Payphones Past

Categories: Then and Now

Payphone Gone: 37th Avenue @ 22nd Street, Queens

Only the mount pedestal remains of a payphone that once stood at 37th Avenue and 22nd Street in Long Island City.

This picture is from August, 2000.

Payphone Gone, 37th Avenue and 22nd Street, Queens

This picture, taken from just about the exact same spot, is from May 22, 2010.

Payphone Gone. Long Island City, Queens.

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