What is Area code 212?
'''Area code 212''' is an [[Area Code|area code]] for [[New York (state)|New York]]. It was one of the first area codes created in October 1947. It used to cover all five boroughs of [[New York City]], including [[the Bronx]], [[Brooklyn]], [[Queens]], and [[Staten Island]] boroughs, but after it was split by 718 in 1984,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Prial|first=Frank J.|date=1984-08-31|title=LIKE IT OR NOT, CITY GETS 2D AREA CODE TODAY|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/08/31/nyregion/like-it-or-not-city-gets-2d-area-code-today.html|access-date=2022-03-11|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=1993-05-16|title=CALLING THE BRONX -- 718 Today|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/16/nyregion/calling-the-bronx-718-today.html|access-date=2022-03-11|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> which covers those boroughs of New York City, 212 is now restricted to the [[Manhattan]] [[Boroughs of New York City|borough]] of New York City. It was overlaid by 917 in 1992<ref>{{Cite news|last=McFadden|first=Robert D.|date=1990-06-05|title=917 Area Code Is Proposed For the Bronx|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/05/nyregion/917-area-code-is-proposed-for-the-bronx.html|access-date=2022-03-11|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> which covers the entirety of New York City, 646 in 1999,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hu|first=Winnie|date=1999-06-30|title=In Manhattan, the 646 Area Code Is Correct, but Somehow Wrong|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/30/nyregion/in-manhattan-the-646-area-code-is-correct-but-somehow-wrong.html|access-date=2022-03-11|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and 332 in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Slattery|first=Denis|title=Manhattan to see new area code 332 next month|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/manhattan-new-area-code-332-month-article-1.3131340|access-date=2022-03-11|website=nydailynews.com}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{US-stub}} [[Category:Area codes in New York (state)|212]]