Area codes 718, 347, and 929

"[1] On February 1, 1984, the commission voted to assign Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island with a new area code, while restricting 212 to Manhattan and the Bronx.

The announcement of the impending split triggered protests and threats of legal action from local officials and lawmakers representing the outer boroughs.

[1] On July 1, 1992, the Bronx and the neighborhood of Marble Hill, Manhattan were also split from numbering plan area 212, and were added to 718.

[6] In the year after the 347 introduction, dialing errors by omitting the prefix digit 1 caused subscribers with numbers 718-347-XXXX receiving calls to the new area code.

[7] On December 16, 2009, the New York Public Service Commission approved an additional overlay code for the 718/347 numbering plan area.

[citation needed] The 718 area code was celebrated in the 1998 2 Skinnee J's song "718," in which the rappers tell of people moving from Manhattan (212) to other boroughs (718) for lower rent.

[24] In 2023, as part of the marketing for the then-upcoming release of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, a phone number with a (929) area code was created to call or text.