| City: | New York, New York |
| Names to Avoid: | Bear Stearns |
| County: | New York County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:33:13 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 212 / 332 / 646 / 718 / 917 |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 40.7558, -73.9762 |
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ZIP code 10179 was designated for Bear Stearns, the investment bank founded in 1923 that became one of the largest securities firms in the United States before its dramatic collapse in March 2008. The firm was headquartered at 383 Madison Avenue in Manhattan's Midtown Center neighborhood. At its peak in January 2007, Bear Stearns stock traded at $172 per share with a market capitalization exceeding $20 billion. This postal designation has been active for more than two decades.
Bear Stearns' involvement in risky mortgage-backed securities made it an early casualty of the subprime mortgage crisis. On March 16, 2008, JPMorgan Chase acquired the failing firm in a government-assisted rescue for just $10 per share. Census County Business Patterns data shows 11 establishments employing 4,274 workers still associated with this ZIP code, suggesting the designation remains active for JPMorgan operations. New York serves as the valid mailing city.
| Establishments: | 11 |
| Employment: | 4,274 |
ZIP Code 10179 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 14 business establishments, employing about 4,049 people with an annual payroll of $1,698,434,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 0Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 14Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $1,084,560,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $1,698,434,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 4,049Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 10179 is located in New York County, New York, within the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 35620) and New York's 12nd Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 18,897,109 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 10179, 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: | 12Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 14.79 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | New York, NY PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 3651000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | New York city; New YorkSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 10179 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 February 1, 2026.