Red LED Light, intended to assist the public in locating an emergency callbox
Callbox #7799, featuring gold-painted edges
Washington, D.C., callbox turned into art space.
NYC Callboxes by Norelco
A Callbox Felled
Out of Service
Callbox #7225, Review Avenue
Out of service![These "Out Of Service" notices are usually a little more official-looking than this.](../../_data/i/galleries/North_America/United_States/New_York/New_York_City/Call_Boxes/DSCN5777-me.JPG "These "Out Of Service" notices are usually a little more official-looking than this. (3239 visits)")
These "Out Of Service" notices are usually a little more official-looking than this.
Would you like hot apple pie with your callbox?
Dangling Callbox, near Old Calvary Cemetery
Callbox #9512, near Dieterle Crescent and Carlton Street
Decapitated Callbox near St. John Cemetery
Roosevelt Island
Roosevelt Island
Roosevelt Island
L.I.C.
#7527
#7525
Emergency Telephone at the 5th Avenue N/Q/R Subway Station
L.I.C.
East Side
East Side
East Side
East Side
The best-maintained of the emergency call boxes, such as this one, cut quite a stately and even beautiful profile.
Ironically, a fire engine approached just as I took this photo.
Ironically, a fire engine approached just as I took this photo at 58th Street and 5th Avenue. Needless to say the FDNY truck seen at the right of this photo was not responding to a call made from this useless, gutted out call box.
East Side
This is the first time I noticed that the call boxes bear the brand name of Norelco.
This is the first time I noticed that the call boxes bear the brand name of Norelco. Electric razors and emergency call boxes make for a somewhat eccentric product line.
Greenpoint, Brooklyn
#7441, Long Island City
Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City
#7336. Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City
Queens Boulevard
Red Emergency Callbox, NYC
Red Emergency Callbox, NYC
Red Emergency Callbox, NYC
Red Emergency Callbox, NYC
Red Emergency Callbox, NYC
Long-Defunct Emergency Callbox on the Ed Koch/Queensboro Bridge
On the Ed Koch/Queensboro Bridge
On the Ed Koch/Queensboro Bridge
On the Ed Koch/Queensboro Bridge
On the Ed Koch/Queensboro Bridge
On the Ed Koch/Queensboro Bridge
NYC FDNY Emergency Callbox
NYC FDNY Emergency Callbox
NYC FDNY Emergency Callbox
NYC FDNY Emergency Callbox
NYC FDNY Emergency Callbox
NYC FDNY Emergency Callbox
Wavy Metal Grids
By the way, not everyone knows the purpose behind these weird-looking wavy metal grids (which happened to be located next to one of the emergency call boxes in this photo series). These metal grids are designed to prevent flooding in underground subway stations that were prone to flooding in the past.
NYC FDNY Emergency Callbox
Red Emergency Callbox, NYC
Northern Boulevard & Steinway Street, L.I.C.
37th Avenue & 37th Street, Long Island City
38th Avenue & 34th Street, Long Island City
38th Avenue & 34th Street, Long Island City
38th Avenue & 32nd Street, Long Island City
38th Avenue & 32nd Street, Long Island City
Detail of a F.D.N.Y. Emergency Callbox
Detail of a F.D.N.Y. Emergency Callbox
Detail of a F.D.N.Y. Emergency Callbox
Detail of a F.D.N.Y. Emergency Callbox
Broadway & 29th Street, Astoria
Northern Boulevard & Woodside Avenue, Long Island City
Queens Boulevard Callbox
Long Island City Callbox
NYC Emergency Callbox
NYC Emergency Callbox
NYC Emergency Callbox
NYC Emergency Callbox
NYC Emergency Callbox
NYC Emergency Callbox
NYC Emergency Callbox
NYC Emergency Callbox
NYC Emergency Callbox
NYC Emergency Callbox
NYC Emergency Callbox
NYC Emergency Callbox
NYC Emergency Callbox
NYC Emergency Callbox
NYC Emergency Callbox
NYC Emergency Callbox
NYC Emergency Callbox
NYC Emergency Callbox
NYC Emergency Callbox
NYC Emergency Callbox
NYC Emergency Callbox
NYC Emergency Callbox
NYC Emergency Callbox
NYC Emergency Callbox
NYC Emergency Callbox
NYC Emergency Callbox