Concerning Long Island

The 516 area code is exclusive to Long Island's Nassau County, dating to the late nineteenth century. Museum Row is a popular attraction - it is home to several of Long Island's best museums, including the Cradle of Aviation Museum and the Long Island Children's Museum. You can step back in time to the Gilded Age of Long Island by taking a walk and seeing a show at Old Westbury Gardens. Alternatively, if you're looking for some sun and sand, take a stroll along the historic Long Beach Boardwalk.

Service Areas

The 516 area code covers Nassau County, which is located on western Long Island and is bordered on the west by New York City's borough of Queens and the east by Suffolk County. Nassau County is home to only two historic cities: Glen Cove and Long Beach, both established in the early 1890s as part of Long Island's Gold Coast.

516's History

Nassau County and the Lower Hudson Valley shared the 914 area code in 1947. Only four years later, in 1951, Nassau and Suffolk counties were separated from the Hudson Valley and given their prime area code, 516, which became Long Island's official area code. While Long Island has experienced dramatic growth in terms of population and telephone service over the 50 years since its inception, Nassau County and its 516 area code have remained relatively unaffected. However, it appears as though the 516 area code will run out of numbers by 2023.

Where can you find the 516 area code's phone numbers?

45 cities or locations service the 516 area code

The following cities or locations have those phone numbers: Amityville, Babylon, Baldwin, Brentwood, Central Islip, Cold Spg Hbr, Cold Spring Harbor, Far Rockaway, Farmingdale, Floral Park, Freeport, Garden City, Glen Cove, Glen Head, Great Neck, Hempstead, Hewlett, Hicksville, Huntington, Kensington, Levittown, Lindenhurst, Long Beach, Lynbrook, Manhasset, Massapequa Park, Mastic, Mineola, Oyster Bay, Plainview, AT&T Local, Aat Paging Corporation II, Advanced Paging Systems, Allegiance Telecom, American Messaging (am), American Network, and Aquis Communications are the carriers that provide phone numbers in this area code. Bandwidth.com Clec, Broadview Networks, Broadvox-CLEC, Broadwing Communications, Cablevision Lightpath, Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless, Eagle Communications, Global Crossing Local Services-NY, Level 3 Communications, Local Access LLC, Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC, Metro PCS, Metropolitan Telecommunications, New Cingular Wireless PCS - DC, Omnipoint Communications, Onvoy, Paetec Communications, Peerless Network Of New York, RCN Telecom Services, Scarsdale.

What area code is 516