Pick 716 if the number should read as Buffalo.
The Public Service Commission puts Buffalo, Cheektowaga, Tonawanda, Niagara Falls and West Seneca in 716.
The area codes for Buffalo are 716 and 624.
Area codes in Buffalo
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Buffalo is in 716, one of New York’s original five codes, and 624, laid over it in 2023. The area covers Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Jamestown.
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Buffalo has two area codes.
- 716Since 1947Buffalo, Niagara Falls and JamestownCheektowagaTonawandaWest Seneca
167 FCC complaints
Get a 716 number - 624Since 2023Overlay code
1 FCC complaint
Pick 716 for Buffalo, the code the city has had since 1947.
Pick 716 to reach Niagara Falls and Jamestown too.
Both are in the same code, as are Lockport and Dunkirk.
Pick 585 if the number is for Rochester.
585 was split from 716 on November 15, 2001.
People filed 168 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from Buffalo area codes in 12 months.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 168 unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC gave a caller ID number that started with 716 and 624. 716 was named most, on 167 of them (99%).
- 168unwanted-call complaints named a Buffalo code
- 716was named on the most of them, 167
- 99%of the Buffalo complaints named 716
Buffalo codes
How many complaints named a caller ID that starts with each Buffalo code.
- 1716Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Jamestown167
- 2624Overlay code1
Source: Federal Communications Commission, CGB - Consumer Complaints Data (dataset 3xyp-aqkj), issue "Unwanted Calls", read on November 4, 2026. Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
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No. Rochester has used 585 since 2001, and Buffalo stayed in 716.
The Public Service Commission approved an overlay in October 2022, and 624 was laid over 716 in 2023.
A local call in Buffalo is dialed with ten digits, whichever of its codes the number starts with. The area code is part of every number you give out.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people filed 168 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from numbers that start with a Buffalo code: 716 (167) and 624 (1). A complaint is one person's report. Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
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