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212-669-9111
212-668-9157
212-668-9024
212-668-9188
212-668-9045
212-668-9150

These phones are located inside Ellis Island, on the first floor, northeast section, side by side across 
from the dining area.


Museum Of Natural History
near the Dino-Store
around the Dinosaur exhibit.            (212) 874-2630
					      874-2630
					      874-2624
                                        Added by micah
		the most boring school trip i have ever been on. 
		they didn't let us go where we wanted, 
				absolutley ridiculous.



Outside of the Filth Mart, 
531 E. 13th St. 
(btwn. Aves. A & B) 
New York, NY                            (212) 677-6174
		Wandering around the East Village on 
		Saturday night, my wife and I come 
		across this completely shackled and 
		graffitied pay phone next to the 
		Filth Mart ... only in the East Village.
                                        Added by Jim D.


Mens' Room of Tens Cabaret, 
a "gentlemen's club" in Midtown NYC. 
35 E 21st St (Between Park Ave and 
Broadway) New York, NY                  (212) 674-3947
                                        Added by Jim D.


B. Smith's Restaurant and 
Rooftop Café, 771 8th Ave, 
(8th Ave at 47th St), 
New York, NY                            (212) 245-9028
                                        Added by Jim D.


HMV Records, Lexington Ave/86th St.     (212) 860-9727


Whitney Museum of Modern Art
Madison Avenue/75th Street              (212) 650-0592
                                              650-0806
                                              650-0591
                  These 3 are in the basement, by the bathrooms, and ring loudly
                                              650-1770
                                              650-0593
                                              650-0594
                  These 3 are on the 2nd floor, off the main gallery


Park Avenue/79th Street
North East Corner                       (212) 289-9729
                                              289-9664
			They both ring, but they go to
			internal modem after 2nd or 3rd ring


Payphone outside the 
library of The Dalton School.           (212) 860-8475


Student payphone inside 
The Hewitt School                       (212) 650-0705
                                        Added by Harry Steers


BDFQ train station
42nd Street/Avenue of the Americas
SW corner                               (212) 221-9142
                                              221-9242
                                              221-9290
                                              221-9395
                                              221-9455
                                              221-9349


Empire State Building
Lobby                                   (212) 502-4998
                                              502-4696
                                              502-4492
                                              502-4697
                                              502-5716
                                              502-5731
                                              502-4987
                                              502-4993
                                              239-8940
                                              502-5157
                                              502-4553
                                              502-4552
                                              502-5248
                                              502-4994
                                              502-4693
                                              239-5219
                                              239-8301


New York Public Library
Main Branch (42nd Street)               (212) 221-9123
                                              221-9522
                                              221-9228


125th Street Station, 
Metro-North transit, 
Tracks 2 and 4, 
north end of stop.
(NIC)                                   (212) 289-8922
                                        Added by Yip


125th Street station, 
Metro-North transit, 
tracks 2 and 4, north 
end of station stop. 
Phone out of order 
as of 1999-02-15.                       (212) 289-6847
                                        Added by Yip


In the lobby of the 
New York Times building, 
West 43rd Street, NYC                   (212) 221-9508


6 phones in a row along an
underground walkway in 
Rockefeller Center                      (212) 246-8697
                                              246-8704
                                              246-8705
                                              246-8714
                                              246-8729
                                              246-8735
	i called 246-8697 and after 6 rings 
	a fellow answered. 

	i said "is this rockefeller center?" 

	with surprising self-assurance he said 
	"yeah, it is!" 

	i said "hold on a second, 
		let me connect your call."

	i put him on hold and on my 
	second line dialed the number 
	of the phone right next to him 
	(246-8704). he answered it. 

	i conference-called the 2 phones, 
	and the guy, who did not hang 
	up the first phone, was 
		talking to himself. 

	i guess he was standing in 
	between the 2 phones with 
		one phone to each ear. 
	  he must have felt so busy.

	that's when i hung up, 
	so the guy could continue 
		his conversation in private.


At a back-door entrance to
NBC News Studio 1A, at the
bottom of a stairwell leading
to "Concourse to all" 
by Vijin Hair Salon                     (212) 974-9795
                                              664-9548
                                              664-9403
                                              974-9797


425 Park Avenue lobby, 
near candy shop                         (212) 355-8148
                                              355-8859
                                              355-9220
                                        Added by Michael Poppers


86th St. & York Avenue 
Southeast corner                        (212) 744-9778
                                        Added by Mr. A


Battery Park, 
Bottom tip of Manhatten 
(looking at the 
Statue of Liberty)                      (212) 962-8776

		I called Matt from it collect 
		but instead of saying my name 
		I told him the number, he 
		called me back, and we talkedfor 
		like 15 min. and he's in 
		Orange COunty New York while 
		i'm looking at the statue of 
		liberty, with some hobo 
		sleeping on a bench.
                                        Added by ed troxler



NY World Financial Center Pier          (212) 285-9844
                                              285-9818
                                        Added by ed troxler


49th Street N station
Credit card phone.
No identifying information 
whatsoever ... no number shown,
no owner listed. nothing. 
just a blue phone on a wall             (212) 974-9846


Le Citß restaurant
In the Time & Life Building             (212) 246-9529
                                              246-8774


In the 42nd street 
subway station, where  
many great musicians 
and mimes perform                       (212) 840 8915
                                        Added by reed


Sheraton Hotel in Midtown               (212) 246-8059
                                        Added by PoetNYC


Level 1E-01 
Jacob Javit's Center 
NYC                                     (212) 502-4664
                                              502-4690
                                              502-5519
                                              502-4960
                                              502-5530
                                              502-4408
                                              502-4098
                                              502-4502
                                              502-4610
                                        Added by Matt Hazel


Level 1E-01 
Jacob Javit's Center
(Card Phones,Call Out Only)             (212) 563-3274
                                              563-7194
                                        Added by Matt Hazel


Level 1E-01 
Jacab Javit's Center 
NYC                                     (212) 502-4659
                                              502-5796
                                              502-5795
                                              502-5794
                                              502-5793
                                              502-5792
                                              502-5791
                                              502-4661
                                        Added by Matt Hazel



42nd Street between 6th and 7th
Avenues. Outside Photo West 
(a sleazy electronics boutique) 
and across the street from 
Peep Land                               (212) 221-3324
                                              221-7877


Directly underneath the 3-way 
intersection of 
42nd St-7th Ave-Broadway,
Times Square/42nd St. subway 
station. Great bands and other
acts throughout the week.
Possibly the busiest walkway
in the whole Times Square station.      (212) 391-9630
                                              997-9173
                                              391-9614
                                              840-8917
                                              840-6265


Third Avenue/52nd Street
Outside Innovations Luggage
Northwest Corner                        (212) 223-8621
                                              223-8620
                                              223-9130


Park Avenue/52nd Street
Southeast Corner
Outside Fleet bank                      (212) 355-8077
                                              223-8626


Park Avenue/52nd Street
Southwest Corner
Outside Fidelity Investments            (212) 223-8628
                                              308-8078


909 Third Avenue
54th Street/3rd Avenue
Northeast Corner
Outside FDR Post Office                 (212) 308-8463
                                              308-8462
                                              308-8465
                                              308-8464


Citicorp Center, inside
Street level
Next to Gateway Newsstand               (212) 308-8297
                                              308-8298
 Next to Candy Candy store                    308-8299


52nd Street/Madison Avenue
Northeast corner
Outside H.L. Purdy Inc. Opticians       (212) 308-8079
                                              223-9441
                                              223-8663


6th Avenue/42nd Street
northwest corner
Outside Pronto Pizza                    (212) 997-8964
                                              997-8965


55th Street/2nd Avenue
Southwest corner
Outside Ben Vunuto a Chianti
Trattoria Bar                           (212) 223-9829
                                              355-8700


Outside of the 
High School of Art & Design
57th Street/2nd Avenue
Southwest corner                       (212) 355-8544
                                             223-9828
 56th Street/2nd Avenue
 Northwest corner                      (212) 223-8596
                                             355-8698


Outside Bloomingdale's
Third Avenue, 60th Street              (212) 223-8560
                                             223-8559
                                             355-9654


Outside the former Alexanders
58th Street/Third Avenue
Northwest corner                       (212) 223-8838
                                             223-9886


58th Street/Third Avenue
Northeast corner
Outside Taco Bell and 
Liberty Travel Agency                  (212) 223-9880
                                             223-9814
                                             335-9106


59th Street/Lexington Avenue
subway station. Inside toll
gate. Downtown #6 platform             (212) 223-9639
                                             486-3155
 Outside toll gate
 (phone smelled like hairspray)        (212) 486-6126


Inside a diner
147 East 60th Street
off Lexington Avenue                   (212) 308-2653
                                       MAP



50th Street/6th Avenue
Northwest Corner
Outside the Time & Life Building,
Across from Radio City Music Hall       (212) 664-8115
                                              664-8123
                                              664-8114
 South-west corner                            307-9126



Lobby, Time & Life Building             (212) 664-8794


Far north end of the
Times Square/42nd St. 
subway station N/R
Queensbound platform
Pretty isolated spot for
this subway station                     (212) 382-0755


West 41st St./Avenue of the
Americas. East side at 41st St.
entrance to Bryant Park.
BxM2 Busstop.
Across from old Bell Atlantic 
Building (1095 6th Avenue)              (212) 221-0387
                                              221-9198
                                              719-5107
                                       MAP


42nd Street/Avenue of the 
Americas. North-east corner.
Outside Grace Building
(Home of HBO)                           (212) 944-8092
                                              719-5264
                                              221-9094
                                              221-9112


44th Street/6th Avenue
Outside the Residential 
Communications Network
Building.                               (212) 391-8839
                                              719-4906


44th Street/7th Avenue
North-east corner                       (212) 840-8093
                                              840-8094


57th Street/7th Avenue
Inside the N/R Subway Station
Upstairs, outside the toll-gate         (212) 246-9615
 Upstairs, inside the toll-gate               246-9599


52nd Street/7th Avenue
Outside "The American Craftsman"        (212) 664-8362


Underneath Times Square, on the 
N/R Uptown subway platform, 
across from the platform which 
hosts some of the best subway 
musicians in New York. Call, 
and if someone answers and 
you hear music, ask whoever 
answers to throw the phone 
so you can listen.                      (212) 840-8953
                                              840-7462
                                              840-8962
                                       Added by me


10th St and University Place, 
NW corner                               (212) 777-9649


10th St and University Place, 
NW corner                               (212) 475-9853


Row of phones in Times Square
behind the big TV and the
NYPD station <NIC>                      (212) 391-9638
                                              840-8057
                                              840-8049
                                              840-8037
                                              840-8048
                                              840-8095
                                              840-8041
                                              840-8053
                                              840-8050


49th St. N/R Station inside gate        (212) 246-9158


49th St. N/R Station by booth           (212) 245-5011


49th St. N/R Station 
on platform. Charge-phone               (212) 974-9851


The 8th floor of Brooks Hall at 
Barnard College of Columbia 
University.                             (212) 678-9146
                                        Added by trudy chan

This is the payphone inside 
Rudy's Bar and Grill located 
on 9th Ave near 45th St. in NYC. 
Possibly the best dive in 
Manhattan with a great jukebox, 
cheap beer and free hotdogs!           (212) 429-9899


The Manhattan Club, 2nd Floor
52nd Street/7th Avenue                 (212) 586-9437
                                             245-9424


Broadway/43rd St.
Piccola Cafe 1487 Broadway.            (212) 575-4685
                                        Added by Lance


Metropolitan Club. 
1 east 60th street. new york city.
basement pay phone.                    (212) 644-8659
                                       Added by Philip A. Reilly


53rd Street/6th Avenue
NE Corner                              (212) 246-6722
                                             246-5342


20 East 53rd Street
Near Donnell Library                   (212) 664-8757


7th Avenue/49th Street
by Houlihan's                          (212) 664-9084
                                             664-8804


inside met life building 
23rd and madison nyc                   (212) 684-8846
                                       Added by Philip A. Reilly


winter garden world trade center       (212) 577 9136
                                       Added by Philip A. Reilly


inside NY Athletic Club...
Central Park South in NYC              (212) 664 8333
                                       Added by Philip A. Reilly


also NY Athletic Club...
Central Park South                     (212) 245-9821
                                       Added by Philip A. Reilly



Mid-Manhattan Library, 2nd Floor       (212) 684-8529
                                             684-9516
                                       Added by Sorabji


Hamburger Harry's
West 45th Street. Basement.
Near the bathrooms.                    (212) 730-9175
                                             730-9198
                                       Added by Sorabji


met life building...lobby...
23rd and madison...nyc                 (212) 684-9368
                                       Added by Philip A. Reilly


The Abbey Pub - 
West 105th Street and Broadway         (212) 678-9819


yeshiva university high school 
in washington heights                  (212) 960-9890


204 & 9ave. 
in the 24 hour parking lot             (212) 567-0591
                                       Added by Athena M. Villegas


Algonquin Hotel..44th street between 
fifth and sixth avenues in NYC         (212) 840-5549
                                       Added by Philip A. Reilly

9th floor employee cafeteria at 
University Club...54th street and 
fifth avenue...new york city           (212) 664-8427
                                       Added by Philip A. Reilly


downtown subway at 86th and
Broadway to the right of the
turnstiles                             (212) 874-9411
                                       Added by Philip A. Reilly


91st bet. madison and fifth            (212) 289-9967


inside B.Smith's Restaurant 
48th and 8th,NYC                       (212) 245-9028
                                       Added by Philip A. Reilly


inside University Club, 
54th and 5th Ave 
New York City                          (212) 874-8390
                                       Added by Philip A. Reilly


Tavern on the Green,
Central Park NYC                       (212) 874-9224
                                       Added by Philip A. Reilly


Raccoon Lodge, 
Upper West Side, NYC                   (212) 874-9984
                                       Added by Philip A. Reilly


Metropolitan Club @ 
60th st.& fifth ave                    (212) 223-8804
                                       Added by Philip A. Reilly

NYC - Manhattan NW corner
of 84th Street and East End
Avenue in front of CHAPIN
SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, across
the street from CARL
SCHURZ PARK and
diagonally across from
GRACIE SQUARE. Lots of
stuck up ritzy folk from the
Upper East Side. Tell 'em
Bobby sent ya!                         (212) 744-9797
                                       Added by Bob Marchand - Website


Boathouse
Central Park                           (212) 650-0786


corner of 207th/Broadway               (212) 569-9585


French Roast
W 84/Broadway                          (212) 874-9356


payphone in south ferry terminal,
staten island ferry. phone is to 
left of stairs at the top of 
staircase. on the 
new york city side                     (212) 952-9113


E 73rd/ Park Ave.                      (212) 744-9752


W. 4th street A/C/E subway stop, 
uptown side (manhattan) -- closer 
to the 3rd street entrance, on the 
right as you enter. 
The phone didn't work.                 (212) 664-8229


Times Square Brewery & Restaurant
1467 Broadway                          (212) 764-5193


Planetarium Station (USPS)
W. 83rd St.                            (212) 874-9512


59th St. IND line (Columbus Circle)
local                                  (212) 864- 
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"That is now the phone of a guy named Len who lives near 95th and Broadway. Len thought the experience of having someone call him to just talk for no apparent reason was facinating, especially when the caller thought he was on a payphone instead of his bedside phone. I'm guessing that as interested as he was, he probably doesn't want his number advertised as a payphone on the Internet." (Urban Decay Magazine)
Central Park West/86th St. (212) 874-8181 59th St. IND line (Columbus Circle) uptown express track side (212) 246-9234 Cooper Station post office 93 4th Ave @ E 11th St. (212) 777-9778 674-5731 Cooper Station post office 93 4th Ave @ E 11th St. (212) 473-9616 Baruch College, 17 Lexington Ave @ 23rd (rare rotary dial) (212) 473-9830 Trump Tower, 5th Ave., Basement (212) 308-3674 223-8873 223-8894 223-8827 308-8357 57th St./5th Ave., in front of Tiffany's (212) 962-8514 223-9703 223-9620 Waiting for the #7 to Grand Central. Waiting at 42nd St & 5th Ave (212) 221-9693 The Commonwealth Brewing Co., 10 Rockefeller Center (next to the Today Show, across from Dean&Deluca) (212) 245-9278 245-9293 7th Avenue, behind the Winter Garden Theater (212) 246-9350 Empire Korea restaurant, E 32/Madison Ave. (212) 684-4312 E 84/5th Ave. (212) 650-9149 THE SPORTING CLUB bar/grill Leonard St./W Broadway, Tribeca (212) 226-9410 E 14th St./ 1st Ave. (212) 674-9515 Fire Dept. Memorial W 100th St. at Riverside Dr. (212) 864-9501 Prince St. IND line (212) 226-9863 226-3805 Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall 1st floor landing (212) 246-9694 Mannes College of Music 6th floor (212) 874-9730 The Knitting Factory, basement (212) 226-9119 LA GOULUE, french restaurant-bar near lavatories 746 Madison Ave., NYC (212) 472-9610 Rockefeller University, 66th/York Ave. booth in basement of Caspary Auditorium (212) 650-9250 W 25th ST./10th Av (212) 242-8573 Outside Szechuan Kitchen 76th & 1st Ave (212) 744-9434 78th & York, SE corner (212) 744-9759 76th St & York Ave. NW corner (212) 744-9807 31st St./Avenue of the Americas rings occasionally (212) 502-4136 96th St. IRT Station, Downtown side (212) 864-6129 Booth in Frick Collection, 1 E 70th near entrance to lavatories (212) 650-9394 Booth in Donnell Library Center 20 W 53 (opposite MOMA) (212) 974-9232 Manhattan Mall, level LL2 (212) 502-4845 502-5997 NYU Education Building 35 W. 4th St., Lobby (212) 473-9180 473-9526 West 66th St, outside Juilliard School (212) 874-8116 874-8119 Bathroom, Trump Tower, Basement 5th Ave. (212) 308-3674 NY Health & Racquet Club York Ave/76th Street, lobby (212) 650-1227 3rd Ave/66th St. (212) 650-1394 68th St. Subway Station, Hunter College Top floor, by turnstile (212) 744-9744 57th/Broadway SE Corner facing West (212) 246-9148 Kim Gilmour, from Sydney, Australia, writes: I just called a payphone in New York!!!!! (57th/Broadway) And I should have taped it, it was HILARIOUS! This wassup guy answers, and I'm like, "Who's this?" and he's like "Is this a pran(?), is this a pran, is this a pran? Who are you, you wanna talk about wassup here?" and I'm like, "I'm calling from Sydney." and he goes, "Where's that?" and I go, "It's a city in Australia." and he goes, "Where's that?" He asked me where I found the number for the phone, and I said, "The internet" and he repeated, "The Internet!?!". So I did tell him my source. And the phone only rang about 2 times, so he was either a hobo who had been asleep afoot, or someone who was fatefully walking by, maybe thinking it was Dave Letterman on the line. "Who you wanna talk to?" and I go, "Anyone who's there." and he goes, "Anyone? Well I'm here. What you wanna talk about?" and I go, "Oh, anything... but I have to go now." and he goes, "Nononononono wait, no wait!!!!" And I'm like, "What?" and he goes, "You wanna talk about ... sex?" "Uh...what?" "You wanna talk about SEX?" and I go, "Maybe not. I think I have to go now. Bye." Broadway/54th, North of Ed Sullivan Theater (212) 246-9245 53rd/Broadway (near Ed Sullivan theater) (212) 974-9778 Inside Time & Life Bldg, west lobby (212) 664-8974 York Ave/77th St, Northeast corner (212) 650-9875 York Ave/79th St, Southeast corner (212) 650-1168 Basement, Eugene O'Neill Theatre (212) 664-9068 Mid-Manhattan library 6th floor (212) 684 9512 Columbia University Katheryn Bache Theater (212) 678 9428 Juilliard School 3rd floor near Drama Division (212) 874 7647 Dance Division (212) 874 8003 4th floor women's bathroom (212) 874 9603 5th floor (212) 874 9526 Met Life Building (212) 599 8891 599-9033 599-9035 34th/Park (212) 684 0093 31st/Madison (212) 725 9128 86th Street IND line downtown (212) 874 9517 uptown (212) 874 8510 Inside Sloan's Supermarket, 84th & Columbus (212) 874 8117

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