Area codes 718, 347, and 929 are telephone area codes in the

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(NANP) for the

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, and Staten Island, as well as the Marble Hill section of

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. They are part of a larger

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with area code 917, which comprises all of New York City.

History

For the first 37 years after the establishment of the North American Numbering Plan in 1947, all of New York City was a single numbering plan area (NPA),

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. In 1984,

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asked the

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to split part of New York City into a new area code to "prevent an impending exhaustion of telephone numbers." On February 1, 1984, the commission voted to split serve Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island into a new area code, with Manhattan and the Bronx retaining 212. The announcement of the impending split triggered protests and threats of legal action from local officials and lawmakers representing the outer boroughs. Despite this, New York Telephone implemented the new 718 area code on September 1, 1984. The split was implemented in a way that split the city's three million telephone numbers roughly in half.

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of 212 continued across New York City until January 1, 1985. On July 1, 1992, the Bronx and the neighborhood of

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were also split from numbering plan area 212, and were added to 718. A permissive dialing period for using either area code 212 or 718 in the affected area lasted until May 16, 1993. On October 1, 1999, area code 347 was added as an overlay code to area code 718. On December 16, 2009, the New York Public Service Commission approved an additional overlay code for the 718/347 numbering plan area. On January 22, 2010, NeuStar announced another overlay code (929) for the New York City 718 and 347 area codes used by boroughs outside Manhattan. Area code 929 became effective on April 16, 2011. This had the effect of assigning 23.4 million numbers to an area of 6.7 million people. As of October 2021, NPA 347/718/929 has a projected exhaustion date of the second quarter of 2028. Area code 917 overlays area codes 718, 347, and 929, as well as area codes 212, 646 and 332 in Manhattan.

Marble Hill

Despite being legally a part of the

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, per the Greater New York Charter of 1897, the neighborhood of Marble Hill is excluded from the Manhattan numbering plan areas 212, 646, and 332, instead using the 718, 347, and 929 area codes.Bloom, Jennifer Kingson.
A Bit of Manhattan In the Bronx: A little-known enclave in a spot where the Bronx should be.
. ''The New York Times''. July 23, 1995. It used to be attached to Manhattan Island. After the

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was built in 1895, Marble Hill was separated from Manhattan Island by water. Soon after, the Spuyten Duyvil Creek was filled in with landfill, physically connecting Marble Hill to

. When the 718 numbering plan area was extended to the Bronx, Marble Hill residents unsuccessfully fought to retain area code 212. Marble Hill receives its dial tone from central offices in the Bronx, and it would have been too expensive for New York Telephone to reroute Marble Hill's trunk so that it could remain in 212.

In popular culture

The 718 area code was celebrated in the 1998 2 Skinnee J's song "718", in which the rappers tell of people moving from

(212) to other boroughs (718) for lower rent. Area codes 212 and 718 are included in the 2001 song " Area Codes" as two of the many locations where rapper

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has "hoes". A telephone number in area code 347 appears as "Come forth and call 489-4608, and I'll be here" in the lyrics of "Diary", a track on the album ''

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''.

References

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Communications in New York City

History

Marble Hill

In popular culture

See also

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