CityBridge, which owns all of NYC's outdoor payphones and LinkNYC kiosks, has disabled access to 711, the free service that…
An elderly woman last week saw me at a payphone and asked if I needed a phone. Why do I…
The far end of the parking lot at an abandoned Sports Authority in Long Island City was, truth be told,…
Certain phone numbers are iconic in my life. 212-255-2748 is one such number.
Is the (800) GOLF-TIP mystery really all that mysterious? I suspect one very likely culprit: The Professional Golfers Association.
There are no public telephones of any kind on the new Kosciuszko Bridge. If anything bad happens you should hope…
An overheard recitation of one woman's phone number inspired a brief attempt at letting her know she left a lot…
Just some deliberately vague comments about a coveted phone number I recently acquired, with discussion of how to make sense…
A memorable encounter with the NYPD on the RFK/Triborough Bridge pedestrian path revolved around that crisis prevention/suicide counseling telephone I…
A trip to Staten Island turned up a surprising quantity of working payphones at the St. George Terminal. I found…