Is 11229 a good location for a bakery?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 11229 in Kings County, New York for a bakery: households and income, jobs within reach, resident spending and the bakeries already mapped there. Whether a particular address fits is a question about that address; check one free below.

ZIP 11229, Kings County, New York

Bakery. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 11229 covers 2.0 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 11229
30,523 households
Median household income
$70,603
Residents
78,377
Bakeries with employees, 2023
5

What stands out

  1. A modest daytime workforce within a short walk

    1,361Jobs
    41,452Households

    1,361 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 4,825 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. A typical amount of nearby competition

    11Bakeries, donut and bagel shops
    320 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 11 bakeries, donut and bagel shops within half a mile (0 chain, 2 local multi-location and 9 independent) and 33 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $448KMiddle-case sales
    $3,750Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $255,000 to $831,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $448,000).

  4. Moderate road traffic; walk-in trade depends on pedestrians

    7,659Vehicles a day
    11,156Busiest road nearby

    The nearest counted roads are Avenue U, 7,659 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 410 feet away; Unnamed local road, 8,834 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 420 feet away; and Nostrand Ave, 11,156 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2022), about 670 feet away.

What the center of ZIP 11229 can sell each year

Middle case$448K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$255K
High case$831K
Rivals within 1.5 mi56
Healthy share for this business
8% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$1,700 to $6,950 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 mile11

67th percentile for nearby competition among 7,072 similar businesses in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area

2.2× the metro median of 5
Within a quarter mile4
Within 1 mile33

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent320 ft
  • Competitor 2Independent420 ft
  • Competitor 3Independent480 ft
  • Competitor 4Independent1,170 ft
  • Competitor 5Local group1,650 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk4,825

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk1,361
Within 1 mile38,074
Office-type, half mile776

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Health care1,690
  • Education664
  • Retail489
  • Food service and lodging292
  • Other services261

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 U7,659

Nearest counted road, 2024 count

Busiest nearby, Nostrand Ave11,156

Other counted roads nearby

  • Unnamed Local Road420 ft8,834
  • Nostrand Ave670 ft11,156
  • Gravsnd Nck Rd700 ft1,564
  • Bedford Ave770 ft8,910

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 11229: 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 bakery 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 2.0 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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