Spokeo reports that prestigious area codes like 212 in Manhattan and 310 in Beverly Hills symbolize status and regional pride ...

If you’ve nabbed a highly sought-after rent-controlled apartment, what’s next on your list of hot city items? Try a 212 area code. The area code, typically used for Manhattan landlines, is the latest ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Start spreading the news. The "212" area code is slipping out of New York City thanks to Internet-based phone companies. The coveted digits that mean so much to so many are ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Move over 212, 646 and 917, because Manhattan will be adding a new area code in 2017. Joining the three mainstays will be 332, expected to be assigned to new customers in the second ...

New York City’s iconic 212 area code, name-checked in songs and on TV shows such as "Seinfeld," is losing some of its exclusivity. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

VIEW NOT INCLUDED: An online vendor is selling sought-after 212 area codes, once a status symbol only available to those living in Manhattan. Reuters Anyone from the Deep South to the West Coast can ...

Sherri Littlefield wants a phone number with the 212 area code. “I think if people saw that, they would just immediately know, ‘Oh, she lives in New York City,’” Littlefield said. Littlefield is ...

Hold the phone — these “New York” firms are nowhere near the Big Apple. Manhattanite wannabes all over the globe — including businesses from New Jersey to New Zealand — are paying big bucks for ...

In today's edition of A NY Times Study In Rich People, a couple moving to New York from Boston yearns for "his-and-her" 212 area codes, because nothing says MANHATTAN like shelling out hundreds of ...

The looming arrival of a new Manhattan area code has triggered waves of dismay and anger online, while owners of the coveted original 212 area code swelled with pride on Thursday. The proliferation of ...