Free ZIP check

Is 11205 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 11205 in Kings County, New York for a restaurant: households and income, jobs within reach, resident spending and the restaurants already mapped there. Whether a particular address fits is a question about that address; check one free below.

ZIP check

ZIP 11205, Kings County, New York

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 11205 covers 1.2 square miles, so its edges are about half a mile from the center. Jobs and competitors are counted within a mile of the center and resident spending within 3 miles; the household figures beside are for the whole ZIP. Checked Oct 17, 2026.

ZIP 11205
17,962 households
Median household income
$93,887
Residents
51,676
Restaurants with employees, 2023
67

What stands out

  1. A real daytime workforce within a short walk

    3,295Jobs
    65,190Households

    3,295 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 14,656 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. A typical amount of nearby competition

    98Sit-down and casual restaurants
    110 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 98 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (6 chain, 19 local multi-location and 73 independent) and 486 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $234KMiddle-case sales
    $1,950Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $126,000 to $421,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $234,000).

  4. Unnamed local road carries about 9,298 vehicles a day

    9,298Vehicles a day
    119,116Busiest road nearby

    The nearest counted roads are Unnamed local road, 9,298 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 130 feet away; Flushing Ave, 12,461 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2023), about 310 feet away; and Bklyn/queens Exp, 119,116 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2023), about 390 feet away.

What the center of ZIP 11205 can sell each year

Middle case$234K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$126K
High case$421K
Rivals within 2 mi2,759
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$650 to $3,500 a month

Resident, worker and student spending near the ZIP center, shared among competitors by distance (Huff model). A planning range with stated assumptions, not a forecast.

Competition

Competitors within half a mile98

60th percentile for nearby competition among 64,060 similar businesses in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area

1.7× the metro median of 59
Within a quarter mile25
Within 1 mile486

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent110 ft
  • Competitor 2Local group240 ft
  • Competitor 3Independent240 ft
  • Competitor 4Independent260 ft
  • Competitor 5Independent290 ft

Overture Maps Foundation places, 2026-09-23.1. Listings, not verified hours or menus.

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk14,656

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk3,295
Within 1 mile103,442
Office-type, half mile2,549

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Education4,493
  • Manufacturing1,602
  • Retail1,247
  • Wholesale1,058
  • Food service and lodging941

Census LEHD workplace records, jobs as of 2023. Straight-line distances. Office attendance is still roughly half to 60% of 2020 levels. Jobs are workplaces, not visits.

Traffic on nearby roads

Vehicles a day on Unnamed Local Road9,298

Nearest counted road, 2024 count

Busiest nearby, Bklyn/Queens Exp119,116

Other counted roads nearby

  • Flushing Ave310 ft12,461
  • Bklyn/Queens Exp390 ft119,116
  • Park Ave420 ft7,303
  • Washington Ave450 ft9,298

State DOT and FHWA annual average daily traffic, both directions. Vehicles, not foot traffic.

What an address adds

  • The free check of an addressThe same measurements within a short walk of one address in 11205: who lives and works right there, the competition on that block and the traffic on its road. No account.
  • The full reportFor one address: whether the rules allow a restaurant there, the rent the location supports against the asking rent, what has opened and closed nearby, and the questions to settle before signing.

Have an address in 11205 in mind?

Check the address free

The restaurant check reads the same public records at the address itself.

Sources: Overture Maps Foundation: Places (Overture Places release 2026-09-23.1); DoorWorthy demand model: resident, worker and student spending shared among competitors (ACS 2020-2024; 2020 Census; BLS CE 2024; prices 2026-08); U.S. Census Bureau: ACS (ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimates); U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer: ZIP Code Tabulation Area center (ZCTA internal point; land area 1.2 square miles); U.S. Census ACS households by income with BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey spending (ACS 2020-2024; 2020 Census; BLS CE 2024; prices 2026-08); FHWA Highway Performance Monitoring System (Annual average daily traffic, latest count 2024); U.S. Census Bureau: LEHD LODES workplace jobs (LODES8 workplace area characteristics, jobs as of 2023); U.S. Census Bureau ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023 (establishments with paid employees). Listings and counts are public records, not visits or sales in this ZIP.

Questions about ZIP 11205.

ZIP 11205 for another business