Payphones

Here is a list of payphones that I have seen. Most have photo and some have numbers and location. Most are in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Location: Daly City, CA, Daly City BART train station

Number: 650-991-9833

Notes: These payphones are on a 2-sided pedestal and are at the Daly City BART train station. Both work great.

Works as of: May 24 2025

Photo taken: Apr 7 2024

Location: Berkeley CA, corner of Dwight Way and Shattuck Ave

Number:

Notes: This phone is beautiful and works! Sadly don't have the number. It is my favorite payphone as it is in a beautiful area (there are a surprising amount of payphones in this part of Berkeley), and is relatively clean. As of June 9th, 2025, this phone, along with many other payphones along Shattuck Ave have had their enclosures painted dark purple.

Works as of: June 9 2025

Photo taken: Feb 24 2024

Location: Daly City, CA, outside the Speedway gas station on Juniperro Serra

Number:

Notes: Covered in graffiti, not working.

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Photo taken: Mar 12, 2024

Location: Santa Cruz, CA, Balboa Fun Zone

Number: 949-673-9925

Notes: Lots of graffiti, does not work

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Photo taken: April 27, 2024

Location: Burlingame, CA, Broadway Caltrain Station

Number: 650-348-9620 (left), 650-348-9718 (right)

Notes: These 2 are beautiful and functional! Both on the Broadway Caltrain station platform.

Works as of: May 6 2024

Photo taken: May 6, 2024

Location: San Francisco, CA, Powell or Montgomery St Muni train platform, I don't remember which one

Number:

Notes: This phone looks sad. It's quite dark and gloomy underground and its missing its handset. The number is not legible but is it handwritten on the info card. It also has a coin slot guard. Some phones in the Market St. subway have coin guards, one is at Van Ness Sta.

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Photo taken: July 8 2024

Location: San Mateo, CA, outside Suruki supermarket

Number:

Notes: Very well preserved. No graffiti at all. Even has the Phone sign above it!

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Photo taken: July 11 2024

Location: San Francisco, CA, Kaiser Permanente hospital lobby on Geary and Divisadero

Number: Really wish I have it

Notes: This phone is beautiful! Very clean and functioning. It has a TTY unit too. Its in a small cove-like area near the restrooms. This is the only one left of the 3 or 4 that was there as there are empty spots next to it where other payphones used to sit. Notice the top info card has another behind it.

Works as of: July 12 2024

Photo taken: July 12 2024

Location: San Francisco, CA, 16th St. Mission BART station

Number: 415-865-9900 (left)

Notes: Never seen this style of enclosure before. Don't have the right phone's number and the right phone had no dial tone at the time but the left phone worked great. Very clean. 2 similar phones are at the 24th st mission station

Works as of: July 16, 2024 (left only)

Photo taken: July 16 2024

Location: Daly City, CA, Daly City BART train station

Number:

Notes: Not a payphone, but a beautiful enclosure. Has tty, phone book holder (no phone book), and Pac Bell logo!

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Photo taken: July 18, 2024

Location: New York City

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Notes: In a restaurant basement, don't remember what restaurant though. Looked great! not functioning.

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Photo taken: Spring 2024

Location: San Francisco International Airport

Number:

Notes: This is no longer a payphone, as it has been converted to provide free domestic calls in the US. Call outside the US, you must use a prepaid calling card.

Location: San Francisco, CA, Civic Center Muni station platform

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Notes: imagine if it worked. Similar phone and enclosure upstairs on the station lobby

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Photo taken: Oct 3, 2024

Location: San Mateo, CA, Hillsdale Shopping Center, under foodcourt escalator by California Pizza Kitchen

Number: 650-574-9381

Notes: Looked very clean. Many spots around the mall's walls with spaces that have ads where payphones like this one used to be. One of only 2 payphones left in the mall.

Works as of: May 2025

Photo taken: Sep 22 2024

Location: San Francisco, CA, Castro Muni train station platform

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Notes: Was once my favorite payphone with a Pacific Bell enclosure. I made a call on Easter Sunday of 2023, and next month I found an Out of service note on the phone. It hasn't worked since and has fallen into disrepair :(

Works as of: Easter Sunday 2023

Location: San Francisco, CA, Van Ness Muni train station lobby/ticket area

Number:

Notes: I remember this phone. I made a call last in 2023, I don't remember when. Next time I checked on it the handset speaker was ripped out. Has not worked since and has only gotten worse in condition.

Works as of: Sometime in 2023

Location: San Francisco, CA, Civic Center Muni train station

Number: Not printed on phone so I don't know

Notes: I vaguely remember this phone, there is at least one working and one dead (pictured above) in the train station. The working one is maintained by PTS and is clean.

Works as of: April 2025

Photo taken : May 24 2025

Location: San Francisco, CA, West Portal Muni train lobby/ticketing area

Number:

Notes: The only phone I know of that has a bright yellow handset. I think at one point it was operated by Phone 1 but since changed ownership to Precision Pay Phone. It was relatively clean and worked but stopped late 2023-early 2024.

Works as of: Mid 2023

Location: San Francisco, CA, Forest Hill Muni train lobby/ticketing area

Number:

Notes: Had worked a number of years ago but the phone was removed and I don't know when. The enclosure is still there, and is beautiful.

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Location: San Francisco, CA, Church Muni train station platform

Number:

Notes: Similar to the Castro station phone but dirtier and broken. Former Pac Bell.

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Location: San Francisco, CA, Embarcadero Muni train station platform

Number:

Notes: This one is weird. It has an enclosure that is not completely attached to the ground so it spins around but it isn't supposed to. The phone does work but you can hear a loud dialtone on both ends of a call. It's very dirty but does work!

Works as of: 2023 (I should check up on this one)

Location: San Francisco, CA, Powell St Muni train station ticketing area

Number: 415 421 9101

Notes: clean and maintaned by PTS. One of 5+ in the entire station.

Works as of: Feb 23, 2025

Location: Corner of Shattuck Ave and Haste St, Berkeley CA

Number: 510 486 9801

Notes: Several similar payhones located along Shattuck Ave with purple painted enclosure.

Works as of: June 9 2025

Photo taken: June 9 2025

Location: Corner of Shattuck Ave and Bancroft Way, Berkeley CA

Number: 510 486 9414

Notes: Someone broke and stole the speaker out of the handset so I couldn't tell if the phone itself was working. The phone's keypad had the 1 and # buttons replaced with blue counterparts which I find quite odd. PTS maintains this phone so hopefully the handset will be repaired soon.

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Photo taken: June 9 2025