Payphones Past

The Trashing of Staten Island Ferry Whitehall Terminal’s Payphones

5 years ago

Could the Ferry Terminal peeps have not come up with a more elegant way of sealing off the payphones? Like,…

Lower Manhattan Payphones Revisited

5 years ago

A tour of Lower Manhattan's payphone population found me making a call from a payphone right across the street from…

Elmhurst, Queens: Abandoned NYTEL Payphone Since At Least 15 Years

5 years ago

Just another abandoned NYTEL payphone, this one in Elmhurst, Queens, since at least 2009.

Salvador Dalí Had a Phone Booth Next to His Swimming Pool

5 years ago

Whether the booth ever contained any kind of telephone is not known to me.

Hell’s Kitchen Still Has a Lot of Payphones

5 years ago

In February DoITT and CityBridge promised Hell's Kitchen Council Speaker Corey Johnson removal of payphone enclosures from his district. It…

(989) 856-6333 Rings a Rotary Dial Payphone In Michigan

5 years ago

This Michigan payphone is accessible to all, accepts incoming calls, and outgoing calls cost 10¢. Give it a call if…

Payphones at 8th Avenue and 42nd Street

5 years ago

This double enclosure at 8th Avenue and 42nd Street, catty-corner from the Port Authority Bus Terminal, is the most consistently…

Job Opening: Payphone Technician

5 years ago

With fresh ads being sold on the old payphone enclosures, and a "Payphone Technician" job up for grabs, it seems…

“Must Document!”

5 years ago

A payphone I used only occasionally vanished this week, bringing Astoria's payphone population down to 11. Just a couple of…

Five in a Row Taken Out on Junction Boulevard at 59th Avenue in Elmhurst, Queens

5 years ago

New York's payphone apocalypse continues, with five phones in a row taken out on Junction Boulevard at 59th Avenue in…