Post Your Valentine On LinkNYC Kiosks Once Famous For Public Porn

NEW YORK, NY — The city wants New Yorkers to declare their love — or even pop the question — on the kiosks that were once infamous for public porn-watching.

To celebrate Valentine's Day, anyone who posts a cute photo to Instagram and tags it with #LinkLoveNYC could have the picture projected on the sides of more than 1,200 LinkNYC kiosks across city on Feb. 14.

Link, the company behind the kiosks, is even offering to help New Yorkers "set up a special proposal" using the screens. But anyone popping the question might have to shuffle around other people charging their phones or making phone calls.

"LinkNYC's digital displays feature fun facts about New York City, historic photos, important PSAs, and advertising that keeps our services free for all," Link President Jen Hensley said in a statement. "This Valentine's Day, you can use it to tell someone you love them — and even propose."

The attempt at romance is Link's latest holiday-themed display on the kiosks, which had internet browsers until people reportedly spent hours camped out next to them playing music or watching smutty videos. The kiosks still allow free phone calls, maps and wireless internet connections.

The company thinks it's solved that problem — loitering complaints dropped by 96 percent "immediately" after the web browsers were pulled in September 2016, a Link spokesman said.

Link staff will review every tagged Instagram photo to make sure it's not too risque before putting it goes on the screens, the spokesman said. But every appropriate picture will likely be featured. Link will ask users for permission before broadcasting their photos, the company says.

Anyone who wants to take the next step and propose with the LinkNYC screens should email hello@link.nyc.

(Lead image: A LinkNYC kiosk is pictured in Manhattan in August 2016. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)