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Do you remember this? In 1983, the New York Telephone Company announced that New York City, which had been with a 212 area code since the codes were first introduced in 1947, would be divided into two area codes by mid-1984. Manhattan and the Bronx would retain the 212 code while Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island would be given a new code: 718. The company said the move was necessary because it was running out of numbers, and that with the two codes it could double the number of exchanges. Cal
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For today’s #ThrowbackThursday, we look back to February 27,1975 when the New York Telephone Company fire broke out shortly after midnight. A short circuit in the basement sparked the fire, which grew to five-alarms. About 700 firefighters responded. While there were no line-of-duty deaths, many members were sickened years later due to the toxins associated with the blaze. Because of the New York Telephone fire, the FDNY enacted stricter policies regarding SCBA (self-contained breathing apparatu
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