Orthodox nabes last in teen jab rates

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods are among the city’s biggest COVIDvax laggards — with just 22 percent of high school-age kids getting shots in one Williamsburg ZIP code.

In contrast, 76 percent of New York City’s teens between the ages of 13 and 17 have gotten at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine — and 66 percent have been fully vaccinated, The Post’s analysis of Health Department data reveals.

Of the 177 ZIP codes across all five boroughs, 166 report at least 50 percent of teens have gotten at least one shot. Of the 11 remaining ZIP codes, six are home to large ultra-Orthodox groups, the data show.

Teens in Williamsburg’s 11211 are the least likely to be vaccinated: Just 22 percent of 13- to 17-year-olds there have received at least one shot, and only 18 percent are fully vaccinated.

Another Williamsburg ZIP code, 11206, is tied with Staten Island’s Tottenville for the second-least-vaccinated zone, with just 37 percent of teens there having gotten at least one shot.

“I think what’s causing it is largely a belief that I’ve heard that because they had such high infection rates [before], that largely it’s natural immunity,” said Councilman Stephen Levin (D-Brooklyn), who represents much of Williamsburg and is fully vaccinated.

“We have to do more,” Levin said, including incorporating outreach lessons learned from measles outbreaks.

The eastern section of Crown Heights and Midwood’s 11230 were the next least-vaccinated ZIP codes for teens, with just 39 percent there having had at least one shot.