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Table One

Percentage of Functioning Payphones in
25 Most-Used Subway Stations

Station Number of observations Number non-functioning Percent non-functioning 2002 2001 2000  
34 St.-Penn Station (ACE) 17 0 0% 100% 100% 93% 0%
34 St.-Penn Station (123) 19 2 11% 89% 91% * -2%
59 St./Lexington Ave. (456NRW) 15 2 13% 87% 86% 80% 1%
86 St. (456) 7 1 14% 86% 83% 50% 3%
Main St.-Flushing (7) 14 2 14% 86% 71% 100% 21%
Chambers St./Brooklyn Bridge (456JMZ) 26 5 19% 81% 83% 89% -3%
Grand Central-42 St. (4567S) 36 7 19% 81% 94% 83% -14%
34 St.-Herald Square (BDFNQRVW) 32 8 25% 75% 86% 80% -13%
47-50 Sts.-Rockefeller Center (BDFV) 20 5 25% 75% 81% 80% -7%
68 St.-Hunter College (6) 8 2 25% 75% 57% 94% 32%
W. 4 St. (ACEFSV) 35 9 26% 74% 74% 83% 0%
96 St. (123) 15 4 27% 73% 58% 87% 26%
14 St.-Union Square (456LNQRW) 44 12 27% 73% 88% 83% -17%
42 St. (6 Ave.)/5 Ave. (7BDFV) 22 6 27% 73% 87% 62% -16%
Lexington Ave. (53 St.)/51 St. (6EV) 21 6 29% 71% 80% 86% -11%
Jay St.-Borough Hall (ACF) 16 5 31% 69% * *  
59 St.-Columbus Circle (12ABCD) 48 16 33% 67% 75% 83% -11%
Court St./Borough Hall (1245MNR) 35 12 34% 66% 66% 84% 0%
Jamaica Center-Parsons-Archer (EJZ) 20 7 35% 65% 94% 95% -31%
14 St./6-7 Aves. (123FLV) 25 9 36% 64% 91% 61% -30%
Fulton St./Bway-Nassau St. (1245ACJMZ) 29 11 38% 62% 77% 89% -19%
Canal St. (6JMNQRWZ) 32 13 41% 59% * *  
Bowling Green (45) 9 4 44% 56% * *  
74 St./Roosevelt Ave. (7EFGRV) 39 19 49% 51% 79% 86% -35%
23 St. (6) 8 5 63% 38% * *  
               
Top 25 Station Average 592 172 29% 71% 81% 82% -12%

* Station not surveyed due to construction or insuffecient ridership.

News Release
Table Two
Chart One
Methodology

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