| City: | New York, New York |
| Names to Avoid: | Shearson American Express |
| County: | New York County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:33:42 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 212 / 332 / 347 / 646 / 718 / 917 / 929 |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 40.7143, -74.0067 |
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ZIP code 10285 is designated for American Express operations at the World Financial Center in Manhattan's Battery Park City neighborhood, part of the Downtown area in New York County. This designation originated with Shearson American Express, formed in 1981 when American Express acquired Shearson Loeb Rhoades, then Wall Street's second-largest brokerage. The American Express Tower at 200 Vesey Street, designed by Cesar Pelli & Associates, opened in 1986 as part of the World Financial Center development.
Postal records show 96 ZIP+4 delivery codes and 5 named buildings including American Express and Travel Related Services facilities on Vesey Street and World Financial Center. Census County Business Patterns data indicates 21 establishments employing over 10,000 workers, reflecting American Express's continued significant presence. The Shearson name was discontinued in 1994 after the brokerage operations were sold to Primerica.
American Express remains headquartered at this location today. This postal designation has been active for more than two decades. New York serves as the valid mailing city. The designation falls within New York's 10th Congressional District.
| Establishments: | 21 |
| Employment: | 10,095 |
Buildings registered in the USPS ZIP+4 database with designated codes for direct mail delivery.
ZIP Code 10285 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 20 business establishments, employing about 11,647 people with an annual payroll of $1,823,850,000.
| # 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: | 20Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $794,320,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $1,823,850,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 11,647Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 10285 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 10th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 18,897,109 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 10285, 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: | 10Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 14.25 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 10285 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.