Run a Reverse Phone Lookup
New York

The three-digit prefix before a local phone number is that number’s area code. The prefix indicates where a phone number originated, including the state and often the part of the state.

Knowing a phone number’s area code isn’t a guarantee that the owner is still in that location. People regularly move, and they’re increasingly keeping their phone numbers even if moving out of state. An area code normally does indicate where a phone number is registered, though, and where you should begin any reverse phone lookup.

Because New York is such a populated state, it is canvassed by many area codes. Each has a specific geographic region either Downstate or Upstate.

The five New York City area codes are:

• 212, 332 and 646: Manhattan
• 347, 718 and 929: Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island
• 917: All New York City boroughs

Other notable Downstate New York area codes are:

• 516: Nassau County (Westbury, Freeport, Glen Cove, etc.)
• 631 and 934: Suffolk County (Stonybrook, Riverhead, Southampton, etc.)
• 845: Southeastern New York (Poughkeepsie, Newburgh, West Point, etc.)
• 914: Westchester County (White Plains, Scarsdale, etc.)

Notable Upstate New York area codes are:

• 315 and 680: Central and Northern New York (Syracuse, Watertown, Utica etc.)
• 518 and 838: Capital District and Northeastern New York (Albany, Saratoga Springs, etc.)
• 585: Western New York (Rochester, Batavia, Wellsville, etc.)
• 716: Western New York (Buffalo, Olean, Niagara Falls, Jamestown, etc.)
• 607: Southern Tier and Finger Lakes (Binghamton, Elmira, Ithaca, Bath, etc.)

Looking up a New York landline or cell phone number is often simple with a reverse phone number lookup. To look up a phone number on ReversePhoneLookup.com all you need to do is:

1. Put the area code + local number into the search bar
2. Click so that the search runs
3. Review any available information

The reverse phone number lookup tool functions in the opposite way that a phone book’s yellow and white pages do. You don’t search for a name, and find the corresponding cell phone or landline number. Instead, you enter a phone number and find a corresponding name. Sometimes you can learn other details, too.

This is a quick way to check for a phone number’s information if you don’t have caller ID, or if you want to see whether more information than caller ID provides is available.

Oftentimes, you can legally look up a New York phone number using a reverse phone lookup service. These services generally provide information that’s sourced from public records, which is information that anyone can check. You’ll likely save a lot of time by using a reverse phone number lookup, however.

Because the information that ReversePhoneLookup.com returns is sourced from public records, the accuracy of public records determines the accuracy of the search tool. Should scammers provide false information, reverse phone number search tools may return inaccurate information.

ReversePhoneLookup.com provides a free* reverse phone number search for New York numbers. Navigate to the search bar at the top of the page, provide the phone number, and run the search.

ReversePhoneLookup.com’s free* reverse phone number lookup offers basic information, when available, about the owner of the phone number that could include a name, city, state, zip code. Additionally, when available it may also include info related to a phone number such as area code, exchange code, zip code coverage, original line type, carrier type, original coverage area, and switch CLLI Code.

While a free reverse phone number lookup is often useful, there can be limits as to what information these services are able to provide. A free lookup might only provide a number’s location and carrier information, or other basic details.

Paid reverse phone lookups might be able to provide more information, if more information is available through public records searches. Paid phone lookups sometimes have greater resources to search public records with.

Should you want to use a paid reverse phone number search, Intelius offers a reliable option. 

When available, an Intelius reverse phone number lookup might provide all or some of the following about a phone number:

• Phone number owner’s location history and carrier information
• Owner’s full name and contact information
• Owner’s social media and potential images
• Other information if available

Should you still want more information, a background check may provide educational, criminal and traffic, employment, family member, and schoolmate information about the owner of a number.

If you want to learn about the person who’s registered as the owner of a New York phone number, multiple tools are at your disposal. Try beginning with a free reverse phone number lookup, and continue with a paid one or background check if you like.