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Is 11220 a good location for an ice cream shop?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 11220 in Kings County, New York for an ice cream shop: households and income, jobs within reach, resident spending and the ice cream shops already mapped there. Whether a particular address fits is a question about that address; check one free below.

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ZIP 11220, Kings County, New York

Ice cream shop. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 11220 covers 1.7 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 11220
28,420 households
Median household income
$69,883
Residents
90,652
Ice cream shops with employees, 2023
72

What stands out

  1. A real daytime workforce within a short walk

    1,709Jobs
    46,834Households

    1,709 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 18,794 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. A typical amount of nearby competition

    30Similar businesses
    270 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 30 coffee shops and cafés and dessert, ice cream and candy shops within half a mile (7 chain, 4 local multi-location and 19 independent) and 97 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $287KMiddle-case sales
    $2,400Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $171,000 to $563,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $287,000).

Measured around the center of ZIP 11220

Computed from public records at this location

What the center of ZIP 11220 can sell each year

Middle case$287K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$171K
High case$563K
Rivals within 1.5 mi146
Healthy share for this business
8% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$1,150 to $4,700 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 mile30

66th percentile for nearby competition among 12,111 similar businesses in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area

2.5× the metro median of 12
Within a quarter mile14
Within 1 mile97

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent270 ft
  • Competitor 2Independent460 ft
  • Competitor 3Independent490 ft
  • Competitor 4Independent500 ft
  • Competitor 5Chain500 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk18,794

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk1,709
Within 1 mile54,959
Office-type, half mile1,612

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Health care11,711
  • Retail1,501
  • Education1,106
  • Construction1,004
  • Finance and insurance939

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.

Not measured in this ZIP

  • Traffic on the nearest roadNo state or federal traffic count was found near the center of this ZIP.

What an address adds

  • The free check of an addressThe same measurements within a short walk of one address in 11220: 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 an ice cream shop there, the rent the location supports against the asking rent, what has opened and closed nearby, and the questions to settle before signing.

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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 1.7 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); 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.

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