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EagleFly_5 t1_j0mx7w4 wrote
Technically those are privately owned as with a handful of others in the UWS (4 in total). This was the last public pay phone booth left in the city. Barring some inside of buildings, most likely they won’t be around, as nowadays, LinkNYC is the spiritual successor w/ free phone calls, free WiFi (or for some, 5G as well), can charge your devices via USB, and able to access city services/the internet.
lil-monkey t1_j0n7xqs wrote
Oh no. The last public open-air unofficial urinal was removed?! How had this not made more headlines?!
Commercial-Impress74 t1_j0nkibb wrote
Good times man
infinite_in_faculty t1_j0npa1p wrote
So how will spies and drug dealers make phone calls now?
Distancefrom t1_j0nrokz wrote
Followed by photos of remaining pay phones.
PopeCovidXIX t1_j0nrykg wrote
Well now where am I going to pee?!
ManchurianPandaDate t1_j0nswt4 wrote
What if someone needs to make a phone call ?
Halfhand84 t1_j0o2zd5 wrote
I wouldn't call it spiritual successor when you can't even get privacy to piss all over it like in the good ole days.
I kid.
saywhat68 t1_j0obrng wrote
Go to Block Bluster Video.
NKtDpt4x t1_j0oh01o wrote
There's like 10,000 LinkNYC stations to make free calls from.
spoil_of_the_cities t1_j0os07y wrote
I recall after the Hurricane people figured out payphones still worked.
There was a small pile of quarters on top of the one by me in case people didn't have quarters.
I did one better though, I went and stood by the hospital hoping they'd have a cell tower running on the backup generator and they did.
Appropriate-Let-3855 t1_j0ou83q wrote
Rip 5th Amendment
Caribbean_Ed718 t1_j0pe1a4 wrote
Exactly! Supposed their iPhone stops working and they need to make a call.
ManchurianPandaDate t1_j0plh16 wrote
I smoked joints in the phone booth across from BB Kings when I was a kid.
ManchurianPandaDate t1_j0plqia wrote
Well if they’re getting rid of all the phones can’t they at least put a wire surrounding the city for us Goy ?
Night-Hamster t1_j0pnuhj wrote
That was the last one. The last one will also be removed next week.
Impossible-Try-8283 t1_j0pwwrz wrote
No it didn't. There is one I know of at 116th st. 4 5 6 downtown line. Saw it this morning. I'll take a pic tomorrow.
IrishGuyiNjersey t1_j0q86lw wrote
From the burner phones they’ve been using for 20 years…..
BuckyLarson4real t1_j0qas5g wrote
I keep seeing this article and it’s incorrect. There are still two payphone booths on west end. One is at 100th st and West end. This is a street view taken two weeks ago. https://maps.app.goo.gl/TuJSqQCjMveYUj7q9?g_st=ic
Pennwisedom t1_j0qglgm wrote
It was so sad and such a big deal that seven months passed without you knowing about it.
Melodic-Mix-4449 t1_j0qo5ps wrote
That’s bullshit theres a telephone booth at a park I go to in Queens
Melodic-Mix-4449 t1_j0qoc91 wrote
And it’s false. Because there’s a pay phone at a park by my house in Queens
Diligent-Taro856 t1_j0qzvyv wrote
Still have them in the stations in queens
AudrinaJ34 t1_j0r4ah7 wrote
They should place in a museum
DaoFerret t1_j0rbp6w wrote
> The Phone Booth on the corner of West End Avenue and 100th Street was one of the last remaining phone booths in New York City. Everyone used it―from ballerinas and birthday clowns, to cellists and even secret agents. Kept clean and polished, the Phone Booth was proud and happy until, the day a businessman strode by and shouted into a shiny silver object, “I’ll be there in ten minutes.” Soon everyone was talking into these shiny silver things, and the Phone Booth stood alone and empty, unused and dejected.
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/7208189-the-lonely-phone-booth
wrongwaycorrigan t1_j0roguj wrote
When you see these booths in person they look like a film set prop. It's very surreal.
donutcronut t1_j0t5rpc wrote
Clark Kent is WFH like the rest of us.
WilZord t1_j0wzekw wrote
I read about awhile ago just because i responded to it now in this forum doesn't mean it didn't affect me at the time. When you assume you make an ass out of you not me
Pennwisedom t1_j0x5z63 wrote
Kay bud.
CookieSheaButter t1_j0znbax wrote
Yeah I was going to say there’s quite a few in queens still. But this exact headline comes up on this sub monthly.
w321123 t1_j0msskl wrote
No. There is one at West End and 90th