Jersey City, New Jersey

ZIP codes in Jersey City

Area codes for Jersey City

• Area code 201

  In service since 1947. Shares its area with 551. Local calls are dialed with ten digits; dialing 1 plus ten digits also works.

• Area code 551

  In service since December 29, 2001. Shares its area with 201. Local calls are dialed with ten digits; dialing 1 plus ten digits also works.

Area codes here are matched from telephone rate centers, so a place near a boundary can have local numbers from either side of it.

Time zone

Jersey City is in the Eastern Time zone.

Towns near Jersey City

• Jersey2 km (1.2 mi)
• Hoboken3.5 km (2.2 mi)
• Secaucus3.7 km (2.3 mi)
• Kearny4.2 km (2.6 mi)
• Union City5.3 km (3.3 mi)
• Weehawken6 km (3.7 mi)
• Harrison7.1 km (4.4 mi)
• North Bergen8.1 km (5.0 mi)