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Encyclopedia > Area code 212
The blue area is New York State; the red area is area code 212 and overlays 646 and 917

Area code 212 is a telephone area code in New York City. Image File history File links Area_code_212. ... The telephone or phone is a telecommunications device which is used to transmit and receive sound (most commonly voice and speech) across distance. ... A telephone numbering plan is a system that allows subscribers to make and receive telephone calls across long distances. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City...


New York City was originally given area code 212 back when area codes were assigned in 1947 as it is the fastest area code that could be dialed with a rotary dial given the numbering plan. At the time, 1 was not allowed as the first digit, the second digit was either 0 or 1, and area codes could not end with 11. A telephone numbering plan is a system that allows subscribers to make and receive telephone calls across long distances. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... The rotary dial is a device mounted on or in a telephone or switchboard that is designed to send interrupted electrical pulses, known as pulse dialing, corresponding to the number dialled. ... The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is an integrated telephone numbering plan of 24 countries and territories: the United States and its territories, Canada, Bermuda, and 16 Caribbean nations. ...


Today only the borough of Manhattan retains the 212 area code, which is overlaid with area codes 646 and 917. The area codes for the other boroughs of New York City are now 718 and, more recently, 347. The Bronx was the last outer borough to lose the 212 code. Most cell phones in all five boroughs use the area codes 917 and 646; some new cell phones use 347. The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... Area code 646 was a controversial new overlay in Manhattan - created because Area code 212 and Area code 917 were running out of numbers. ... Area code 917 is the standard cellular/pager/voicemail phone area code for New York City and is an overlay to 212 and 718. ... The blue area is New York State, and the red area is area code 718 (partially overlaid by 347 and 917). ... 347 is an area code used as an overlay to area code 718. ... The Bronx is New York Citys northernmost borough. ... Area code 917 is the standard cellular/pager/voicemail phone area code for New York City and is an overlay to 212 and 718. ... Area code 646 was a controversial new overlay in Manhattan - created because Area code 212 and Area code 917 were running out of numbers. ... 347 is an area code used as an overlay to area code 718. ...


The 212 area code is arguably one of the most-recognized American area codes. Among Manhattanites, it is considered a "prestige" code, far more desirable than the newer 646 code.[citation needed]


Marble Hill

One Manhattan neighborhood, Marble Hill, is not in the 212 area code, but rather in the 718/347 code. 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 bypassed segment of the Harlem River was filled in. Marble Hill is the northernmost section of the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York. ... Spuyten Duyvil Creek, also known as the Harlem River Ship Canal, is a one-mile-long channel connecting the Hudson and Harlem Rivers in New York City, separating the island of Manhattan from the mainland. ... The Harlem River, shown in red, between the Bronx and Manhattan in New York City The Harlem River is a tidal strait in New York City, USA that flows 8 miles (13 km) between the East River and the Hudson River, separating the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. ...


See also

This is a list of area codes in the state of New York: 212: New York City: Manhattan only; overlays with 646 and 917 315: Syracuse, Utica, Watertown, and north central New York 347: New York City except Manhattan; overlays with 718 and 917 516: Nassau County 518: Plattsburgh, Saranac...

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State of New York Area Codes: 212, 315, 347, 516, 518, 585, 607, 631, 646, 716, 718, 845, 914, 917
North: 347/718
West: 201/551 area code 212/646 partially covered and surrounded by 917 East: 347/718
South: 347/718
State of New Jersey Area Codes: 201, 551, 609, 732, 848, 856, 862, 908, 973

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