347 Area Code: NYC Boroughs, ZIP Codes, Time Zone & Complete Guide

The 347 area code is one of New York City's outer-borough overlays — introduced in 1999 when the existing 718 area code ran low on available numbers across Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and the Bronx. Unlike the iconic 212 (Manhattan), 347 is less universally recognised, but it serves millions of numbers across the most populous parts of New York City.

Whether you're looking to understand where a 347 call is coming from, need to reach someone in Brooklyn or the Bronx, or want a 347 number for your business's NYC presence, this guide covers everything you need to know.

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The 347 area code covers four of New York City's five boroughs: Brooklyn (Kings County), Queens (Queens County), Staten Island (Richmond County), and the Bronx (Bronx County). It does not cover Manhattan — that's served by 212, 646, and 332.

Boroughs and Counties Covered

• Brooklyn (Kings County) — New York City's most populous borough. Major ZIP codes: 11201 (DUMBO/Brooklyn Heights), 11211 (Williamsburg), 11220 (Sunset Park), 11236 (Canarsie).
• Queens (Queens County) — New York City's second largest borough. Major ZIP codes: 11101 (Long Island City), 11354 (Flushing), 11373 (Elmhurst), 11432 (Jamaica).
• The Bronx (Bronx County) — Major ZIP codes: 10451 (South Bronx), 10458 (Belmont), 10467 (Norwood), 10471 (Riverdale).
• Staten Island (Richmond County) — Major ZIP codes: 10301 (St. George), 10314 (New Springville), 10306 (New Dorp).

Time Zone

The 347 area code is in the Eastern Time Zone (ET): UTC-5 Eastern Standard Time (November–March) and UTC-4 Eastern Daylight Time (March–November). New York observes daylight saving time.

Understanding 347 requires understanding the history of New York City telephone numbering. The outer boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and the Bronx were originally served by 212 alongside Manhattan. In 1984, as the 212 number pool neared exhaustion, the outer boroughs were split off as a new area code: 718.

718 served the outer boroughs from 1984 until the late 1990s, when explosive growth in mobile phones, fax machines, pagers, and internet dial-up connections consumed available numbers at an unprecedented rate. In 1999, 347 was introduced as an overlay.

• 1947: 212 assigned to all of New York State.
• 1984: Outer boroughs split from 212 to 718.
• 1995: 917 introduced as a NYC-wide overlay for mobile phones.
• 1999: 347 introduced as an outer boroughs overlay alongside 718.
• 2011: 929 introduced as a second outer boroughs overlay.

The 347 area code covers some of the most well-known neighbourhoods in New York City.

Brooklyn (347)

• Williamsburg — Arts and culture hub, ZIP 11211
• DUMBO — Tech and creative industries, ZIP 11201
• Park Slope — Residential, ZIP 11215
• Flatbush — Large Caribbean-American community, ZIP 11226

Queens (347)

• Flushing — Major Asian-American hub, ZIP 11354
• Astoria — Large Greek and Middle Eastern communities, ZIP 11102
• Jackson Heights — Diverse immigrant community, ZIP 11372

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Unlike the scarce 212, new 347 numbers are still available from most carriers and cloud phone providers. A 347 number is a practical choice for any business serving customers in Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, or Staten Island.

Cloud phone platforms provision 347 numbers in minutes. You don't need a physical presence in the outer boroughs to get a 347 number — it's available to any business that wants a local NYC presence. MeraTalk supports 347 number provisioning and porting across all plans.

Calling a Brooklyn or Queens line from overseas follows the standard international pattern: the caller dials their country's exit code, then the North American country code 1, then the full ten-digit number. From most of Europe that means 00 1 347 555 0123; on any mobile phone worldwide, entering +1 347-555-0123 connects directly, because the plus sign substitutes the correct exit code automatically.

• From the UK and most of Europe: 00 + 1 + the ten-digit number
• From Australia: 0011 + 1 + the ten-digit number
• From any mobile: +1 followed by the ten digits

Businesses in the outer boroughs that serve international customers — importers in Sunset Park, travel agencies in Flushing, family firms with relatives abroad — should publish the +1 format on websites and invoices so overseas callers never have to guess the dialing sequence. For more, see 347 area code.

Unlike some overlays that were informally associated with mobile phones — the way 917 was in its early years — 347 numbers are assigned to every line type. A given number might ring a bodega's wall phone in the Bronx, a smartphone in Astoria, or a cloud-based business system with no physical phone at all. The digits reveal the borough market, not the device.

That neutrality matters for anyone screening calls or building contact lists: there is no way to tell from the prefix alone whether a number is fixed or mobile. For businesses it is a quiet advantage — a virtual 347 line answered on a laptop in another state looks identical to a landline ringing above a storefront in Park Slope, so companies can present an outer-borough identity regardless of how their team actually takes calls.

Because outer-borough digits look like a neighbor calling, scammers frequently spoof them on robocalls targeting New Yorkers. Common patterns include fake utility disconnection threats, callers impersonating government agencies or delivery services, and one-ring calls designed to bait an expensive callback. The caller ID shows a familiar local prefix, but the call may originate anywhere in the world.

• Never share account numbers, passwords, or payment details on an inbound call
• Hang up and call the organization back on its published number
• Report suspicious calls to the FTC and your carrier's spam-reporting service

Legitimate businesses can protect their own reputation by registering outbound numbers with caller-ID authentication programs, so their calls display as verified rather than being flagged as potential spam by recipients' carriers.

US number portability rules let businesses and residents keep their digits when switching providers. A Queens restaurant that has printed the same number on menus for a decade can move that line to a cloud phone platform — or between carriers — without customers noticing any change. Only the service behind the digits switches; the number itself stays put.

The new provider handles the transfer once the account holder submits a recent bill or account number to verify ownership. The old service should stay active until the port completes, which typically takes a few business days, and the line keeps ringing throughout. Porting works in both directions, so a number acquired for an outer-borough campaign can later follow the business to a new provider or platform without ever changing what customers dial.

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