 Uniondale, NY 2.1 mi
11552 West Hempstead, NY 2.1 mi
11575 Roosevelt, NY 2.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 11551?

11551 is in Hempstead, New York, in Nassau County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.7062, -73.6187.

What county is 11551 in?

11551 lies in Nassau County.

What area code is 11551?

Hempstead uses area codes 516 and 363, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 11551 in?

11551 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 11551?

The closest are 11550 (0.3 mi), 11549 (1.3 mi), 11553 (1.4 mi), 11555 (1.4 mi) and 11531 (1.6 mi).

Is 11551 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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