New York City witnessed end of an era as the last standing street payphone was uprooted from 7th Avenue on Monday and made its way to the Museum of the City of New York.
Located at Seventh Avenue and 49th Street, the removal of the payphone kiosk marks the end of an era. It was the last of its kind in operation in New York, following a sweep of the city’s 8,178 active public payphones starting in 2015. Replacing the former payphone sites have been LinkNYC kiosks.