Area code 917
Area code 917 is a
History
The original area code for all of New York City's boroughs was
In 1990, The
Instead, in 1992, numbering plan area 212 was reduced to Manhattan, with the exception of Marble Hill, which, along with the Bronx, was integrated into 718. All boroughs were provided with the additional area code 917, arranged in an overlay plan.
Introduced on February 4, 1992,[2] area code 917 was the first overlay area code in the North American Numbering Plan. When it was established, all cellphones in New York City were switched to 917, freeing up telephone numbers for additional landlines.[3]
Shortly after the establishment of the 917 code, the FCC ruled that restriction of area codes to particular types of service was prohibited, but the instance of 917 remained grandfathered.[citation needed]
See also
- List of New York area codes
- List of NANP area codes
References
- ^ McFadden, Robert D. "917 Area Code Is Proposed For the Bronx". The New York Times. June 5, 1990.
- ^ "Bell Atlantic Ready to Introduce New 347 Area Code; New Area Code to Join 718 to Serve The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island". Verizon News Archives. September 13, 1999. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
- ^ "NANP-Introduction of the 917 Numbering Plan Area (NPA) in New York City and Transfer of the Bronx, New York, from the 212 NPA to the 718 NPA" (PDF). NANPA. Bellcore. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 5, 2018.
External links
- North American Numbering Plan Administrator
- NANPA Area Code Map of New York
- Whitepages Area code Map
- List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 917 Area Code
North: 475
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West: 973, 908
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Area code 917 (overlays both 212/646/332 and 718/347/929) | East: 631
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South: 848
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862/973, 908
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Connecticut area codes: 203/475, 860/959 |