Queens ZIP Code Directory Coverage
Queens ZIP coverage is a postal reference, not a set of fixed neighborhood borders. City and agency maps identify the Queens-serving and Queens-associated code families below, but their dates can differ and some rows are special, institutional, border, or post-office patterns. The table is therefore a coverage checklist. Validate any current address with USPS before treating a code as its delivery ZIP or assigning it to a single neighborhood.
| ZIP code family | Queens area examples | USPS city or post-office label | Boundary note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11001, 11004, 11005 | Eastern and northeastern border, Bellerose, Glen Oaks | Confirm current USPS result | County and post-office boundary; special patterns occur |
| 11096 | Queens-associated special or unique context | Confirm current USPS result | Do not assume ordinary street delivery |
| 11101–11106 | Long Island City, Astoria-adjacent waterfront, nearby areas | Confirm current USPS result | Neighborhood edge changes by street |
| 11109 | Long Island City special residential or unique pattern | Confirm unit and USPS result | Address-level check is required |
| 11351–11361 | Flushing, College Point, Whitestone, Bayside, Auburndale | Confirm current USPS result | Community-board and postal labels can differ |
| 11362–11371 | Little Neck, Douglaston, Bayside, Oakland Gardens, Jackson Heights and LaGuardia-area patterns | Confirm current USPS result | Some codes cross board or post-office labels |
| 11372–11379 | Jackson Heights, Elmhurst, Corona, Woodside, Maspeth | Confirm current USPS result | Validate at the block level |
| 11380, 11381, 11385, 11386 | Special or edge patterns; Ridgewood and Glendale context | Confirm current USPS result | Postal geography may not match civic neighborhood labels |
| 11405 | Administrative or unique code shown in city tables | Confirm current USPS result | Check whether it is PO-box or unique |
| 11411–11419 | Cambria Heights, Jamaica, Laurelton, Springfield Gardens, South Ozone Park, Kew Gardens and Richmond Hill vicinity | Confirm current USPS result | ZIP can cross board and neighborhood lines |
| 11420–11430 | South Ozone Park, South Richmond Hill, Jamaica, Queens Village, airport or unique patterns | Confirm current USPS result | 11430 is not a normal block assumption |
| 11431–11436 | Jamaica, Hollis, St. Albans, Springfield Gardens, South Jamaica | Confirm street and unit | Address-level validation remains necessary |
| 11439, 11441–11447 | Queens Village, Rosedale, Jamaica, southeast Queens, and unique or PO-box patterns | Confirm current USPS result | City tables vary |
| 11451, 11499 | Administrative, unique, or PO-box-type codes | Confirm current USPS result | Not ordinary delivery without a USPS match |
| 11690–11697 | Rockaway peninsula and Far Rockaway | Confirm current USPS result | Peninsula ZIP and post-office boundaries need an exact check |
Official community-board examples include Forest Hills 11375, Rego Park 11374, Ridgewood and Glendale 11385, Maspeth 11378, Middle Village 11379, College Point 11356, Whitestone, Malba, and Beechhurst 11357, Kew Gardens 11415, Richmond Hill 11418, South Richmond Hill 11419, Woodhaven 11421, and Queens Borough Hall’s administrative 11424. These are useful labels, not exclusive borders.
Verify a Queens ZIP Code First
The USPS ZIP Lookup is the authoritative first test for a deliverable address. Its address mode supports an optional company field, street address, apartment or suite, city, state, and ZIP fields as needed, then returns standardized matches. A USPS match does not confirm that a particular person or organization is there. Multiple matches should be narrowed with the unit, and a new address can take about five to seven business days to appear after the local-government assignment is reported to USPS.
| USPS lookup field | Why it matters for Queens | What the result does not establish |
|---|---|---|
| Street address | Tests the current delivery form, including punctuation and suffix | Parcel ownership or civic-boundary assignment |
| Apartment or suite | Separates multiple delivery matches at one building | Whether any person is currently present |
| City and state | Supplies the postal locality used for standardization | The borough neighborhood label used by local agencies |
| ZIP field or ZIP mode | Checks the postal code against the address or place query | An exact Census, election, or tax-lot geography |
The Census ZCTA guidance illustrates why an area drawn from a ZIP code should be labeled as an approximation, not an exact delivery boundary.
Use a ZCTA image to understand broad Census geography, then return to USPS for the address-level delivery question.
Note: Retain both the USPS standardized city or post-office label and the Queens civic-neighborhood label when they differ.
Queens ZIP Code Directory and ZCTAs
A Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area, or ZCTA, is a generalized area built from Census blocks. It is not a collection of exact USPS delivery points. A ZCTA can be noncontiguous, contain enclaves or islands, or reflect PO-box-only, unique, institutional, and mixed-mail patterns. A Census map is useful for aggregate geography, but it should not overwrite the ZIP returned for a specific Queens address.
Queens adds more geography on the same block. Postal ZIP, community board, police precinct, council district, census tract, tax lot, and historic town can all differ. Use the label that matches the question: USPS for delivery validation, GOAT for current address and civic fields, PIP or ZoLa for a tax lot, and a dated map or directory for an older street reference. One code alone is not a substitute for those more precise keys.
Find Queens Records by ZIP Code
A Queens ZIP code can narrow a starting area, but it should lead into an address and parcel workflow rather than a broad person search. Once USPS has standardized the address, NYC Planning’s GOAT or GeoSupport resources can return the ZIP with the BBL, BIN, census geography, precinct, community board, and council district. That output makes it possible to choose the city source that actually keys its record to the address or lot.
- Run the address and unit through USPS, then save the standardized delivery form and ZIP.
- Send that address to GOAT or GeoSupport and record the returned BBL, BIN, ZIP, precinct, community board, and other civic geography.
- Use the confirmed BBL in the Property Information Portal or ZoLa to inspect the tax lot and its map context.
- Use ACRIS only after the BBL is confirmed, so a party or document result is tied to the right Queens lot.
- Use the BOE’s exact-field checker only to confirm a registration status when all its required fields are available.
After a ZIP has narrowed an address, the street-level record chain belongs in the Queens street directory, where the parcel, map, building-history, and deed routes are examined in detail.
Queens ZIP Codes and Civic Boundaries
Postal and civic boundaries often disagree in Queens. An address can have the right borough while USPS returns a different city or post-office name. Preserve the USPS city label for delivery work and separately note the Queens borough or neighborhood label used by a community board, map, or historical directory. A ZIP that crosses community-board lines needs a GOAT, precinct, board, or tax-lot check for the specific block.
- ZIP code and ZIP+4
- The ZIP identifies a broad postal area. ZIP+4 adds a delivery segment and does not define a neighborhood or parcel.
- PO-box ZIP
- A code associated with post-office boxes or a special mail pattern. It should not be assumed to identify normal street delivery.
- Unique ZIP
- A code used for a distinctive institutional or administrative mail pattern. Validate a real address before assigning ordinary coverage.
- Carrier route
- A postal delivery grouping. It is not an election district, community-board boundary, or tax-lot field.
Note: If a historic address is absent from USPS, test an old street name, suffix, renumbering, lot subdivision, or new-construction timing before treating it as missing.
Special Queens ZIP Code Patterns
Some Queens codes in municipal tables need an extra caution label. The eastern families 11001, 11004, and 11005 sit in county or post-office boundary territory, while 11096 is listed as a special or unique Queens-associated context. The Long Island City group includes 11109 as a special residential or unique pattern. The practical rule is simple: a code on a map is a lead, not delivery proof.
Several 114 families also require USPS confirmation. City tables flag 11405, 11430, 11451, and 11499 as administrative, airport or unique, or PO-box-type contexts. The ranges 11439 and 11441 through 11447 mix southeast Queens examples with unique or PO-box patterns. Describe these rows as partial, overlapping, special, or unconfirmed until USPS validates the full address, rather than assigning the whole code to one neighborhood.
Queens ZIP Code Record Checks
ZIP fields behave differently across official records. The NYC Board of Elections “Am I Registered?” form requires first name, last name, birth date, borough, and ZIP. Its ZIP is an exact field used to confirm a registration record, not a substitute for USPS validation and not a broad public directory. A “Record Not Found” response can result from a ZIP, date, borough, spelling, move, inactive-record, or maintenance mismatch.
Election Law §5-602 describes public registration lists arranged by election district and street or alphabetically, while Election Law §3-220 protects specified identifiers. For an address or district question, use the BOE streetfinder and ask the Queens board about current public inspection or copy methods. Do not turn the five-field online form into a ZIP-wide list. The official BOE check remains a constrained confirmation route.
Note: A ZIP accepted or rejected by an agency field is evidence about that agency record only, not evidence that an address is current or deliverable.
Queens ZIP Code Geography Handoff
When an address question crosses maps or eras, carry the source’s own geography forward. A historic directory can use a neighborhood or old town label, a final map can show a former street name, a current tax map can show the lot geometry, and GOAT can supply ZIP plus several current civic fields. The values need not match because they were created for different purposes and dates.
The safest handoff records the standardized address, BBL or BIN, USPS ZIP and city label, community board, precinct, census tract, historical label, map year, and source URL. It describes the location without producing an unnecessary person-level profile. If a field is absent, restricted, or only approximate, label that limit instead of filling the gap with a guess.
Limits of a Queens ZIP Code Directory
A Queens ZIP code directory can organize postal geography, but it cannot identify an exact property, prove a person’s presence, or settle a boundary question by itself. ZCTAs are generalized Census areas. USPS city labels can differ from civic neighborhood names. An address, ZIP, and map may also change independently as a street is renamed, a lot is divided, or delivery data is updated.
Use USPS for current delivery, GOAT and city mapping tools for current civic and parcel geography, PIP and ZoLa for the tax lot, ACRIS for a recorded-document chain, and dated library maps or directories for historical context. Keep each result tied to its source and date. That is more useful than forcing several Queens geographies into one label.