Area code 516 is telephone area code for New York City Region, New York ? Middle Atlantic State of United States. The area code was created in 1952. According to area code schemes of 1947 Nassau was assigned with a 914 area code. However it got split from area code 914 and assigned with new area code 516 in 1951.
Both Nassau and Suffolk were used area code 516 until 1st November 1999 ? area code 631 was assigned to Suffolk County in 1999. Area Codes are divided to fulfill the exhausted demands of telephone line. Existing area is divided and new code is assigned to newly created area. This is how to get more and more possible combinations of phone numbers so that to fulfill the exhausted demands for telephone lines resourcefully and without any hindrance.
The code 516 is surrounded from four sides with different area codes.
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