- Location and Structure
- Area code 917 serves all five boroughs of New York City
- It is an overlay for area codes 212 and 718
- Located in Eastern timezone (America/New_York)
- History and Purpose
- Launched January 1, 1992 as 140th area code
- Created to relieve pressure on 212 area code
- One of four new area codes introduced in 1992
- Technical Details
- 98% assigned to telecommunications carriers
- 24% landline coverage
- 75% wireless usage
- Major Carriers
- Verizon leads with 206 prefix
- Sprint follows with 204 prefix
- USA Mobility operates 205 prefix
- Cingular serves 207-209 prefixes
- Omnipoint Communications operates 213-216 prefixes