Residential Addresses

Puerto Rico's common addressing style consists of various formats:

    1. Four-line address
    MRS MARIA SUAREZ              Name
    URB LAS GLADIOLAS             Urbanization name
    150 CALLE A                   House no. and st. name
    SAN JUAN PR 00926-3232        City, state, and ZIP+4  

    2. Three-line address
    MR JUAN SANTIAGO              Name 
    1234 CALLE AURORA             House no. and st. name 
    MAYAGUEZ PR 00680-1233        City, state, and ZIP+4  

    3. Exceptions
    MR PEDRO RIOS                 Name 
    1234 URB LOS OLMOS            House no. and urb. name 
    PONCE PR 00731-1235           City, State, and ZIP+4  

Note: Some areas in Puerto Rico do not have street names, and the house numbers are not repeated. The urbanization name substitutes the street name and becomes the primary identifier in the AMS files. On the other hand, there are public housing projects ("residenciales")without street names in which apartment numbers are not repeated. In these cases, the name of the public housing project becomes the street name, and the apartment numbers become the primary number.

Example:

    MR PEDRO O VALENTIN           Name 
    23 RES LLORENS TORRES         Apt. number & res. name 
    SAN JUAN PR 00924-1234        City, state, and ZIP+4  

Apartment Buildings and Condominiums

In these cases, there are two basic address formats:

1. Apartment buildings (condominiums) with a physical (street) address

    MR EMILIO ARROYO              Name 
    COND ASHFORD PALACE           Building name 
    1234 AVE ASHFORD APT 1A       St. no. and name, apt. no. 
    SAN JUAN PR 00907-1234        City, state, and ZIP+4  

2. Apartment buildings (condominiums) without a physical (street) address

    MRS NORA RIOS                 Name 
    1 COND MIRAFLOR APT 104       No., bld. name, & apt. no. 
    SAN JUAN PR  00907-1335       City, state, and ZIP+4  

Certain condominiums are located on un-named streets and may not have an assigned number. The name of the condominium substitutes the street name and the number one is used when no building number exists. When there are multiple buildings (or towers) with the same name, the building number becomes the primary number and is written as follows:

Examples:

COND VERDE APT 1120    becomes   1 COND VERDE APT 1120

VISTA SUITES III APT 104    becomes   3 VISTA SUITES APT 104