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11697

ZIP 11697 is Breezy Point, New York, in Queens County; area codes 347, 718, 929 and 917; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Queens
Population
4,429
Coordinates
40.5571, -73.9137
☼ Live from 11697 — Breezy Point, NY

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Where 11697 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 11697
  • 🔢 Type 11697 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LGgII — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 11,697 = 3 × 7 × 557. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10110110110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 11695 (Far Rockaway, NY, 7 mi away) and 11701 (Amityville, NY, 28 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 11697 becomes 79611, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11769, 11796, 11967, 11976, 16917, 17961, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97116 in Forest Grove, OR, 2,471 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 61% 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 11697 and you would come out at 40.56°S, 106.09°E — 805 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 16m.
  • 📏 At 2.0 square miles of land, 11697 is bigger than 12% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.6 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,429This ZIP4,429
Households1,870This ZIP1,870
Housing units2,873This ZIP2,873
Median age51.9This ZIP51.9New York39.8US 38.9
Median household income$122,667This ZIP$122,667New York$85,974US $80,734
Median home value$720,200This ZIP$720,200New York$423,800US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher53.6%This ZIP53.6%
Mean commute44.5 minThis ZIP44.5 min
Population density2,163.7 / sq miThis ZIP2,163.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments45This ZIP45
Employees498This ZIP498
Annual payroll$28,506,000This ZIP$28,506,000
Tax returns filed2,380This ZIP2,380
Total adjusted gross income$299,736,000This ZIP$299,736,000

Land area

Land area2.05 sq miThis ZIP2.05 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 11697

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ZIP codes near 11697

ZIPCityDistance
11235 Brooklyn, NY 2.4 mi
11229 Brooklyn, NY 3.5 mi
11234 Brooklyn, NY 3.5 mi
11694 Rockaway Park, NY 3.5 mi
11224 Brooklyn, NY 4.2 mi
11223 Brooklyn, NY 4.2 mi
11210 Brooklyn, NY 5.2 mi
11230 Brooklyn, NY 5.2 mi
11214 Brooklyn, NY 5.2 mi
11204 Brooklyn, NY 5.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 11697?

11697 is in Breezy Point, New York, in Queens County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.5571, -73.9137.

What county is 11697 in?

11697 lies in Queens County.

What area code is 11697?

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

What time zone is 11697 in?

11697 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 11697?

About 4,429 people live in ZIP code 11697, in 1,870 households, at 2,163.7 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 11697?

$122,667 a year, against $85,974 across New York.

What ZIP codes are near 11697?

The closest are 11235 (2.4 mi), 11229 (3.5 mi), 11234 (3.5 mi), 11694 (3.5 mi) and 11224 (4.2 mi).

Is 11697 a PO Box ZIP code?

11697 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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