Area codes 718, 347, and 929

North American area codes 718, 347, and 929 are New York City telephone area codes in the boroughs of the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island, as well as the Marble Hill section of Manhattan. They are overlaid by area code 917, which covers the entirety of New York City.

History

At the time of its creation on September 1, 1984, the 718 code was assigned only to Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island; the Bronx and Marble Hill joined 718 in 1992. Area code 347 was added as an overlay to 718 on October 1, 1999.

On December 16, 2009, the New York Public Service Commission approved an additional overlay of the 718/347 area code region. On January 22, 2010, NeuStar-NANPA issued a press release (through PR-NewsWire) that 929 is to be the new area code to further overlay the New York City 718 and 347 area codes of boroughs outside Manhattan.

Area code 917 overlays area codes 718, 347, and 929, as well as area codes 212 and 646 in Manhattan.

Marble Hill

One Manhattan neighborhood, Marble Hill, is not in the 212/646 area code but the 718/347/929 codes. Marble Hill, although legally a part of Manhattan to this day, was geographically severed from Manhattan by the construction of the Harlem River Ship Canal in 1895. It was physically connected to the Bronx in 1914 when the by-passed segment of the Harlem River was filled in. When the Bronx shifted to 718 in 1992, Marble Hill residents fought to stay in 212, but lost. Marble Hill's trunk is wired into the Bronx line, and it would have been too expensive for New York Telephone to rewire it.