With the removal of most payphones from the NYC subway system, this project has been slow to update. So this site will remain as an archive, and will not be updated any further. In the future this project may be revived, but as of May 12, 2013 this project shall remain as an archive only.
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Friday, December 2, 2011

Busted phone borough hall 4/5 mid platform

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

I am testing out the Fuck Dynamic Views profile from blogger on this site, and my new site http://funnycellpix.blogspot.com

If you encounter any problems - or would prefer that I switch back to the old layout just email me at trainphones@nyphonejacks.com and let me know. All of the content that was here is still here if you are looking for something - I have not removed any of the content from here, I am only testing out Fuck the new layout.

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Domain name

If you notice on the address bar, this site is now accessible via the sub-domain trainphones.nyphonejacks.com

you can still access this site from trainphones.blogspot.com but I am just getting around to updating the information for my domain name.

www.nyphonejacks.com which currently redirects to nyphonejacks.blogspot.com will eventually forward to blog.nyphonejacks.com in the coming days.

Thursday, June 9, 2011

7184372299 @ 47th street and 13th ave Brooklyn NY


Someone stole the coinbox from this phone. The buttons are difficult to push, but the phone works.
The line card says to call 211 for repair/refunds, but when I dialed 211 it asked for a coin deposit - not like I would have lost my money, being the coin box is gone, but I did not have a quarter on me at the time, and felt that that should have been a free call. Too bad, I really would have let Met Tel know that this phone was vandalized.

Oh, also - rings 2x then goes to modem.

*Met Tel tells me that "I need to contact the customer who owns the payphone" meanwhile it says Met Tel on the line card. The lady who I just spoke with also seemed very rude, and said I could report it to the police department as well. I advised her that it is not my place to call the police department, that I was merely trying to be courteous and advise the owner of the phone of what I observed.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Close up of sticker on phone below. 

NDT -2 3 mid platform borough hall Bronx bound
no phone number card. 

86 st at 18 ave municipal parking lot.jpg

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Thursday, April 28, 2011

New look.

I just finished redesigning the way that this photo blog looks. Hope that you like it.

I will try to get working on adding some new content to this photo blog in the near future. In the mean time, if you have any content that you would like to submit you can email it to TrainPhones@NYPHONEJACKS.com

Saturday, February 5, 2011

2126744335 - J  essex front plat uptown
R1X then modem 

5162506486 - ft ham CI - D

comm room 7182434506- R bay ridge bound

delancy F mid platform - empty pedistal

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

718-624-9444 - court R front platform
NIS

718-624-9462 - court bottom of escalator R
NIS

718-624-9788 - court inside  turnstile 2 3 4 5 R
R1X then modem 

718-625-5608 - court R midplatform
R1X then modem 

718-625-5617 - R court  mid platform
photo of this phone in use below
R1X then modem

718-625-5705 - R court mid platform
NIS

718-625-9346 Left -718-625-9353 Right - court inside  turnstile
9346 - RNA
9353 - R1X then modem (heard background noise before modem)

718-625-5617 - R court midplatform
close up of this phone above
R1X then modem 

lighting 212-424-3959/4344

video cameras on bus 9203 brooklyn B64 - 4 visible domes

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Trouble tickets

212-962-9837 missed commitment due 7 days ago!!
7184389877- missed commitment due 8 days ago!!
no ticket was opened, so one had to be opened.
7187889025- due monday
7186249786 - i think i am done for today,
although i am sure that there are more on the site that have no dial tone.

Friday, January 28, 2011

Not much to add for today, but here you go.
7184388885 (L) - 7184389049 (R) - 9 ave D in station inside turnstile
The number card on the phones are opposite what they should be
both phones "the # you dialed is NIS". 

7184389651 ft hamilton inside station behind turnstile
"the # you dialed is NIS"

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

2124759858 - J Z M F essex st inside turnstile
R1X then modem 

2126749247 - delancy F midplatform CI bound
R1X then modem 

2127124236 - delancy F

7182433959 - 2124244344 delancy F
can hear machinery running  behind door 

7184389193 inside turnstile F 18 ave
"the number that you are dialing is NIS"

7184389877 NDT 18 ave F inside turnstile
"the number that you are dialing is NIS" 

NDT 718435???? (number card illegible)  CI bound F 18 ave rear platform

NDT 2126744082 delancy F front platform CI bound
busy signal 

inside marcy J Z M smanhattan bound station to right of payphone.jpg

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7183849775 - J Z M marcy manhattan bound inside station.jpg

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"the number that you are dialing is NIS" 

Friday, January 21, 2011

Need to edit some of the responses to called numbers

I called most of these phones with Google Voice. Unfortunately Google Voice does NOT pass audio before supervision, so any calls where I indicated "might accept incoming calls - rings" may be deceptive, I just randomly dialed one of the phones listed as such, and I got the NIS recording, so I will have to redial all of those numbers to determine if any or all of them are forwarding to the NIS recording.

All done. Just one phone gave me "we can not complete your call at this time" with several attempts, but that recording was coming from my carrier, and not an error from the phone that I was calling, so I will have to try that one once again with a different line when I get a chance, other than that, all the older posts should be up to date as of today. Strange to see so many payphone's saying that they are out of service when you try to call them.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

7182329724 - 18ave inside turnstile D.jpg

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"the # you dialed is NIS"

718NDT 18ave outside turnstile D.jpg

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phone has no dial tone, and no telephone number sticker. 

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

These numbers have not been added to the DISCOVERED NUMBERS page yet. Nor have I tried calling any yet. When I get a chance I will update this information.

  9st rear platform D bay ridge bound - could not get number  train came

7182433100 - 7189277394 elect maintenance

7182433141 signal
out of focus because gates in the way, i was trying to figure out if i should
post this or not, but decided it's better to just include it.

7183849805 - G Broadway inside turnstile
R1X then modem 

7187888806 - D N R ci bound 36st mid platform
"the # you dialed is NIS"

7187888970 -9th street  R bay ridge bound front platform
"the # you dialed is NIS"

7187889025 NDT - R 9st mid platform bay ridge bound
R2X "the # you dialed is NIS"

same as first image in post
9st rear platform bayridge bound - could not get num train came