Payphones Past

Daily Payphone

(718) 520-9592. Queens Boulevard and 64th Road.

One of the few remaining outdoor NYC payphones where the ANI check matches the number printed on the phone. (718)…

6 years ago

“Do You Need a Phone?”

An elderly woman last week saw me at a payphone and asked if I needed a phone. Why do I…

6 years ago

Upstate New York Payphone Photos by Daniel Hopsicker

New York photos from a photographer who shares the same fascination with payphones and phone booths as I.

6 years ago

Grand Central’s Last Working Payphone is Gone

When a place like Grand Central Terminal gets rid of it last lowest common denominator resource for something so fundamental…

6 years ago

The Last Working Payphone in Central Park is No More

Of about a dozen or so payphones scattered throughout Central Park this one, at the Model Boat Sailing place, was…

6 years ago

Payphones of Roanoke, Virginia, by Daniel Hopsicker

Daniel Hopsicker has been taking pictures of payphones for a long time. Now he's sharing some of his work with…

6 years ago

Beautiful Phone Booth at Onderdonk & Brothers, Ridgewood

Something really does ignite in me when I encounter old wood phone booths like this one in Ridgewood, Queens.

6 years ago

Rogue Payphone Going, Going, Gone.

The far end of the parking lot at an abandoned Sports Authority in Long Island City was, truth be told,…

6 years ago

Today’s Payphone Tableau. Roosevelt Avenue, Corona, Queens.

An air conditioner. A football club. A bag of garbage. A green bucket. Oh, and a couple of working payphones…

6 years ago

Strangled and Strangulated Payphone in Elmhurst, Queens

No words. Just some pictures of a strangled and strangulated payphone in Elmhurst, Queens. How does a payphone handset get…

6 years ago