Area code 347 covers New York and surrounding communities in New York.
Updated 8 October 2026
Area code 347 is in New York, shown here with New York marked.
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Source: North American Numbering Plan Administrator, retrieved 8 October 2026.
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Is area code 347 a scam?
No. Area code 347 is a legitimate area code serving New York since 1999. Scammers spoof caller ID to display 347 numbers, which is why complaints exist against a code that is itself genuine.
Neighbour spoofing is the reason a local-looking number is not a guarantee. A caller anywhere in the world can display a 347 number, and the number they display may belong to a real business in New York that has nothing to do with the call.
The callerAnywhere in the worldSets the caller ID their equipment sends.
What is displayed(347) 644-7090May belong to a real New York business.
Your phoneLooks localA nearby code and prefix make you likelier to answer.
279Area code 347 had 279 different numbers reported for spam calls in the 30 days to 8 October 2026.
264thArea code 347 ranks 264th of 331 US geographic area codes by spam complaint volume.
57%Of the 297 complaints about area code 347 in the 30 days to 8 October 2026, 57% were reported as a recorded message or robocall.
16%The most reported subject on area code 347 is calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends, appearing in 16% of its complaints in the 30 days to 8 October 2026.
Why am I getting text messages from area code 347?
Texts from 347 numbers follow the same pattern as calls — mostly local businesses and services. Treat any text asking for payment or credentials as suspect regardless of the code.
The common patterns are a wrong-number opener that turns into conversation, an unsolicited job offer, and a crypto or investment tip. Do not reply, do not follow the link, and forward the message to 7726 (SPAM) to report it to your carrier.
Pattern 1Wrong-number openerTurns into conversation.
Pattern 2Unsolicited job offerDo not reply, do not follow the link.
Pattern 3Crypto or investment tipTreat any payment ask as suspect.
Report it7726Forward the message. It spells SPAM on a keypad.
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Area codes that overlay 347
Area code 347 shares its geographic footprint with 2 other codes: 718, 929. Overlays are laid over an existing area rather than splitting it, so all local calls require the full ten-digit number.
Area code 347 covers the four outer boroughs of New York City: Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island, plus the small Marble Hill corner of Manhattan. It arrived in 1999 as the first overlay on 718, and the distinction between the two still carries social freight. A 718 number says a business predates 1999 in the boroughs. A 347 number says it came after, and for the wave of Brooklyn-based food brands, creative studios, and e-commerce companies founded since then, 347 became the default outer-borough number. The economy underneath is enormous and granular: JFK and LaGuardia logistics in Queens, the Brooklyn Navy Yard's manufacturing and design tenants, health systems like Montefiore in the Bronx, and tens of thousands of immigrant-owned storefronts.
Who lives in the 347 region
The boroughs are where most of New York actually lives. DataUSA puts the city's 2024 population at 8.48 million, with 36.1% of residents born outside the United States, and the outer boroughs hold the bulk of that diversity. Citywide 2024 median household income was $80,483 against a median property value of $777,600, and the poverty rate was 17.9%, numbers that compress wildly different neighborhoods into one average.
What a 347 number signals to a caller
Callers describe outer-borough phone culture as fast, blunt, and multilingual, with Spanish, Chinese, and Russian common in commercial corridors, though which language depends entirely on the block. New York runs on Eastern time and the boroughs run long hours, so evening calls to small businesses land more often than they would elsewhere. A caller from outside New York should know that area code 347, along with 718, 929, and now 465, serves the same territory, so the prefix says when a number was issued, not where.
Area code 347 serves New York and surrounding communities in New York. It is in the Eastern Time zone.
What state is area code 347 in?
Area code 347 is in New York. It is not in Greensboro or Ann Arbor — those are area codes 743 and 734.
Is area code 347 toll free?
No. Area code 347 is a geographic area code serving New York, New York. The toll-free codes are 800, 833, 844, 855, 866, 877, 888, and a call to a 347 number is charged at your normal rate.
Why am I getting calls from 347?
Calls displaying a 347 number come from businesses and individuals in the New York area, and from anywhere at all when caller ID is spoofed to look local. 279 347 numbers were reported to the FTC in the 30 days to 8 October 2026.
How do I block calls from area code 347?
Both iOS and Android can silence calls from unknown numbers, and every major US carrier offers free call-blocking. Blocking the whole of area code 347 is rarely worth it, because spoofed numbers change constantly and you would lose legitimate calls from New York.