Payphones Past

The Abandoned Bell Atlantic Phone at 74-21 Queens Boulevard.

4 years ago

The owner at this lot yelled at me to get off his property, even though I never set foot on…

Jersey City Payphones? Not So Much. And Also: CityPost Disappoints.

4 years ago

Nothing much on the payphone front in Jersey City but I did take a crack at JC's CityPost totems, which…

A Payphone Surprise at the Staten Island Ferry Whitehall Terminal

4 years ago

Next time you make it to the Whitehall Staten Island Ferry Terminal maybe make a couple of calls from the…

267-691-2424 On Your Caller ID? That’s LinkPHL Calling.

4 years ago

Thanks to a friend from my YouTube Payphone Channel I now know what LinkPHL kiosks, the Philadelphia version of LinkNYC,…

The Red Phone on Delancey at Ludlow

4 years ago

I would have bet cash cash money this sucker was gone but here it is, today, red as ever. [gallery…

988 comes to New York State, but not to New York City’s payphones.

4 years ago

One consequence of making 988 live is that some areas of New York finally had to switch to 10-digit dialing.…

What happens when you try to make a call through a CityBridge payphone?

4 years ago

If you can find a CityBridge payphone with dial tone your attempts to make calls will send you into a…

When a Phone Booth Becomes an Art Gallery

4 years ago

There was something fishy about this abandoned, unusually derelict payphone enclosure, owned by CityBridge. With payphone enclosures like this required…

Last of the Outdoor Times Square Payphones (They Don’t Work)

4 years ago

I thought all the outdoor payphones around Times Square were long gone. I missed these non-working CityBridge masterpieces, at 7th…

This Chatter Phone Enclosure Has Survived The LinkNYC Stampede… For Now.

4 years ago

Someone had their graffiti A-game on placing images of the Fisher-Price Chatter Phone on this derelict CityBridge payphone enclosure. Found…