People Share Their Weird and Wonderful NYC Stories That Put Us in a New York State of Mind

Ever since smartphones became a thing, it seems like nobody uses payphones anymore. Payphones were this symbol of a period of time when no one had cell phones, and everyone had quarters on them. But now those days are gone for everyone except Lenny at the Bronx Zoo.

There is something so creepy about walking past a payphone and hearing it ring because how does the person on the other line know it’ll reach who it needs to reach? Luckily for Lenny, an elementary school kid walked past just in time to get the call.