New York City gets new area code
New Yorkers are getting a new area code.
The new all-services overlay area code, 465, will be rolled out across the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and Marble Hill, the New York State Public Service Commission said in a statement on Thursday. The agency announced the change earlier this year, citing an increased demand for phone numbers in the region.
The existing area codes — 347, 718, 917 and 929 — are expected to be exhausted by early 2026, at which point the new numbers will start being assigned. Those who already have the digits as part of their phone numbers, however, will not experience a change.
'There is a clear need for more telephone numbers as a result of economic growth and activity in the New York City metro areas, therefore, an additional area code is required,' Commission Chair Rory Christian said in a statement. 'The new area code overlay will be able to address the expansion of telecommunication services which serves this region and to support future demand.'
New York City has seen several new area codes pop up over recent decades, most recently in 2011, when 929 was announced.
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