1xx exchange in area code 212? [telecom]

A local (Boston) TV station had a news story on the transformation of a part of Boston's Chinatown to look like New York City's Chinatown for the filming of the new Ghostbusters movie which is being filmed there. They mentioned such things as changing street signs, adding such things as NY Lottery stickers in doors and NYC health board signs in the windows of restaurants, and signs on buildings with Area Code 212 telephone numbers. While the reporter was discussing how they were trying to make things as realistic as possible, I was sitting there thinking how wrong the sign behind him looked. Why? It had the telephone number 212-165-8220. Exchange 165? I have never seen a 7 digit telephone number begin with a

1 (or 0). Is this a glaring mistake or are they assigning exchanges beginning with 1 (and 0?) in area code 212 now? The place across the street also had a sign with a 212-165-xxxx telephone number as well.

The days of using exchange 555 for phony telephone numbers are long gone, but 165?

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Posted 5 years ago by Michael Moroney in General Telecommunications Forum

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