Area code 917

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The blue area is New York State; the red area is area code 917 and overlay

Area code 917 is a New York City telephone area code for all of the five boroughs (Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, and the Bronx). It was the first cellular/pager/voicemail area code for the city and is an overlay to 212, 718, 646, and 347. Occasionally, 917 is also assigned to landlines (most commonly in Manhattan, due in large part to the sparse availability of area code 212).

Introduced in 1992, area code 917 is the first overlay area code in the North American Numbering Plan. When it was established, all the cellular phones and pagers which previously had 212 and 718 area codes were switched to 917, freeing up the phone numbers for additional landlines.

See also

• List of NANP area codes
• North American Numbering Plan

External links

• North American Numbering Plan Administration
• NANPA Area Code Map of New York
• Whitepages Area code Map
• 917 Area Code Information
• List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 917 Area Code

References

New York area codes: 212/646/332, 315/680, 516/363, 518/838, 585, 607, 631/934, 716/624, 718/347/929, 845/329, 914, 917

	North: 914, 845, 203/475
West: 201/551, 862/973, 908	area code 212/347/646/718/917/929	East: 516, 631
	South: 732/848, Atlantic Ocean
New Jersey area codes: 201/551, 609/640, 732/848, 856, 908, 973/862
Connecticut area codes: 203/475, 860/959