The blue area is New York State; the red area is area code 516

Area code 516 is used for Long Island's Nassau County, located directly east of the New York City borough of Queens and west of Suffolk County.

Upon nationwide adoption of area codes in October 1947, Nassau was part of the 914 area code along with Suffolk County and about half a dozen counties to the north of New York City. Soon after, in 1951, Long Island (Nassau and Suffolk) was split from 914 to receive the 516 area code exclusively.^[1]

This area code used to serve both Nassau and Suffolk counties until November 1, 1999, when Suffolk County received the 631 area code.^[2]

[edit] See also

• List of NANP area codes
• North American Numbering Plan

[edit] External links

• NANPA Area Code Map of New York
• List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 516 Area Code

[edit] References

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