Is 11223 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 11223 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 11223, Kings County, New York

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 11223 covers 2.1 square miles, so its edges are about 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 21, 2026.

ZIP 11223
26,478 households
Median household income
$63,368
Residents
78,093
Restaurants with employees, 2023
58

What stands out

  1. A real daytime workforce within a short walk

    1,842Jobs
    44,831Households

    1,842 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 10,952 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. A typical amount of nearby competition

    69Sit-down and casual restaurants
    170 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 69 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (6 chain, 15 local multi-location and 48 independent) and 267 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $415KMiddle-case sales
    $3,450Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $243,000 to $742,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $415,000).

  4. Avenue U carries about 5,322 vehicles a day

    5,322Vehicles a day
    8,207Busiest road nearby

    The nearest counted roads are Avenue U, 5,322 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), next to the site; Mc Donald Ave, 8,207 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), next to the site; and Unnamed local road, 991 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 190 feet away.

What the center of ZIP 11223 can sell each year

Middle case$415K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$243K
High case$742K
Rivals within 2 mi777
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$1,200 to $6,200 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 mile69

53th percentile for nearby competition among 64,060 similar businesses in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area

Near the metro median of 59
Within a quarter mile20
Within 1 mile267

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Local groupAt this address
  • Competitor 2Independent170 ft
  • Competitor 4Independent250 ft
  • Competitor 5Independent260 ft
  • Competitor 7Independent330 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk10,952

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk1,842
Within 1 mile41,261
Office-type, half mile523

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Health care6,693
  • Education1,071
  • Retail725
  • Administrative support490
  • Construction375

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 Avenue U5,322

Nearest counted road, 2024 count

Busiest nearby, Mc Donald Ave8,207

Other counted roads nearby

  • Mc Donald AveAt the site8,207
  • Unnamed Local Road190 ft991
  • Gravesend Neck Rd670 ft766

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 11223: 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.

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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 2.1 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.

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