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VIDEO: The Fallen Phone of Flushing Fields, and a Genuine “Last Payphone of New York City”

A search for the fallen payphone of Flushing Fields turned up an unexpected find nearby, making for two abandoned and…

3 years ago

Is *THIS* the Last CityBridge Payphone of New York City?

That payphone is supposed to be gone. The City and DoITT made the bizarre and uninformed announcement in May that…

3 years ago

Found Some Flatbush Payphones (Video)

I used my patent-pending technique of reverse-engineering public information to locate derelict and decrepit payphones in Flatbush on Sunday. (Just…

3 years ago

Another Payphone Stramble, This Time Through Hollis (Video)

https://youtu.be/d6gp1_vYz98 This one sent me to Hollis, where I found a long-dead Verizon phone moldering away in a somewhat odd…

3 years ago

The Old Payphone Across From Ravenswood

This payphone got a lot of use, but the advertising enclosure got a lot of abuse. The duct tape looks…

3 years ago

Flushing Main Street 7 Train Subway. One of the Payphones Here Still Works.

Somehow this payphone survives. It has dial tone. You can call people through this device. It is awesome.

3 years ago

Payphone Ramblings, and Some Videos

It's become a chore, I'm sorry to say, to post content to this website. I don't like Wordpress anymore but…

3 years ago

Checking in on a Chinatown Rarity. Probably the Last Surviving Pagoda-Topped Phone Booth in NYC.

Short video of a pristine old New England Telephone booth hiding away in Chinatown.

3 years ago

Payphones of RUTH’FD, New Jersey. October, 2021.

In which I spotted a rare ETS payphone in the wilds of New Jersey. I am making my documentary payphone…

3 years ago

[VIDEO] Dial Tone in The Bronx, and Other Co-Op City Payphone Finds

I am told I missed a few, but Co-Op City turned up a number of intact and not-so-intact payphone remains.…

3 years ago