New Yorkers Are Getting a Fresh Set of Digits

New Yorkers are getting a fresh set of digits: 465 is joining the city's lineup of area codes effective Thursday. It's the eighth code serving the five boroughs—the first, established in 1947, is the famed 212—and the first new one since 2017, a response to the city steadily burning through its stock of available phone numbers.

The new code will be assigned to new lines in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and Manhattan's Marble Hill once all 347 numbers are tapped out, reports the New York Times. Current numbers won't change. The three-digit choice comes from the North American Numbering Plan Administrator, which picks codes under FCC rules aimed at keeping the system running smoothly. Officials estimate 465 will last about 11 years before running out of numbers itself. It also marks a small numerical milestone: it's the first New York City area code to use the number 5.