Payphones Past

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Corner Office Payphone With a Window View. 718-476-8903

Originally listed at 718-476-8903, this payphone has dial tone at the 90th Street/Elmhurst Avenue 7 train station. I got bumped…

6 years ago

The Slow Demise of the Last Payphone at Grand Central

A look back, in pictures and paean, at the last payphone in Grand Central subway station.

6 years ago

Payphones at the Union Square Job Center

Conducting a guided tour of payphones around Union Square was not exactly in my comfort zone. But I did it…

6 years ago

What Does a Payphone Call Sound Like?

My voice sounds mighty different through this payphone when compared to being captured by decent audio gear. Listen in.

7 years ago

$1 For Two Minutes? That’s Survival Mode.

It looks like I might have made my last phone call from the last payphone at Rockefeller Center after PTS…

7 years ago

Talking on the PTS at LAX

The Kreller Girls found a bank of payphones at LAX. Great photo.

8 years ago

O’Hare Airport Has Payphones. Lots Of Them.

Val Vashon checks in again to report that Chicago's O'Hare Airport has a surprising quantity of payphones, and they all…

8 years ago

Strange Beeps From Rockefeller Center’s Last Payphone

Strange beeps coming from a Rockefeller Center payphone might have some meaning, or they might not. Anyone with knowledge of…

8 years ago

A Times Square Payphone’s Unique Memorial

Whoever removed the payphone from this wall at the Times Square subway station seems to have done so with a…

9 years ago

Penn Station Payphone User

Penn Station could be home to the largest number of payphones under one roof in New York.

9 years ago

Action Shot: Penn Station Payphone User

The not-as-rare-as-you'd-think payphone user. August, 2016.

9 years ago

Grand Central Subway Station – No Working Payphones

There are only two payphones left on the upper level of the Grand Central subway station. Neither one works.

9 years ago

Phone Booths at the Met Breuer Museum

My first thought on hearing that the Met Breuer was taking over the old Whitney building was, naturally enough, “What…

9 years ago

Working Payphone at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Located at the 82nd Street entrance to the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a single payphone. Its number is 212-650-9682.

9 years ago

Mid-Manhattan Branch of the New York Public Library

There are two payphones at the Mid-Manhattan Branch of the New York Public Library. 212-684-9516 & 212-684-8529.

9 years ago

There are New Payphones at Penn Station

In this year of 2016 it is surprising to find fresh payphone installations, even in a type of place where…

9 years ago

Anatomy of a Payphone Call. PTS Payphone, Rockefeller Center, NYC.

A Rockefeller Center payphone customer spotted April 12, 2016; using a PTS (Pacific Telemanagement Services) payphone.

9 years ago

Payphones of Philadelphia. August, 2015.

Philadelphia, a city of two million, has a fair share of payphones on its city streets, at least in the…

10 years ago

Another Abandoned PTS Payphone

Most of New York City's subway stations are littered with useless hulks of payphones abandoned by Pacific Telemanagement Services (PTS).…

12 years ago