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Link.NYC

LinkNYC: How Did We Get Here?

A little bit of history on how and why New York City's phone booths of the past evolved into LinkNYC.

5 years ago

Rough Couple of Weeks for CityBridge/LinkNYC

From its payphones to its financial failings, CityBridge and its LinkNYC program had a rough couple of weeks.

5 years ago

Intersection to Build an Open Data Dashboard for LinkNYC

I hope whoever gets this internship uses better data than CityBridge currently publishes at NYC.gov. If the current public dataset…

5 years ago

711 From LinkNYC: I Spoke Too Soon

I gave myself too much credit in getting someone to fix LinkNYC's inability to connect to the 711 relay service.…

5 years ago

Remembering the Golden Days of LinkNYC.

“Caller states the Links are well intentioned but poorly executed.; causing problems that did not previously exist”

5 years ago

I Gave LinkNYC Kiosks Another Chance at Making Phone Calls

I gave the phone calling feature of LinkNYC kiosks another chance after an unexpected question from a neighbor. If conditions…

5 years ago

711 Now Connects From LinkNYC

The 711 Relay Service is now reachable from LinkNYC, and I'm going to go ahead and give myself some credit…

5 years ago

My LinkNYC Number Crunching Gets Some Respect

With help from reporters at THECITY I learned that at least some of the information found in the LinkNYC Kiosk…

6 years ago

No Access to 711 from CityBridge Payphones or LinkNYC Kiosks

CityBridge, which owns all of NYC's outdoor payphones and LinkNYC kiosks, has disabled access to 711, the free service that…

6 years ago

New LinkNYC Kiosks

They do not appear in the official datasets nor on the Find-a-Link map, but a few new LinkNYC kiosks recently…

6 years ago