Did anyone hold on to some of these before the place shut down?

The place is actually open again, just not as the CTF you probably remember it as. Not sure if they kept the same tokens but if your in NYC, it might be worth passing by and checking it out.

Call Mr. Henry Cen
(an email might be better)
http://www.nycnextlevel.com/

Ask him if he has any, and explain your reason (i’ll assume you want a memento from days past, I too tend to keep tokens from random arcades and specialty play cards like from dave and busters)

Thanks guys! I stopped by the reopened Chinatown fair the other day and they still have the tokens there although they are no longer functional. I offered to buy one from the kind lady working there, but she just gave it to me instead. Great keepsake to hold on to from the legendary arcade.

Nice! Glad you were able to just pass by and grab one. What was your impression of the “new” CTF?

It’s devolved into your typical ticket arcade, not that there is a problem with that, just very far removed from its roots. There is one super street fighter iv cab, half of which has no sound. There was no one around to play so I let a wee kid beat me then went along on my way.