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Manhattan Phone Booths, UBS Building
Borden Avenue, Long Island City, Queens
Borden Avenue, Long Island City, Queens
Long Island City (Hunters Point)
Long Island City (Hunters Point)
Toppled Payphone Enclosure, 5th Avenue
Toppled Payphone Enclosure, 5th Avenue
Sanitary Payphone
Sanitary Payphone, Queens Plaza - The specter of germs was too much for a payphone user who wrapped a napkin around the handset of this Queens Plaza payphone.
NYC Phone Booth
Yankee Pier, Buttermilk Channel, Governors Island, NYC - I thought there were only 4 remaining outdoor phone booths in New York City, until I spotted this old booth on Yankee Pier in New York's Buttermilk Channel. There was no public access to the pier from Governors Island, but this hulking old booth cut quite a profile with Red Hook, Brooklyn, and the Verrazano Narrows in the background. Including this booth there are (to the best of my knowledge) five remaining outdoor, freestanding phone booths in NYC. Four of them are on West End Avenue (link), the fifth is shown here. I do not know if the phone in this booth works, but I doubt it.
Craaaazy Payphone, Queens Plaza, NYC
Craaaazy Payphone, Queens Plaza, NYC - This payphone disappeared soon after I got this picture on January 5, 2007. Its number was (718) 784-9849. I believe this phone was the work of an artist from a gallery called "The Space," which used to be across the street from this location. Photo by Mark A. Thomas
Off the Hook Payphone. 10th Avenue, NYC
Off the Hook Payphone. 10th Avenue, NYC - Photo by Mark Thomas
Coathanger Payphone. 10th Avenue, NYC
Coathanger Payphone. 10th Avenue, NYC - Photo by Mark Thomas
Castrated Payphone. Northern Boulevard, Queens
Castrated Payphone. Northern Boulevard, Queens - Photo by Mark Thomas
Dead Payphones, Long Island City, Queens
Dead Payphones, Long Island City, Queens
Cemetery Payphone, Queens NYC. October, 2006
Cemetery Payphone, Queens NYC. October, 2006 - This payphone is in an alley just outside Third Calvary Cemetery on Queens Boulevard. The phone accepts incoming calls, but only when the phone is answered on the first ring. The number is (718) 803-0365. UPDATE: I spotted this payphone again in July, 2009. There is no longer a dial tone, the sign is toppled, and my guess is that this phone at the cemetery will soon find its way to a cemetery for payphones.
This phone is at the corner of Pierrepont Place and Montague Street, just off of the Brooklyn promenade.
This phone is at the corner of Pierrepont Place and Montague Street, just off of the Brooklyn promenade. Photo by Ethan. October, 2005
Popa Media Free Public Telephone. July, 2005.
Free public telephone. - Advertising supported by Popa Media, phones like this one offer 4 minutes of calling time anywhere in the continental US for free. There are now many of these throughout Manhattan, but this is one of the first of these types of phones at 21st Avenue and 76th Street in Queens.
Last Phone Booths of Manhattan Island, New York City
Outdoor phone booth at 66th Street and West End Avenue in Manhattan. There are four remaining outdoor phone booths in Manhattan. In addition to this one, other booths are located on West End Avenue at the corners of 90th, 100th, and 101st Streets.
Last Phone Booths of Manhattan Island, New York City
Outdoor phone booth at 66th Street and West End Avenue in Manhattan. There are four remaining outdoor phone booths in Manhattan. In addition to this one, other booths are located on West End Avenue at the corners of 90th, 100th, and 101st Streets.
Last Phone Booths of Manhattan Island, New York City
Outdoor phone booth at 66th Street and West End Avenue in Manhattan. People still use payphones! This man interrupted my photo shoot to conduct business in this phone booth. A few minutes later another person did the same. There are four remaining outdoor phone booths in Manhattan. In addition to this one, other booths are located on West End Avenue at the corners of 90th, 100th, and 101st Streets.
Last Phone Booths of Manhattan Island, New York City
Interior of an outdoor phone booth at 66th Street and West End Avenue in Manhattan. The number for this payphone is (212) 874-9588. But don't bother calling. Like most Verizon payphones, this one does not accept incoming calls. There are four remaining outdoor phone booths in Manhattan. In addition to this one, other booths are located on West End Avenue at the corners of 90th, 100th, and 101st Streets.
Last Phone Booths of Manhattan Island, New York City
Outdoor phone booth at 66th Street and West End Avenue in Manhattan. There are four remaining outdoor phone booths in Manhattan. In addition to this one, other booths are located on West End Avenue at the corners of 90th, 100th, and 101st Streets. Another item of interest is the "DON'T WALK" light. Like phone booths, these old-fashioned crosswalk indicators are being phased out. They will be replaced by language-neutral LED-based signs. The LED signs are much brighter and much cheaper to operate. But I do prefer the soft, gentle light of the old-fashioned signs.
Last Phone Booths of Manhattan Island, New York City
Interior of one of the last four outdoor phone booths in Manhattan. Rust and graffiti make these booths difficult to maintain. These booths are located on West End Avenue at the corners of 66th, 90th, 100th, and 101st Streets.
Last Phone Booths of Manhattan Island, New York City
Interior of one of the last four outdoor phone booths in Manhattan. These booths are located on West End Avenue at the corners of 66th, 90th, 100th, and 101st Streets.
Last Phone Booths of Manhattan Island, New York City
One of the last four outdoor phone booths in Manhattan. These booths are located on West End Avenue at the corners of 66th, 90th, 100th, and 101st Streets.
Last Phone Booths of Manhattan Island, New York City
One of the last four outdoor phone booths in Manhattan. These booths are located on West End Avenue at the corners of 66th, 90th, 100th, and 101st Streets.
Last Phone Booths of Manhattan
One of the last four outdoor phone booths in Manhattan. These booths are located on West End Avenue at the corners of 66th, 90th, 100th, and 101st Streets.
Last Phone Booths of Manhattan Island, New York City
One of the last four outdoor phone booths in Manhattan. These booths are located on West End Avenue at the corners of 66th, 90th, 100th, and 101st Streets. Closing the door of this phone booth provides a cocoon-like feeling of muffled seclusion. You can hear people talking outside but they sound like Mrs. Othmar, from Charlie Brown's grade school. It is, in fact, a weird feeling to be on a Manhattan city street with such a level of privacy. This cocoon-like feeling used to be common but as outdoor phone booths continue to disappear this feeling is rare.
Manhattan Phone Booth, NYC
One of the last four outdoor phone booths in Manhattan. These booths are located on West End Avenue at the corners of 66th, 90th, 100th, and 101st Streets.
Inside a Manhattan Phone Booth, NYC
One of the last four outdoor phone booths in Manhattan. These booths are located on West End Avenue at the corners of 66th, 90th, 100th, and 101st Streets. Closing the door of this phone booth provides a cocoon-like feeling of muffled seclusion. You can hear people talking outside but they sound like Mrs. Othmar, from Charlie Brown's grade school. It is, in fact, a weird feeling to be on a Manhattan city street with such a level of privacy. This cocoon-like feeling used to be common but as outdoor phone booths continue to disappear this feeling is rare.
Last Phone Booths in Manhattan
One of the last four outdoor phone booths in Manhattan. These booths are located on West End Avenue at the corners of 66th, 90th, 100th, and 101st Streets. Look for this photo at Clark & Kent, the web site for a fictional ad agency with its offices in this New York City phone booth.
Long Island City Payphone.
Long Island City Payphone. October 3, 2004. That's the 59th Street Bridge and the Keyspan Energy Plant in the background.
Long Island City, Queens. Payphone
Long Island City, Queens, NYC. October 3, 2004
Upper East Side, Manhattan
Upper East Side, Manhattan
Manhattan's Upper West Side, NYC
Manhattan's Upper West Side - I do believe there used to be a payphone here. May, 2004
Sunnyside, NYC
Sunnyside. May, 2004
TCC Teleplex Internet Kiosk
TCC Teleplex Internet Kiosk 48th Street near 7th Avenue
TCC Teleplex Internet Kiosk
TCC Teleplex Internet Kiosk 48th Street near 7th Avenue
TCC Teleplex Internet Kiosk
TCC Teleplex Internet Kiosk 48th Street near 7th Avenue
TCC Teleplex Internet Kiosk
TCC Teleplex Internet Kiosk 48th Street near 7th Avenue
Jackson Avenue, Queens
Jackson Avenue, Queens.
Public Pay Telephone. Northern Boulevard, Queens
Now here's a blast from the past
Now here's a blast from the past
A payphone graveyard on Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City
A payphone graveyard on Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City
A payphone graveyard on Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City
A payphone graveyard on Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City
Talking on the Verizon
Talking on the Verizon
Payphone enclosure left out for trash
Payphone enclosure left out for trash, Long Island City
Burned out payphone, disposed of in the East River
Burned out payphone, disposed of in the East River.
Outside the Jacob Riis Houses, East 6th Street, Manhattan.
Outside the Jacob Riis Houses, East 6th Street, Manhattan.
Coney Island. Brooklyn, NYC
Coney Island. Brooklyn, NYC
Inside a Times Square payphone - April 20, 2003
Inside a Times Square payphone - April 20, 2003
Vesey Street Walkway, Ground Zero
Vesey Street Walkway, Ground Zero April 20, 2003
Long Island City, Queens.
Long Island City, Queens.
Long Island City, Queens
Outside Tiffany Insurance Long Island City, Queens
Long Island City, Queens
Long Island City, Queens
Long Island City, Queens
Long Island City, Queens
Long Island City, Queens
Long Island City, Queens Steinway Street
Long Island City, Queens
Long Island City, Queens
Long Island City, Queens
Long Island City, Queens Steinway Street
Long Island City, Queens
Long Island City, Queens
Long Island City, Queens
Long Island City, Queens
Long Island City, Queens
Long Island City, Queens. Northern Boulevard
Long Island City, Queens
Long Island City, Queens
Long Island City, Queens
Long Island City, Queens
Long Island City, Queens
Long Island City, Queens
Long Island City, Queens
Long Island City, Queens
35th Avenue, Queens
This payphone used to be outside the Café Blue Light, a Yugoslavian pub at 35th Avenue and 30th Street in Astoria. Today the Café Blue Light is gone and the space is taken by Rèst-âü-Ránt Astoria/Long Island City.
Astoria Boulevard Payphone
Crescent Street, Queens. 718-728-9460
Crescent Street, Queens - This payphone is gone. It used to be outside a Walgreens. The number, evidently, was 718-728-9460.
36th Avenue subway, Queens
36th Avenue subway, Queens
21st Street at 33rd Avenue, Queens
This payphone went poof. See what I mean by that here: Poof Goes the Payphone.
Queens, New York. April 10, 1999.
36th Avenue, Queens
36th Avenue, Queens. April 11, 1999
New York City Public Library
New York City Public Library Main Branch, 42nd Street April, 1999 - UPDATE: Click here to see this set of Manhattan phone booths 10 years later when I photographed them again.
New York City Public Library
New York City Public Library Main Branch, 42nd Street April, 1999
Nipple Keypad, Queens.
Nipple Keypad, Queens. April 10, 1999
Mexicano Grocery Payphone. 31-20 21st Street, Long Island City
This payphone, like virtually everything else in this picture, is gone. Read about it Mexicano Grocery, Payphone Gone.
Long Island City, Queens
Long Island City, Queens January, 2002
Jesus is calling you!
Jesus is calling you!
Faces and Names pub, in Midtown
Faces and Names pub, in Midtown
Emily's Coffee Shop Restaurant
The payphone at 31-06 21st Street, outside Emily's Coffee Shop, is gone. So is Emily's Coffee Shop. See the then-and now pictures here.
Outside the Time & Life Building
Outside the Time & Life Building
Outside the Time & Life Building
Outside the Time & Life Building
66th Street Subway
66th Street Subway
Midtown Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
48th Street, Manhattan
48th Street, Manhattan. April 8, 1999![46th Street, Manhattan - Orelhão style payphone](../../../_data/i/galleries/North_America/United_States/New_York/New_York_City/46th_street_payphone-me.jpg "46th Street, Manhattan - Orelhão style payphone (3807 visits) Orelhão style payphone. 46th Street, Manhattan - "Little Brazil" between 5th and 6th Aven...")
46th Street, Manhattan - Orelhão style payphone
Orelhão style payphone. 46th Street, Manhattan - "Little Brazil" between 5th and 6th Avenues. March 26, 1999.
36th avenue subway payphone
36th avenue payphone 02
Brand New Payphone, Queens.
Brand New Payphone, Queens. April 9, 1999
35th avenue payphone
33rd Street, Manhattan, across from B&H Photo
33rd Street, Manhattan, across from B&H Photo April 4, 1999