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Abandoned Payphone Beautification on Fresh Pond Road

Abandoned Payphone Beautification on Fresh Pond Road

This abandoned payphone enclosure got some beauty treatment from unknown parties. And also, an…
Daily Payphone | July 6, 2019
Phone Booths of Astoria, 1960s. Steinway Street Near Broadway.

Phone Booths of Astoria, 1960s. Steinway Street Near Broadway.

I spotted these beautiful 1960s Manhattan phone booths while clicking through an underappreciated Facebook…
Daily Payphone | October 4, 2017
Action Shot: Payphone Customer at the Queens 74th St./Broadway Station

Action Shot: Payphone Customer at the Queens 74th St./Broadway Station

I spotted this woman dropping 50¢ into an NYC subway payphone yesterday. It's true:…
Daily Payphone | June 12, 2017
Live Girls One Dollar. Shoes and Lotions Where the Payphone Used To Be.

Live Girls One Dollar. Shoes and Lotions Where the Payphone Used To Be.

A payphone once stood outside this "LIVE GIRLS ONE DOLLAR" shop in Long Island…
Daily Payphone | May 16, 2017
NYC Payphone Customer

NYC Payphone Customer

A New Yorker using a Titan-branded payphone under the RFK/Triborough Bridge.
Daily Payphone | April 24, 2017
StreetMessages.com: The Domain Name That Got Away

StreetMessages.com: The Domain Name That Got Away

An abandoned payphone outside the abandoned headquarters for StreetMessages.com provided an amusing antidote to…
Payphone News | February 23, 2017
Abandoned NYTEL Payphones. Woodside, Queens.

Abandoned NYTEL Payphones. Woodside, Queens.

This pair of abandoned payphones outside a Woodside car wash were owned by NYTEL,…
Payphone News | September 1, 2016
What Was “Tracekit”?

What Was “Tracekit”?

An abandoned payphone in Queens bears an interesting notice which claims that the phone…
Fading Tech | April 22, 2016
718-271-9306. Broadway & St. James Avenue. Elmhurst, Queens.

718-271-9306. Broadway & St. James Avenue. Elmhurst, Queens.

This clamshell payphone at the corner of Broadway and St. James Place in Elmhurst,…
Daily Payphone | January 13, 2016

61st St. and Roosevelt Ave. Woodside, Queens 718-429-8216 Van Wagner, LLC. Photo by David Moore.

Another phone similar in style to this one (somewhat unusually embedded in a blue…
Daily Payphone | October 19, 2015
Another Abandoned Telestone Payphone

Another Abandoned Telestone Payphone

A decrepit old payphone stands miserably outside the Crown Motor Inn, an hourly rates…
Payphone Confidential | September 23, 2015
Abandoned Payphone. Greenpoint Avenue, Queens.

Abandoned Payphone. Greenpoint Avenue, Queens.

The old urban legend about hypodermic needles being stuck inside coin return slots got…
Payphone Confidential | October 11, 2012
Cemetery Payphone, R.I.P.

Cemetery Payphone, R.I.P.

For years this payphone was, like everything around it, dead.
Then and Now | October 27, 2011
Payphone Gone: 37th Avenue @ 22nd Street, Queens

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

Only the mount pedestal remains of a payphone that once stood at 37th Avenue…
Then and Now | May 22, 2010
Carl R. Sohncke Square Payphone

Carl R. Sohncke Square Payphone

One of the more unusual outdoor payphone enclosures I’ve seen in these parts is…
Payphone Pictures & Sounds | February 18, 2010
Payphones at Krash, Now Called Riviera

Payphones at Krash, Now Called Riviera

This picture from March, 2000, shows two payphones outside the Krash Dance Club in…
Then and Now | November 21, 2009

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Alliance Payphone
American Public Communications Council
Armored Phones
AT&T Prime Access
Birch Communications
Birch Communications Payphones
CenturyLink Inmate Phones
Coin Phone Management Company
Crown Correctional Telephone
Custom Telephone Printing
DSI-ITI
Embarq (Prison Payphones)
Enclosures Inc.
FCC: Calls Made From Payphones
Fortec
Frequently Asked Questions About Payphones
Function Group
FUTEL.net
G-Five LLC
Hang Up – A Payphone Documentary by Hugo Massa
IMR Telecom
Independent Enclosures
Inmate Calling Solutions
MBE Coin Phone Systems
Midwest Payphone Supply
Mind-Dial
Myrmidon Corp.
National Payphone Clearinghouse
North Atlantic, Inc.
Pacific Telemanagement Services
Paracom Public Communications
Pay-Tel Communications
Payphone Solutions LLC
Payphone.com
Payphone211.com
PayphoneHelp.com
PBG Inc. (Acquired by Myrmidon Corp.)
Pelican Group
Phone Enclosures, Inc.
Phoneco Inc.
Prime Point Media
Prodigy Jail Services
Protel
Public Telephone
Quadrum Communications, LLC
Reddit: Keeping Payphones Alive
RedyRef
Robin Technologies
Securus Technologies
Solitaire Payphones
Symbiont
Synergy Telecom
Talton Communications
TCC Teleplex
Telebeam
Telecom Products (TPI)
Telmate
Texas Payphone Association
Titan360
Triad Inc, Payphone Repair
Tristate Payphones – Telelink Communications
Tullc.US: The Payphone Superstore

TWAcomm: Payphones
United States Payphone Service Providers Currently In Business (FCC Links)
United States Payphone Service Providers No Longer In Business (FCC Links)
Van Wagner Outdoor Advertising
Vector Media
Verizon (via archive.org)
WiMacTel

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Midtown Stramble. One of My Many Old Stomping Grounds. July 20 2025
Midtown Stramble. One of My Many Old Stomping Grounds. July 20 2025
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Jay Street Metrotech Subway Station Payphone TTY July 23 2025
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Rotary Payphone Still Haunts The Old King Penny in Astoria
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BK Central Library Payphones Revisited June 25 2025
Broad Channel Stramble. June 11, 2025.
Broad Channel Stramble. June 11, 2025.
Payphones of Central Park, and the Madoff Benches Revisited
Payphones of Central Park, and the Madoff Benches Revisited
Grand Central Post Office Payphone Long Gone
Grand Central Post Office Payphone Long Gone
Clamshell payphones at The Oculus? Not so much.
Clamshell payphones at The Oculus? Not so much.
Payphoning in Westbury April 9 2025
Payphoning in Westbury April 9 2025
Rockefeller Center Payphones April 8 2025
Rockefeller Center Payphones April 8 2025

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