For three days this week, one block of Kent Street belongs to 1977. Production crews for "The Last Payphone," an independent feature from director Sofia Andrade, have swapped out storefront signs, hauled in a dozen period cars, and installed a working phone booth on the corner, where it has become the most photographed object in Greenpoint.

The film, set over one blackout summer night, stars a largely unknown cast and a bodega that the crew built inside a vacant storefront, down to hand-lettered price tags listing milk at 42 cents. Andrade, who grew up on Driggs Avenue, said the block was cast as carefully as the actors. "You can fake a lot with paint," she said between setups. "You cannot fake the way the light comes off the river at the end of this street."

Neighbors have taken the invasion in stride, with conditions. Residents get walked through the set between takes, and the production is paying for the block association's fall cleanup. "They moved my car four times," said longtime resident Casimir Nowak, 79, watching from a lawn chair. "But they put a phone booth back on my corner, so we're even."

Filming wraps Wednesday night. The phone booth, sadly, goes with them.