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'''Area codes 631 and 934''' are the telephone [[area code]]s in the [[North American Numbering Plan]] (NANP) for [[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk County]], [[New York (state)|New York]], on [[Long Island]]. Area code 631 was created in 1999 in a [[area code split|split]] from [[area code 516|516]]; and 934 was added as an [[overlay plan|overlay]] in 2016. Communities within the area include [[Babylon, New York|Babylon]], [[Huntington, New York|Huntington]], [[Islip, New York|Islip]], [[Smithtown, New York|Smithtown]], [[Brookhaven, New York|Brookhaven]], [[Riverhead (town), New York|Riverhead]], [[Southampton, New York|Southampton]], [[Southold, New York|Southold]], [[Shelter Island, New York|Shelter Island]], and [[East Hampton (town), New York|East Hampton]].
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On November 1, 1999, area code 631 was created solely for Suffolk County, to satisfy the increased need for telephone numbers mainly due to cellular services, while Nassau County retained [[area code 516]]. [[Permissive dialing]] for numbers in 516 across Long Island continued until the spring of 2000.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/31/nyregion/suffolk-county-gears-up-for-631-area-code.html|title=Suffolk County Gears Up for 631 Area Code|last=Rather|first=John|date=October 31, 1999|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=November 4, 2018}}</ref>
===2016–present: 631/934 overlay===
On July 16, 2016, area code 934 was
==See also==
* [[List of NANP area codes]]▼
* [[List of New York area codes]]
==References==
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