Area code 917

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The blue area is New York State (outside the City of New York); the red area is area code 917 and overlay Area code 917.svg
The blue area is New York State (outside the City of New York); the red area is area code 917 and overlay

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.

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History

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 exempt.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. McFadden, Robert D. "917 Area Code Is Proposed For the Bronx". The New York Times . June 5, 1990.
  2. "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.
  3. "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.
New York area codes: 212/332/646, 315/680, 347/718/929, 363/516, 518/838, 585, 607, 631/934, 624/716, 329/845, 914, 917
North: 914, 845, 203/475
West: 201/551, 862/973, 908 Area code 917 (overlays both 212/646/332 and 718/347/929)East: 516, 631
South: 732/848
New Jersey area codes: 201/551, 609/640, 732/848, 856, 862/973, 908
Connecticut area codes: 203/475, 860/959

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