New York City is the birthplace of the modern photo booth. From vintage machines in Brooklyn dive bars to iconic booths in Grand Central Terminal, discover where New Yorkers have been capturing memories for generations.
Booth Beacon currently lists 101 analog photo booths in New York City, 62 of them verified active. They cluster in Williamsburg, East Village, and Lower East Side, with more machines in Bushwick and Park Slope. A session typically costs $3 to $8 and produces a strip of four photochemical prints developed inside the machine. The tour below maps every booth with its venue, neighborhood, and operational status.
By Jascha Kaykas-Wolff, Founder & Curator · Last updated 2026-09-02
Explore all 101 photo booths across New York City. Open in Google Maps to save your custom tour and navigate with turn-by-turn directions.
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NYC's photo booth culture is as diverse as the city itself. Brooklyn's creative scene has adopted analog booths as a staple of dive bars and vintage shops, while Manhattan maintains classic machines in landmark locations.
Brooklyn leads NYC's photo booth scene — Williamsburg, Bushwick, and Park Slope have the highest density. Manhattan's East Village and Lower East Side also have legendary machines. NYC being a 24/7 city means many booths are accessible at all hours, especially those in transit hubs and late-night bars.
New York City's photo booths are spread across several neighborhoods, each with its own character:

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101 analog booths in New York City on Booth Beacon right now, 62 of them confirmed working the last time we or a visitor checked. New ones get added as they're found and dead ones get marked, so the number moves.
$3 to $10 for a strip of four, based on the booths listed here. 2 booths are free. That's from the 20 listings with a confirmed price; the rest post it on the machine.
Of the 101 listed: 2 take cash and card, 99 are listed as cash only. Old analog booths are coin-op by default, so a few coins never hurt. Each booth page says which.
21 black-and-white, 1 that do either, and 79 we haven't confirmed. All of them are real film developed inside the machine — no digital prints on this site.
Williamsburg, East Village and Lower East Side have the most listings. Each neighbourhood link below shows the booths in it with a map.
3× Photo-Me, Photo-Me Model 21, Photomaton and a few others. The booth pages say which machine each one is, where we know.
No. These are coin-op booths inside shops, bars, stations and markets — you walk up and use them whenever the venue is open. None of the booths listed here are hire services.
96 of the 101 listings were checked in the last year; the most recent was Sep 2, 2026. Each booth page shows its own date. If you've been more recently, mark it visited — that's how the list stays honest.
It happens with machines this old. Each booth page lists the nearest alternatives, and a quick "Report an issue" from you flags it for the next person.
Use "Submit a booth" and give us the venue, the street address and, if you can, a photo of the machine. We check every submission before it goes live.
See all photo booths in New York City with detailed listings and neighborhood breakdowns.
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