Payphones Past

Little Kid on the Payphone, February 2014

6 years ago

I think this was at the 5th Avenue 7 train subway station.

There Really Did Used To Be Payphones All Over The Place

6 years ago

As recently as 2009 you could find public pay telephones at almost every street corner and intersection in New York.…

Brookville Telephone: Mannequin in a Phone Booth on Route 6 in Pennsylvania

6 years ago

Just an unusual and intriguing photo of a mannequin holding the handset of a rotary dial payphone, spotted by Daniel…

My LinkNYC Number Crunching Gets Some Respect

6 years ago

With help from reporters at THECITY I learned that at least some of the information found in the LinkNYC Kiosk…

No Access to 711 from CityBridge Payphones or LinkNYC Kiosks

6 years ago

CityBridge, which owns all of NYC's outdoor payphones and LinkNYC kiosks, has disabled access to 711, the free service that…

Payphone Knot

6 years ago

Just a picture of a payphone cord tied up in an OCD-fueled knot.

Long-Dead Payphone at the Crown Motel, née Crown Motor Inn, Queens Boulevard

6 years ago

Close-ups of a long-dead payphone outside a notorious hourly-rates motel on Queens Boulevard.

36th Avenue/Washington Avenue in Astoria, ~1997, Maybe Later

6 years ago

Just a picture of a credit-card-only phone at the 36th Avenue/Washington Avenue train station in Astoria, circa 1997, maybe later.

New York Payphone and Phone Booth Photos by Daniel Hopsicker

6 years ago

Select payphone and phone booth photos from Daniel Hopsicker's travels through New York State.

Craaaazy Payphone. January, 2007.

6 years ago

Rummaging through digital detritus on my 12TB RAID turned up this photo of an arted-up payphone at Queens Plaza in…