- Location
- New York City, New York
- Service start year
- 1984
- The time zone
- The Eastern time zone
- Calls inside the area
- Dialling format: 1 + 10-digit
- Rate centre list
- 1
- Exhaust projection
- 2027
- Code for the country
- +1 (United States)
The exhaust year comes from NANPA projections 2026-1 (April 2026); the other figures come from NANPA public reports: area code report plus rate-centre report, file dated 11/01/2026. The official NANPA site is not this one.
Get hold of a 718 number
You can get a 718 number in two ways. With its plan, a provider hands out a new number that you pick at sign-up from the ones it holds in the code. Sellers list numbers they already hold, often with a pattern, at a one-time price. After that, you transfer the number to a provider.
Providers ranked by first-year cost
| Provider | Cheapest plan | First year | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
 Free app | Basic (Just for me), free | $0 | Open Google Voice |
 Free app | Free plan, free | $0 | Open TextNow |
 Developer API | Pay-as-you-go local number, $1.15 a month | $13.80 | Open Twilio |
 Second-number app | Standard, $3.99 a month billed yearly | $47.99 | Open Burner |
 Toll-free specialist | Solo, $6.99 a month billed yearly | $84 | Open UniTel Voice |
 Second-number app | Deluxe (local number), $6.99 a month billed yearly | $102.88 | Open GoDaddy Conversations (formerly Smartline) |
Sellers listing local numbers
| Seller | What it sells | Listed price | Monthly fee | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Marketplace | Local numbers | From $9 one-time | None stated | Search at Exclusive Digits |
 Marketplace | Local and toll-free | From $9.95 one-time | $2.99 a month | Search at NumberBarn |
 Number broker | Local and toll-free | From $99 one-time | None stated | Search at RingBoost |
 Number broker | Local and toll-free | From $100 one-time | None stated | Search at PhoneNumberExpert |
| 212areacode.comNumber broker | Local numbers | From $150 one-time | None stated | Search at 212areacode.com |
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Area codes related to this one
One area, one shared pool of numbers: 917, 347, 929 and 465. Any of these codes can give you a new number in this area, so ask for the one you want.
The other New York area codes are 212, 315, 518, 716, 914, 516, 607, 646, 631, 845, 585, 934, 680, 332, 838, 363, 329, plus 624.
718 area code questions
What area does 718 cover?
The 718 code rings in New York City, New York, in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area.
Which country code goes with 718?
+1. As part of the North American Numbering Plan, 718 is dialed from abroad as +1 718 followed by the 7-digit number.
What time is it in the 718 area code?
Eastern time applies across 718.
Who calls from 718?
A number in this code can belong to a home, mobile or local business, or be used by someone faking a local number. What a 718 number on your screen shows is where it was assigned, not who the caller is.