AREA CODE 347

According to the North American Number Plan (NANP), 347 is one of the four telephone area codes for Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island in New York City. It also serves the Marble Hill neighborhood of Manhattan. The other area codes for these four boroughs and Marble Hill are 718, 917, and 929. Check out the upcoming table on this page if you’d like to see a detailed borough-area code mapping for all of New York City. Meanwhile, the 347 area code can be attached to landline numbers, cellular phone numbers, and virtual phone numbers. It was added in 1999 to create more phone numbers for the increasing number of residences, offices, and businesses in these four boroughs. There are around 320 area codes in the United States.

What are the other New York City area codes?

NEW YORK CITY AREA CODES212332646347718929917
Bronx and Marble Hill area code
Brooklyn area code
Manhattan area code
Queens area code
Staten Island area code
Although it’s hard to imagine now, New York City was served by only area code 212 until 1984. In 1984, the 718 area code was introduced to serve Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island. Bronx and Marble Hill were removed from the 212 numbering plan and appended to 718 in 1992. New York City’s first cellular/pager area code, the 917, was introduced in the same year. All cellphone numbers issued until then were migrated to 917 area code.In 1999, two new area codes, 646 and 347 were introduced to serve Manhattan and the rest of the boroughs respectively. The sixth one (929 area code) came into effect in 2011, generating over 23 million phone numbers. Finally, in 2015, the youngest area code, 332, was introduced. New York currently has 19 area codes including 8 overlays. View the complete list of New York area codes.

How to make calls to 347 area code

There are 3 types of dialing under the NANP:
  • Seven-digit dialing (7-digit telephone number without area code)
  • Ten-digit dialing (3-digit area code + 7-digit telephone number)
  • Eleven-digit dialing or the national format (1-digit country code + 3-digit area code + 7-digit telephone number)
To make a call to a 347 area code phone number, you need to perform eleven-digit dialing (1 + 347 + 7-digit telephone number). If you are making the call from a phone number with the same area code, you can perform ten-digit dialing (347 + 7-digit telephone number).

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