Payphones Past

Laurel Hill Boulevard Payphone Gone

16 years ago

I thought this was a strange location for a payphone. Located in the shadow of the BQE (Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, I-278)…

Mexicano Grocery, Payphone Gone

16 years ago

In March, 2001, a payphone stood outside the Mexicano Grocery Store: Today the payphone is not the only thing gone…

Vince Lombardi Phone Booths: Gone!

16 years ago

Dan Z. was there when the bastards took our phone booths away! The insufferable, unimaginable, unquenchable, inexhaustible bastards hauled off…

Metro Motel Payphone, Before and After

16 years ago

The payphone across from the Metro Motel in Woodside, Queens, is gone gone gone, leaving but 6 metal spikes in…

Emily’s Coffee Shop, Payphone Gone

16 years ago

Emily's Coffee Shop, at 31-06 21st Street in Long Island City, is gone. So, too, is the payphone that used…

Payphone Gone: Long Island City

16 years ago

This picture from August, 2000, shows a Bell Atlantic payphone in Long Island City, outside the 2000 Management Inc. garage.…

Payphone Gone: 37th Avenue @ 22nd Street, Queens

16 years ago

Only the mount pedestal remains of a payphone that once stood at 37th Avenue and 22nd Street in Long Island…

47th Street Payphone, 11 Years Later

16 years ago

This picture from early 1999 shows a man standing next to a payphone while talking on a cell phone as…

Steinway Street, Payphone Gone

16 years ago

This picture is from March, 2000. The payphone in this photo formerly stood outside of Unlimited Lingerie on Steinway Street…

Broadway and 50th Street

16 years ago

This set of four payphones and the individuals using them no longer stand at the corner of 50th Street and…