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Table One: Percentage of Functioning Payphones in 25 Most-Used Subway Stations

STATION

2001

2000

% CHANGE

34 St/8 Ave Penn Station**

100%

93%

8%

Jamaica Center

94%

95%

-1%

Grand Central

94%

83%

13%

Chambers Street/WTC

91%

74%

23%

14 St/5 & 6 Ave

91%

61%

49%

34 St/7 Ave

91%

*

 

Union Square

88%

83%

6%

42 St/5 Ave

87%

*

 

34 St/6 Ave

86%

80%

7%

59 St/Lexington

86%

80%

7%

Brooklyn Bridge

83%

89%

-7%

86 St/Lexington**

83%

50%

66%

Rockefeller Center

81%

80%

1%

51 St/Lexington

80%

86%

-7%

74 St/Roosevelt

79%

86%

-8%

Times Square

78%

81%

-4%

B'way/Nassau/Fulton St

77%

89%

-13%

59 St/Columbus Circle

75%

83%

-10%

West 4 St

74%

83%

-11%

5 Ave/53 St

72%

55%

31%

Main St Flushing

71%

100%

-29%

Court St/Borough Hall

66%

84%

-21%

96 St/Broadway

58%

87%

-33%

68 St/Lexington

57%

94%

-46%

77 St/Lexington***

50%

88%

-43%

72 St/Broadway

*

100%

 

42 St/6 & 7 Ave

*

62%

 
       

Average among Major Stations

81%

82%

 

* Payphones in the station not surveyed due to construction
** Stations of greatest improvement
*** Station of least improvement

Payphone Report Summary of Findings | Methodology


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