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ZIP code 11214, Kings County, New York

National Flood Insurance Program claims and payouts recorded for this ZIP code, with county context.

NCEI notes that Storm Data is compiled from a variety of sources including the National Weather Service, other federal, state and local agencies, the media and the public; that property and crop damage figures are estimates; and that some events are recorded by NWS forecast zone rather than by county. FEMA notes that NFIP claim records are redacted and aggregated to protect the privacy of policyholders. NFIP claims as of 8 Sep 2026.

ZIP code 11214, in Kings County, New York, has 139 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 110 of them paid for a total of $1.6M.

That is 2.2% of the 6,319 claims recorded across Kings County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $15K, lower than the county average of $63K and the New York average of $40K.

FEMA counts 16 repetitive-loss properties and 0 severe repetitive-loss properties in the ZIP (properties with two or more paid flood claims); their locations are not published.

At county level FEMA counts 8,029 residential flood policies in force, covering 2.9% of residential structures.

139NFIP claims since 1978
110paid claims
$1.6Mtotal paid
$15Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 11214KingsNew YorkUS
Claims since 19781396,319175,4302,680,429
Share of claims paid79%83%82%78%
Average paid claim$15K$63K$40K$43K
Share of county claims2.2%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties1636519,079—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 11214 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s18$47,870
1980s42$53,500
1990s6$7,825
2000s1$14,762
2010s47$1,029,352
2020s25$451,913
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202610$0—
20231715$320,567$21,371
202176$131,345$21,891
201611$2,247$2,247
201311$2,901$2,901
20123128$951,336$33,976
20111410$72,867$7,287
200411$14,762$14,762
199810$0—
199621$2,876$2,876
199410$0—
199221$4,949$4,949
198910$0—
198710$0—
198421$1,600$1,600
198353$1,368$456
198220$0—
198186$10,526$1,754
19802320$40,007$2,000
19791412$40,251$3,354
197844$7,619$1,905

Claims are counted by year of loss as recorded in OpenFEMA's redacted NFIP claims file; amounts combine building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments. ZIP codes in the file are the policyholder's reported ZIP.

County context: Kings County

Kings County has 213 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (9 in the last 12 months), 24 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively High". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 83; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 3.

Hail: 7 · Tornado: 3 · Flood: 83 · Wind: 87 · Winter: 1 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 11214?

139 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 110 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 11214?

$1.6M across 110 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $15K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 11214?

2012, with 31 claims and $951K paid.

What county is ZIP 11214 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Kings County, New York; ZIP codes can cross county lines. The county page carries the storm record, declarations and risk index for the area.

Provenance

OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3 (as of 8 Sep 2026) and NfipMultipleLossProperties v1 (2 Aug 2026), aggregated by ZIP code and year of loss on this site; no property-level record is shown. County storm figures from NOAA NCEI through 30 Jun 2026. Built 1 Oct 2026. See the guide to redacted NFIP claims and the methodology.