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Far Rockaway, NY ZIP Codes

4 ZIP codes use the postal name Far Rockaway, New York (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 2 residential and 2 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $56,135 in 11691 to $68,449 in 11693, 1.2 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Far Rockaway's most populous ZIP code is 11691, with 69,359 people (ACS 2020-2024); 0% of its land is in the city of Far Rockaway.

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Where are Far Rockaway's ZIP codes?

11691: $56k median household income11693: $68k median household income116911169311691: $56k median household income11693: $68k median household income116911169311691: $56k median household income11693: $68k median household income1169111693
The 2 residential ZIP codes named Far Rockaway, shaded by median household income in national fifths (ACS 2020-2024). Select a ZIP to open it. <$54.1k$98.1k+no figure

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).

How different are Far Rockaway's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 11693 ($68,449), the lowest in 11691 ($56,135). Home values run from $433,100 in 11693 to $677,000 in 11691.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013, B25077, B01003).

All 2 residential ZIP codes of Far Rockaway

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Far Rockaway, NY, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
11691 Queens County 69,359 25,851 $56k $677k
11693 Queens County 13,244 13,391 $68k $433k

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; 2023 Gazetteer land areas (2020 ZCTAs); town names from simplemaps US ZIP Codes (CC BY 4.0) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes in Far Rockaway

2 ZIP codes named Far Rockaway have no residential delivery area: post office boxes, or one organization (a large employer, an agency, a university) with its own code. The Census Bureau publishes no figures for them.

Far Rockaway, NY: ZIP codes without a residential area, for PO boxes or one organization (GeoNames postal codes; USPS does not publish openly which is which)
ZIPCounty
11690Queens County
11695Queens County

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0); a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.

Which counties do Far Rockaway's ZIP codes reach?

Far Rockaway's residential ZIP codes lie in Queens County.

Which places do Far Rockaway's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Far Rockaway's residential ZIP codes cover 1 other place, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file (shares of land).

Which first three digits do Far Rockaway's ZIP codes use?

The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Every ZIP code of Far Rockaway starts with 116.

Three-digit prefixes of Far Rockaway's ZIP codes, the sectional center for each (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) and how many of the prefix's codes are Far Rockaway's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
116 Brooklyn, NY (SCF 112) 4 7

Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.