| City: | Far Rockaway, New York |
| City Alias: | Edgemere, Wave Crest |
| Names to Avoid: | Queens |
| County: | Queens County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:38:59 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 347 / 363 / 516 / 718 / 929 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 40.5963, -73.7684 |
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ZIP code 11690 serves a PO Box-only postal facility in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York. The post office maintains 297 PO Boxes for residents and 36 businesses in the Wave Crest and Edgemere neighborhoods along the Rockaway Peninsula. There's no street delivery within this ZIP code—residents receive mail through the PO Boxes or through the adjacent 11691 ZIP code, which provides carrier service to the broader Far Rockaway area.
This isn't a geographic community with its own boundaries. It's a postal designation for customers who choose or need PO Box service in this part of Queens. The facility operates within the larger Far Rockaway neighborhood, where most residents get mail delivered to their homes under ZIP code 11691. The PO Box adoption here serves a specific function: temporary addresses, business mail handling, and residents who prefer the security and flexibility of box service in a dense urban setting.
This ZIP code contains no street delivery routes—it exclusively serves PO Box customers in the Far Rockaway area.
ZIP Code 11690 is designated for PO Box delivery only; business establishment and employment data are not available.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 341Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 0Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 0Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 11690 is located in Queens County, New York, within the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 35620) and New York's 6th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 18,897,109 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 11690, and is subdivided into the New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ division. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 35620Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ (CBSA Div 35614)Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 18,897,109Source: Census |
| MSA: | New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 06Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 29.78 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | New York, NY PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | --Source: Census |
| Place Name: | --Source: Census |
We could not locate which school district 11690 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on March 1, 2026.