Phone numbers that are assigned in Manhattan beginning in June may have a new area code.
With phone numbers for the existing 212, 646 and 917 area codes projected to run out soon, the New York State Public Service Commission says it was necessary to create a new 332 area code.
Residential, business and wireless customers who request new service, an additional line or a move in the location of their service may be assigned a number in the new 332 area code beginning June 10.
Customers in the 347, 718, 929, 917 area codes that serve Staten Island, Brooklyn, Bronx and Queens won't be affected.
The Public Service Commission says current telephone numbers, including current area code, won't change in June. Calls between 332, 212,646 and 917 area codes are local calls.
When area codes were created in 1957, the 212 area code originally encompassed all five boroughs of New York City. In 1984, the 718 area code was created to service Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island.
The 212 area code was exhausted eight years later in 1992, and 718 was expanded to include the Bronx, while the entire city was overlaid with the 917 area code for just mobile service at the time.
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Five years later, the 212 area code again approached exhaust, so the 646 was created.
