Is 11236 a good location for a bakery?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 11236 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 11236, Kings County, New York

Bakery. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 11236 covers 3.6 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 22, 2026.

ZIP 11236
31,033 households
Median household income
$81,464
Residents
88,051
Bakeries with employees, 2023
3

What stands out

  1. A modest daytime workforce within a short walk

    1,160Jobs
    27,116Households

    1,160 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 3,869 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. A typical amount of nearby competition

    5Bakeries, donut and bagel shops
    0.20 miNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 5 bakeries, donut and bagel shops within half a mile (1 chain, 1 local multi-location and 3 independent) and 16 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $1.2MMiddle-case sales
    $10,200Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $787,000 to $2.1 million a year in sales for this business (middle case $1.2 million).

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

    986Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are Unnamed local road, 986 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 130 feet away; Remsen Ave, 14,104 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2023), about 910 feet away; and Rockaway Pkwy, 30,940 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2022), about 1,000 feet away.

What the center of ZIP 11236 can sell each year

Middle case$1.2M

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$787K
High case$2.1M
Rivals within 1.5 mi15
Healthy share for this business
8% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$5,250 to $17,200 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 mile5

49th percentile for nearby competition among 7,072 similar businesses in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area

Near the metro median of 5
Within a quarter mile1
Within 1 mile16

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent1,040 ft
  • Competitor 2Independent1,360 ft
  • Competitor 3Local group2,100 ft
  • Competitor 4Independent2,430 ft
  • Competitor 5Chain2,600 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk3,869

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk1,160
Within 1 mile14,694
Office-type, half mile345

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Education1,600
  • Health care1,070
  • Retail353
  • Other services161
  • Food service and lodging156

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 Road986

Nearest counted road, 2024 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • Remsen Ave910 ft14,104
  • Rockaway Pkwy1,000 ft30,940
  • Flatlands Ave1,160 ft20,634
  • Avenue L1,170 ft5,369

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 11236: 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 3.6 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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