The last public payphone in New York City is being removed.
Highlights
- The last New York City public pay telephone was being removed on Monday morning.
- The city began removing payphones in 2015 and replacing them with public Wi-Fi hotspots.
- In 2014, there were more than 6,000 active public pay telephones on city sidewalks, according to city website.
- LinkNYC says the network will be expanded to add 5G functionality this summer.
- The removal will mark the end of the payphone era in the city except for some private payphones on public property and four permanent full-length so-called Superman booths.
- The payphones were all to be removed by 2020, but the process took longer than originally planned.