The original area code for all of New York City's boroughs was 212, established with the North American Numbering Plan in 1947. In 1984, the numbering plan area (NPA) was divided by splitting Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island into a separate numbering plan area with area code 718, reducing 212 to only Manhattan and the Bronx.
In 1990, The New York Telephone Company wanted to assign a new area code (917) to all cellphones and pagers in Manhattan and all telephone lines in the Bronx, to relieve number shortages in Manhattan, but the New York Public Service Commission denied the request.[1]
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]
^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". September 13, 1999. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
^(PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 5, 2018.
area, code, telephone, area, code, north, american, numbering, plan, five, boroughs, york, city, bronx, brooklyn, manhattan, queens, staten, island, overlay, code, numbering, plan, areas, npas, city, intended, serve, cellular, pager, voicemail, applications, c. Area code 917 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan for the five boroughs of New York City The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens and Staten Island It is an overlay code to all numbering plan areas NPAs in the city and was intended to serve cellular pager and voicemail applications in the city a restriction that was subsequently ruled impermissible by the Federal Communications Commission FCC while grandfathering that use in New York City Area code 917 is also assigned to landlines predominantly in Manhattan to relieve the shortage of numbers there The blue area is New York State outside the City of New York the red area is area code 917 and overlay Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditThe original area code for all of New York City s boroughs was 212 established with the North American Numbering Plan in 1947 In 1984 the numbering plan area NPA was divided by splitting Brooklyn Queens and Staten Island into a separate numbering plan area with area code 718 reducing 212 to only Manhattan and the Bronx In 1990 The New York Telephone Company wanted to assign a new area code 917 to all cellphones and pagers in Manhattan and all telephone lines in the Bronx to relieve number shortages in Manhattan but the New York Public Service Commission denied the request 1 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 EditList of New York area codes List of NANP area codesReferences Edit 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 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 Archived from the original PDF on November 5 2018 External links EditNorth American Numbering Plan Administrator NANPA Area Code Map of New York Whitepages Area code Map List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload com 917 Area CodeNew York area codes 212 332 646 315 680 347 718 929 516 518 838 585 607 631 934 716 845 914 917 North 914 845 203 475West 201 551 862 973 908 Area code 917 overlays both 212 646 332 and 718 347 929 East 516 631South 732 848New Jersey area codes 201 551 609 640 732 848 856 862 973 908Connecticut area codes 203 475 860 959Coordinates 40 43 42 N 73 59 39 W 40 72833 N 73 99417 W 40 72833 73 99417 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Area code 917 amp oldid 1143958049, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
