Payphones Past

Carl R. Sohncke Square Payphone

One of the more unusual outdoor payphone enclosures I’ve seen in these parts is this Verizon payphone at Carl R. Sohncke Square on Roosevelt Avenue in Woodside, Queens.

Stuck into a green, rectangular box, this homely payphone works great, but if you call it at (718) 429-8307 you will find that it accepts no incoming calls.

I imagine that the green enclosure once served another purpose besides holding up this payphone.

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