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West New York, New Jersey Area Code Information |
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West New York, NJ Area Codes are 201, 551 |
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West New York, NJ is currently using two area codes 201 and 551. West New York, NJ utilizes an area code overlay in which
area codes 201 and 551 serve the same geographic area. The area code overlay which is in use in West New York, NJ today was established in 2001 at which time area code 551 was created as an overlay of area
code 201. Area code 201 originally covered the entire state of New Jersey, including West New York, New Jersey when it was established in 1947. Ten digit dialing (area code + seven digit number) is necessary
in West New York because two different homes in the same geographic area can have the same seven digit phone number but each would have a different area code.
Today, in addition to West New York, NJ,
area codes 201 and 551 serve the larger communities of Bayonne, Bergenfield, Cliffside Park, Englewood, Fair Lawn, Fort Lee, Hackensack, Hoboken, Jersey City, Kearny, North Bergen, Paramus, Ridgewood,
Teaneck, and Union City in addition to many smaller communities. |
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New Jersey
Area Codes |
201, 551, 609, 732, 848, 856, 862, 908, 973 |
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