Payphones Past

Daily Payphone

Abandoned Northeast Telephone Inc. Payphone at 97-15 64th Avenue in Queens

A decayed, dilapidated, hunk of telephonic irrelevance greets straphangers entering or exiting the 63rd Drive-Rego Park M/R subway station off…

6 years ago

At the NYPL, Where Payphones Don’t Work But the Booths are Cozy

A woman in one of the NYPL Schwartzman branch phone booths. May, 2017.

6 years ago

Found a Rotary-Dial Payphone From When All of NYC Was Still (212)

I got over my fear of being ridiculed for asking about such things. I staked out an old rotary dial…

6 years ago

Corner Office Payphone With a Window View. 718-476-8903

Originally listed at 718-476-8903, this payphone has dial tone at the 90th Street/Elmhurst Avenue 7 train station. I got bumped…

6 years ago

The Slow Demise of the Last Payphone at Grand Central

A look back, in pictures and paean, at the last payphone in Grand Central subway station.

6 years ago

Payphone at Christina’s Restaurant in Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Just a couple of pictures of another abandoned Verizon payphone. This one's on Manhattan Avenue in Brooklyn.

6 years ago

Still Cannot Find an NYC WELL Phone on the RFK/Triborough

Maybe I should just give up. But I continue to question the MTA about the presence of an NYC WELL…

6 years ago

Abandoned Payphone Beautification on Fresh Pond Road

This abandoned payphone enclosure got some beauty treatment from unknown parties. And also, an old telephone exchange name phone number…

6 years ago

The Sex Offender Payphone: Rogue No More

Give credit when due to CityBridge, the company with a monopoly franchise on New York City's outdoor payphones. They do…

6 years ago

Phone Booth Hunting in Old School Yearbooks

Phone booth hunting in publicly posted college and high school yearbooks turned up some interesting stuff. Until the mid-2000s, if…

6 years ago