Final NYC public payphone eliminated

New York Metropolis's final bank of public payphones was faraway from a street corner in Midtown.

NEW YORK - The final New York City public pay telephone was eliminated on Monday morning. 

The bank of two phones was on 7th Avenue and 50th Road in Midtown Manhattan. And, as you might count on in Manhattan, graffiti was scrawled on it. 

The city began removing payphones in 2015 and replacing them with public Wi-Fi hotspots.

The elimination marks the end of the payphone era in the metropolis aside from some private payphones on public property and 4 permanent full-length so-called Superman booths.

LinkNYC, which runs the Wi-Fi hotspots, says the community can be expanded to add 5G functionality this summer.

Along with free Wi-Fi, LinksNYC provides access to a social services listing, system charging, free cellphone calls throughout the U.S., and transit and climate alerts.

The final New York City public pay telephone bank was eliminated on Monday morning. The kiosk, which housed two phones, was on 7th Avenue and 50th Avenue in Midtown Manhattan.

The town has removed 1000's of payphones across all five boroughs in the past several years.  In 2014, there have been more than 6,000 active public pay telephones on city sidewalks, in line with town website.

The payphones have been all to be removed by 2020, however the process took longer than originally planned.

The last public payphone in NYC, situated at seventh Ave. and 50th St., was set to be taken down on Monday, Could 23, 2022. (FOX 5 NY)

Regardless that the usage had gone means down, metropolis officials mentioned that public pay telephones were still used for regular calls and even long-distance calls.