Williamsburg Pay Phone du Jour: Motherhood

March 8, 2011 ·
Filed under: 11211, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn 

From North 7 Street at Bedford Avenue.

Miss Heather

New York Shitty Pay Phone du Jour: Flushing Avenue

March 3, 2011 ·
Filed under: 11206, Bushwick, Bushwick Brooklyn 

Impressive!

Miss Heather

New York Shitty Pay Phone du Jour: Monologue Machine

February 14, 2011 ·
Filed under: 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic 

From Nassau Avenue.

Miss Heather

Greenpoint Pay Phone du Jour: Birthday Special

February 11, 2011 ·
Filed under: 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic 

This fuzzy fella hails from Manhattan Avenue and is dedicated to my buddy (and code whiz extraordinaire) Evan. Happy birthday!

Miss Heather

Williamsburg Photo Du Jour: LOST

December 21, 2010 ·
Filed under: 11211, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn 

Although I suspect this it yet another manifestation of the viral advertising that is plaguing north Brooklyn of late here it is. My advice: purchase some Rogaine already!

Miss Heather

New York Shitty Pay Phone Du Jour: Iced Coffee

December 15, 2010 ·
Filed under: 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic 

From Nassau Avenue.

Miss Heather

New York Shitty Pay Phone Du Jour: Don’t Work

October 9, 2010 ·
Filed under: 10009, East Village, East Village Manhattan, Manhattan, New York City 

From First Avenue.

Miss Heather

New York Shitty Pay Phone Du Jour: Pulaski Day Special

October 3, 2010 ·
Filed under: 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic 

From Manhattan Avenue.

Miss Heather

New York Shitty Pay Phone Du Jour: A Bedford Avenue PSA

September 27, 2010 ·
Filed under: 11211, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn 

I for one enthusiastically endorse this proclamation (which comes from the intersection of North 7 Street and Bedford Avenue). If for no other reason because of the “perfume” that permeates this public pay phone. Hint: it ain’t roses.

Miss Heather

New York Shitty Pay Phone Du Jour: The Brownsville Monologue Machine

September 6, 2010 ·
Filed under: 11212, Brooklyn, Brownsville Brooklyn 

Today, dear readers, yours truly went on a photo walk with my friend (and frequent photo pool contributor) Carnade. Our peregrinations started in Greenpoint and ended in Floyd Bennett Field. The above item, one of the finest public pay phones/monologue machines I have beheld in a LONG time, hails from somewhere in between. Church Avenue in Brownsville, to be precise.

Note the various accouterments. I for one was particularly fond of the empty case of Budweiser so I took the above photograph to showcase it along with this much beleaguered receiver. Shortly after doing so a chap named “Brother Moses” introduced himself to me, grabbed said receiver and put it up to his ear. He informed me that it had no dial tone. I replied that I figured as much and added:

This is the perfect monologue machine. You make the call and the other person has no choice but to listen.

He mused upon this for a moment and then replied:

Do you want to go have some fun?

I mulled over Moses’s offer and, upon deciding that I was having quite enough fun already, declined. This is not to suggest that he did not have his charm. Moses was in his inimitable way quite the gentleman. Once he ascertained, albeit erroneously, that Carnade was my husband he shook his hand and admonished him to be careful walking across the street because “those things are made of iron” and he wasn’t. This one’s for you, Moses!

Miss Heather

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