Area code 518 is a telephone area code in eastern upstate New York established as one of the original area codes in 1947. It covers 24 counties and 1200 ZIP codes. It has 493 landline and 100 wireless prefixes (exchanges) serviced by 47 carriers.1 It is the largest area code (in size) in the state extending from the eastern Mohawk Valley to east of Albany and from the Canadian border to the upper Hudson Valley. The boundary of the New York City and Albany metropolitan areas is sometimes said to fall along the 845 and 518 lines.citation needed Contents 1 Communities served by this area code 2 See also 3 References 4 External links Communities served by this area code Albany Altamont Amsterdam Athol Averill Park Ballston Ballston Spa Bethlehem Blue Mountain Lake Brunswick Canajoharie Catskill Champlain Chatham Chester Clifton Park Cobleskill Cohoes Colonie Copake Coxsackie East Greenbush Fort Ann Fort Edward Fort Plain Glens Falls Gloversville Greenwich Guilderland Hadley Hague Halfmoon Hudson Hudson Falls Johnstown Kinderhook Lake George Lake Luzerne Lake Placid Lake Pleasant Latham Malone Malta Mechanicville Minerva Newcomb Niskayuna Plattsburgh Philmont Queensbury Ravena St. Johnsville Saranac Lake Saratoga Saratoga Springs Schaghticoke Schenectady Schroon Lake Stephentown Stillwater Stony Creek Thurman Ticonderoga Troy Tupper Lake Valatie Valley Falls Waterford Warrensburg West Sand Lake Whitehall Wilton See also List of NANP area codes North American Numbering Plan References "Area Code 518". White Pages Inc. http://phones.whitepages.com/518. Retrieved August 9 2010.  External links NANPA Area Code Map of New York List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com 518 Area Code

New York area codes: 212 315 347 516 518 585 607 631 646 716 718 845 914 917 North: 450/579 613/343 819 West: 315 607 area code 518 East: 413 802 860 South: 845 Connecticut area codes: 203 475 860 Massachusetts area codes: 339 351 413 508 617 774 781 857 978 Ontario area codes: 226 249 289 343 365 416 519 613 647 705 807 905 Quebec area codes: 418 438 450 514 579 581 819 Vermont area codes: 802 This New York state location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v d e This article related to a telephone area code is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v d e

Coordinates: 4312N 7354W / 43.2N 73.9W / 43.2; -73.9