Queens – The Payphone Project

Abandoned Payphone Beautification on Fresh Pond Road

the payphone project — Sat, 06 Jul 2019 20:31:48 +0000

This abandoned payphone enclosure got some beauty treatment from unknown parties. And also, an old telephone exchange name phone number nearby provided another vestige of old telephony.

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

the payphone project — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 00:43:06 +0000

I spotted these beautiful 1960s Manhattan phone booths while clicking through an underappreciated Facebook group called Astoria Beat.

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

the payphone project — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 17:15:35 +0000

I spotted this woman dropping 50¢ into an NYC subway payphone yesterday. It's true: People still use payphones!

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

the payphone project — Tue, 16 May 2017 22:21:28 +0000

A payphone once stood outside this "LIVE GIRLS ONE DOLLAR" shop in Long Island City.

NYC Payphone Customer

the payphone project — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 02:38:11 +0000

A New Yorker using a Titan-branded payphone under the RFK/Triborough Bridge.

StreetMessages.com: The Domain Name That Got Away

the payphone project — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 21:43:28 +0000

An abandoned payphone outside the abandoned headquarters for StreetMessages.com provided an amusing antidote to a fresh appearance of that defunct web site address on an NYC payphone.

Abandoned NYTEL Payphones. Woodside, Queens.

the payphone project — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 22:34:54 +0000

This pair of abandoned payphones outside a Woodside car wash were owned by NYTEL, a company that made most of its money from pre-paid calling cards.

What Was “Tracekit”?

the payphone project — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 18:41:58 +0000

An abandoned payphone in Queens bears an interesting notice which claims that the phone is marked with something called "Tracekit", a permanent tracing system used by law enforcement. Did Tracekit really exist?

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

the payphone project — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 18:19:48 +0000

This clamshell payphone at the corner of Broadway and St. James Place in Elmhurst, Queens, still bears signage from when it was owned by Van Wagner, the display advertising company that acquired a portion of Verizon’s payphone assets after the telecom company exited the business.Van Wagner was later acquired by Outfront Media, another display advertising company with…

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

the payphone project — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 01:28:45 +0000

Another phone similar in style to this one (somewhat unusually embedded in a blue wooden box) used to exist nearby in Woodside, at the Carl Sohncke Square. For those interested in such things the Van Wagner company whose name appears on this payphone no longer exists. Van Wagner was acquired by CBS Outdoor Media a…

Another Abandoned Telestone Payphone

the payphone project — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 14:44:32 +0000

A decrepit old payphone stands miserably outside the Crown Motor Inn, an hourly rates motel on Queens Boulevard in Woodside, Queens. Considering its clientele this payphone must have seen lots of use back in the day as cheating husbands and wives sought to disguise their true location by calling home from behind the anonymizing shield of an unlisted payphone.

Abandoned Payphone. Greenpoint Avenue, Queens.

the payphone project — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:05:58 +0000

The old urban legend about hypodermic needles being stuck inside coin return slots got a new lease on life when i discovered a sharp object inside this abandoned payphone in Queens.

Cemetery Payphone, R.I.P.

the payphone project — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:54:11 +0000

For years this payphone was, like everything around it, dead.

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

the payphone project — Sat, 22 May 2010 09:11:31 +0000

Only the mount pedestal remains of a payphone that once stood at 37th Avenue and 22nd Street in Long Island City. This picture is from August, 2000. This picture, taken from just about the exact same spot, is from May 22, 2010.

Carl R. Sohncke Square Payphone

the payphone project — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:51:01 +0000

One of the more unusual outdoor payphone enclosures I’ve seen in these parts is this Verizon payphone at Carl R. Sohncke Square on Roosevelt Avenue in Woodside, Queens. Stuck into a green, rectangular box, this homely payphone works great, but if you call it at (718) 429-8307 you will find that it accepts no incoming…