The Payphone Project > Pictures of Payphones

(212) 650-9396 at the Delacorte Theater, seen through the space between Romeo and Juliet's feet.

(212) 650-9321. The only working payphone at Central Park. At the Boathouse.
When I looked closely at the "Verizon" sign atop this payphone enclosure I discovered something I did not know: The signage appears to have been manufactured by Clark Specialty Company, in Hammondsport, NY.

North Meadow Recreation Center. (212) 722-9460.

North Meadow Recreation Center. (212) 722-9460.

Delacorte Theater. (212) 650-1805, (212) 650-9396, (212) 650-1388.

Blurry Picture Makes Its Point Clear
The picture is blurry but the point is clear. Some kids just want to talk on the payphone. Too bad for this kid he picked up another abandoned Verizon payphone. This phone, near the heavily-trafficked Wollman Rink in Central Park, seems like it might attract paying customers... if it only worked.

Upper East Side Payphone Customer

Upper East Side Payphone Customer

Abandoned Subway Payphone Enclosure

Abandoned payphone innards

Nice copper.

Midtown tourists still use payphones

Talking on a midtown payphone as a blur of humanity passes by

Well-dressed Upper East Side woman takes a break from walking her dog to make a payphone call.

(718) 424-3495. Northern Boulevard at 58th Street. It Works!

Outside Taco Bell. Underdog Communications Payphone.
This one's been here for years.

Underdog Communications Payphone. Northern Boulevard at 79th Street.

Underdog Communications Payphone. Northern Boulevard at 79th Street.

(718) 505-9501. PTS Payphone. Had a dial tone but could not complete a call.

NYTel Payphone's Brain Matter Revealed
What's left of this placard is torn open at the middle, revealing what appears to be brain matter. This placard contains a suggestion I don't hear too often: "Use payphones everyday."

NYTEL Abandoned Payphone

Abandoned Payphone Carcass. Outside a Car Wash.

(212) 996-0660 is the number for Sylvia's Kitchen in Harlem.

(718) 899-2026. BAS Communications Payphone Outside CVS

Van Wagner Payphone. Northern Blvd. near 86th Street. Coin Slot Jammed.

Abandoned Payphone Carcass, Across From Jax Diner

Abandoned Payphone Carcass, Across From Jax Diner

(718) 429-8498. Northern Blvd. and 73rd Street, Outside IHOP.
This payphone outside the International House of Pancakes was originally listed on The Payphone Project.

(718) 429-5294. Non-Working BAS Communications Payphone. 82nd Street.

Payphone Carcass Amid Posters.

Caught In The Act. Non-Working American Payphone. 82-22 Northern Blvd.
I spotted this gentleman littering a public telephone by jamming a coffee cup into its shell. Shameful!

Dust settled on top of these bells suggests they have not rung for a long, long time.

Inside a New York City Phone Booth.

The bells, no longer functional

Talking On The Titan

This payphone's number was either 212-473-9892 or 212-473-9787.

This "PUBLIC TELEPHONE" sign leads you to an abandoned, non-working Verizon payphone in the basement of Pete's Tavern.

This payphone's number was either 212-473-9892 or 212-473-9787.

This abandoned Verizon payphone still sports another telephonic relic: the Bell Atlantic logo.

This payphone's number was either 212-473-9892 or 212-473-9787.

This payphone's number was either 212-473-9892 or 212-473-9787.

This payphone's number was either 212-473-9892 or 212-473-9787.

Patsy? McSorley's Payphone. (212) 473-9148

Figuring out the Rockefeller Center payphone

Midtown Titan

Madison Avenue

Madison Avenue

Grand Central.

New York Telestone Communications Corp (NYTCC) Payphone, abandoned years ago, still littering this sidewalk in Flushing, Queens.

Trio of payphone signs lurking over this NYTCC payphone...remarkably clean and shiny

New York Telestone Communications Corp (NYTCC) Payphone, abandoned years ago, still littering this sidewalk in Flushing, Queens.

New York Telestone Communications Corp (NYTCC) Payphone, abandoned years ago, still littering this sidewalk in Flushing, Queens.

New York Telestone Communications Corp (NYTCC) Payphone, abandoned years ago, still littering this sidewalk in Flushing, Queens.

New York Telestone Communications Corp (NYTCC) Payphone, abandoned years ago, still littering this sidewalk in Flushing, Queens.

Talking On The Telebeam

Talking on the Van Wagner Payphone

Talking On The Telephone

Talking On The Titan

Talking on a Van Wagner Payphone

Woman puts down her Lord & Taylor shopping bag to check her notes and make some calls

Mutant payphone keypad: It's got 2 stars and no # (pound) key

Stranded tourists still use payphones

Dude

Talking on the Titan

Talking on the Titan

Upper East Side

Talking On The Titan

(718) 278-9396. Steinway Street and 28th Avenue, Astoria
(718) 278-9396 was originally listed among The Payphone Project's NYC Payphones pages]

(718) 204-5679. 31st Avenue and 37th Street, Astoria

(718) 728-9843. Crescent Street and 30th Avenue, outside barber shop

(718) 728-9371. Astoria Boulevard and 29th Street

(718) 278-9770, (718) 278-9319. 31st Street and Astoria Boulevard, by the N/Q Subway Station

(718) 278-9747. 30th Avenue near 31st Street, Astoria.

(718) 728-9184. Steinway Street and 28th Avenue, Astoria

Abandoned Payphones at the Science, Industry and Business Branch of the New York Public Library

Abandoned Payphones at the Science, Industry and Business Branch of the New York Public Library

Deep inside the remains of the abandoned Payphones at the SIBL Branch of the New York Public Library

Deep inside the remains of the abandoned Payphones at the SIBL Branch of the New York Public Library

Deep inside the remains of the abandoned Payphones at the SIBL Branch of the New York Public Library

Deep inside the remains of the abandoned Payphones at the SIBL Branch of the New York Public Library

Abandoned Payphones at the Science, Industry and Business Branch of the New York Public Library

(718) 204-5837. Only one payphone here. Stop & Shop, 34-51 48th St., Long Island City, NY 11104
Street address displayed on the phone is 48-18 Northern Boulevard.

(212) 744-9819. (212) 744-9820. Madison Avenue and 79th Street.

(212) 650-9147. Madison Avenue and 80th Street.

(212) 650-1229. Madison Avenue and 80th Street.

(212) 359-9428. Madison Avenue and 81st Street.

(212) 744-9768. (212) 650-9861. Madison Avenue and 83rd Street.

(212) 650-1425. Madison Avenue and 83rd Street.

(212) 650-9355. Madison Avenue and 84th Street.

(212) 650-1246. Madison Avenue and 84th Street, across from Catimini.

(212) 650-9751. Madison Avenue and 85th Street.

(212) 744-9735. (212) 274-9736. Madison Avenue and 86th Street.

(212) 289-9899. Madison Avenue and 87th Street.

(212) 722-7232. Madison Avenue and 88th Street.

(212) 722-7025. Madison Avenue and 88th Street.

(212) 722-9820. Madison Avenue and 89th Street. Across from a Duane Reade.

(212) 722-9505. 3rd Avenue and 95th Street, outside PS 198.

Abandoned Payphone, Midtown Manhattan Parking Lot

Abandoned Payphone, Midtown Manhattan Parking Lot

Abandoned Payphone, Midtown Manhattan Parking Lot