Editing Area codes 716 and 624 (section)

{{Short description|Telephone area code for western New York state}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2022}}
{{use mdy dates|date=September 2013}}
[[File:New York State and surrounding areas Area codes Jan 2024.png|thumb|Area codes in [[New York (state)|New York state]] with the area codes 716 and 624 highlighted in red]]
'''Area codes 716 and 624''' are telephone [[area code]]s in the [[North American Numbering Plan]] (NANP) for [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]],  [[Niagara Falls, New York|Niagara Falls]], and four surrounding counties in [[western New York]]. 716 was one of the [[original North American area codes]] established in 1947, while 624 was assigned to the identical numbering plan area (NPA) in 2023.