| City: | Buffalo, New York |
| County: | Erie County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 12:27:41 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 624 / 716 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 42.8864, -78.8788 |
| Quick Link: |
ZIP code 14205 serves Buffalo's Central Business District, operating as a dedicated PO Box facility on Washington Street. The post office maintains 154 PO Boxes, primarily serving the 109 businesses and organizations in downtown Buffalo. This isn't a residential ZIP code.
The facility handles mail for businesses that prefer centralized mail pickup rather than street delivery to individual addresses. Most downtown Buffalo addresses receive standard carrier delivery through neighboring ZIP codes, particularly 14203, which provides street delivery to the same geographic area. The PO Box adoption here reflects commercial preference rather than necessity.
The ZIP's single street entry for Washington Street reflects a concentrated downtown business district location rather than a residential delivery network.
ZIP Code 14205 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 5 business establishments, employing about 108 people with an annual payroll of $5,619,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 867Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 5Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $1,233,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $5,619,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 108Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 14205 is located in Erie County, New York, within the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 15380) and New York's 26th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 1,161,385 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 14205. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NYSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 15380Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 1,161,385Source: Census |
| MSA: | Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 26Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 219.13 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 3611000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Buffalo city; New YorkSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 14205 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are 0 public schools with a nearby mailing address, but we have located 5 public schools nearby. There are however 1 private school(s). 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 January 1, 2026.