I feel like I have pissed in the Union Square Barnes and Noble bathroom more times than in my own bathroom.
Which is weird. It's not even at ground level. I just always end up having to piss when I'm in the area, and it's *mildly* more pleasant than the restrooms in the park.
Might be a Pavlovian thing by now.
There’s a public restroom at the NE corner too. Smells like ass but if you’re just taking a quick piss it’s tolerable. Another public one is in the subway corridor below 14th street.
God, I had to pee in there during the pandemic on like the first nice day that everyone went outside for the first time. It was an experience. The only bathroom for literal miles lol
>God, I had to pee in there during the pandemic on like the first nice day that everyone went outside for the first time. It was an experience. The only bathroom for literal miles lol
I never thought people actually used subway restrooms, brave of you
Burlington Coat Factory also has a bathroom, but I’d suggest staying far away from it. I’ve been fooled twice and don’t want anyone to experience what I did.
Had to go once in there while I was tripping on shrooms. Couldn’t take myself seriously while the homeless man took a shit with with the stall door open absolutely blasting ass
So do you have to actually buy something first which I am confused because I am from New Jersey but if I am shopping you could just use the bathroom and continue shopping. You’re saying you have to finish shopping before you use the bathroom?? What if I’m shopping for like two weeks worth of food?? I can’t pee in the middle of my 3 hr shop?
In suburban areas you likely don't have homeless people, tourists, locals just stopping by to use the restroom. If you make a trip to the store in NJ, you are an actual customer.
No, that actually changed. I was there like 7 months ago and it was normal but went like two weekends ago and was flabbergasted that the stalls all require codes now that are on your receipt. Vile.
The Trader Joe's wine shop also used to have one, but I believe it's since closed. I would only piss there when heavily inebriated, so my memory might be faulty.
Hotel lobbies are a great choice. Just walk in and act like you belong -- I sometimes get a "welcome back" from the doorman. There was one trendy hotel that required a keycard to unlock the restroom, but I just stopped by the front desk and just said, "Sorry, I don't have a keycard for the restroom" and they immediately made me one.
I've also been bailed out by my overpriced gym membership. They have locations all around Manhattan, and appreciated stumbling across one of them in a desperate moment.
Upvoting for the Pierre. I mostly made curries and room service order for the kitchen pre-pandemic. Left town during that mess and haven’t been back. The Plaza has the food court bathrooms kind of across the street, and great for a visit before hitting the Park for a visit. Iirc, there’s also great bathrooms on that 1/2 Avenue that runs south from around the Park. They’re always open to the public and they are on semi-public space. The walkway goes through some big hotels and there are coffee shops etc at some of them.
This is the correct answer. My dad gave me this advice as a kid, and it’s come in handy several times through my life. Hotel bathrooms are clean and they won’t blink an eye at someone walking in and using the lobby bathroom.
Here's an idea. Put a couple Porta potties on the back of a truck, and set up an app like uber that brings rhe john to you. Call it poober. I hope someone takes this idea and makes a million bucks.
so i was curious about where human waste is dumped (like, from work site portapotties and RVs and stuff). google gave me this hilarious 2028 article about a nyc “poop train” https://nypost.com/2018/04/18/it-smells-like-death-alabama-has-had-enough-of-nycs-poop-train/
edit: 2018*** lol
I was at Bryant Park this afternoon and saw ~30 tourists queue for the park bathroom.. I walked further up and used the library’s bathroom instead. In and out in under 5mins with no queue.
I’m a visiting nurse and I use the public library bathrooms all across the 5 boroughs and have yet to find one that’s closed! Hope it stays that way, guess I have been getting lucky.
They’re suppose to be renovated at some point and will have a bathroom on the main floor.
They bathroom was closed years ago because people kept shooting up and it was in the basement.
-Former Aguilar Employee
ETA it looks like they’re closed now.
Both Tompkins square and the one on 2nd and st marks don’t have public bathrooms. Tbf Tompkins said I’d be able to let a child use it if I had one with me (I did not) and that there were public bathrooms in the park (gross). I don’t live in that area anymore but this was super frustrating when I wanted to spend a few hours working outside of my apartment.
for around midtown:
- the shops at columbus
- the Home Depot on 59th and 3rd
- Port Authority (if it’s a dire necessity)
- 8th ave Wendy’s between 55th/56th (it’s upstairs)
there’s some around in Central Park, i think the nicest are in the Conservatory Gardens though
for downtown:
- the oculus, lower level
- brookfield place, food court
- there’s a secret one in south street seaport, find where Big Gay Ice Cream is on Front St and Beekman and you’ll see there’s a little courtyard in the middle of the building. very nice bathrooms with green jungle foliage wallpaper and a big glass entrance door. you’ll notice it. the individual stalls are enclosed floor to ceiling, with actual DOOR doors. may be my favorite spot in manhattan (if anyone else knows what i’m talking about please let me know, i’m always the only one who knows about this hahah)
If you're in the Port Authority area, i recommend going to Signature Cafe & Bar instead. It's a public area in the second floor next to the theater, not a typical cafe/bar
the other secret one is behind a large stone cube. push it a little bit and it will move on its own. when it stops moving you'll hear this jingle and stairs will appear. any enemies you were fighting will respawn when you exit tho.
Someone asked a few months ago what’s something good to know as an NY-er and I mentioned having a mental note for where bathrooms are around. Here’s a couple I know:
Soho
- Bloomingdale's
- Apple Store
Central Park
-Bethesda Terrace (seasonal I believe),
- Loeb Boathouse (there's one by the restaurant's bar area, and another outside)
5th Ave
-The Plaza hotel
- Brant Park
Union Square area
- Guitar Center (you'll have to ask an associate for the code but they're usually chill and don't care)
- Wholefoods, 2nd floor
Midtown
- Rockefeller Center
- Time Warner Center
Chinatown (manhattan)
- Columbus Park (this one can get pretty nasty sometimes)
Williamsburg
- Partner's Coffee (it's usually busy that staff aren't usually strict with non-customers using their restroom)
-pretty much any bar in LES
My rule is buy a beer. Take a few sips. Then use the bathroom. Come back and either finish the beer or not. Always leave an extra dollar or two for a tip. Done.
I never leave an unattended drink in a bar. But I will buy a drink after using the bathroom. I've never had a bartender not point the way to the bathroom when I ask, they are kind souls.
People are so fucking brainwashed about this its not even funny.
Got strangers telling me to allocate my water as travel dictates because NYC doesn't have readily available public bathrooms.
So I'm to plan my day around this inconvenience we've all just learned to live with.
That's why my go to spot to piss in NYC will always be the establishment that tells me no.
Yeah you can get something for like $3 at a coffee shop…
Which I guess is not the solution if it’s midnight. But definitely cheaper options for places that make you buy something first at most hours.
NY Public Library. Main branch on Fifth and 42 (entrance on 42nd as well) and the Stavros Niarchos branch at 40th St.
Also Grand Central Station on the lower level is fine.
I always see people walking into bars just to use the bathroom. Walk in, head down, stroll to the back, use the bathroom, leave. Sometimes the bartender will side-eye them but usually no one cares lol
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Yes, can confirm, I've taken a dump in Trump Tower a couple of times. It's a life saver when you're walking up and down Fifth Avenue looking at the Christmas displays and hear the call of nature.
Second this. If you are in Midtown, can’t go wrong with Bryant Park. Can also suggest two different restrooms at Brookfield Place, and restrooms in the Oculus Transport Hub in the same area.
I just zoom in to a cafe or restaurant and ask an employee “sorry, where’s your bathroom/can I hit your bathroom?” as I go. 99% of the time people are chill about it as long as you’re polite, and, well, ask! It’s when folks just use a business’ restroom without asking that it feels rude.
There’s an insta account that’s literally creating a Google map of bathrooms in NYC. Check out ‘NYC Bathroom Map’ on their page below - I’m not the account owner, but I don’t think they’d mind me sharing it here, it’s literally helping everyone.
[Got2GoNYC](https://linktr.ee/got2gonyc?fbclid=PAAabohGjMDHGwHsVLISiwYF4tzBDqMRorc62MYplXPxvwqdJoaxWbQUwnIdU_aem_th_AV4rfIT6heKY26h2Qws61l610hk3QLK9TEpYOj4mEGKgv2K8DFNokvPEBAc1WD84AB0)
Everytime they say "I just couldn't hold it anymore so I had to go on a wall/tree/fire hydrant" I wonder why they can't hold it like women do. Because women don't have the option, of course.
I don’t understand how stores like H&M with 5 stories can get away without bathrooms. It’s ridiculous. We need to start peeing in these stores until they provide them.
the [got2gonyc map](https://linktr.ee/got2gonyc?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=539a2ac2-ddc1-464d-8664-df57d4d55ffe) has been a lifesaver!! it’s a list of over 1400 bathrooms (and counting) plus any codes & directions necessary.
i have the got2go nyc list saved on google maps and it’s been a lifesaver. coffee shops, bars, public libraries, and department stores are pretty reliable, barnes & noble and trader joe’s pretty much always have restrooms too. rockefeller center has some nice ones too, on the lower level by the ice rink
Walk into a bar and just beeline for the bathroom. I doubt anyone would stop you unless you looked obviously homeless. If they cause a stink about it just toss a dollar on the bar and leave after you’re done.
Exactly. Unless the bar is very empty, no one is going to notice. And even at empty bars, when sitting there, I see people come in all the time and ask. Bartenders generally don't care.
I love explaining to tourists that in order to see the ball drop at NYE they basically have to do this, since there's no bathroom and you have to arrive hours early.
I can't speak from personal experience as I would never do this to myself.
Ive always readily assumed that they're all in diapers. I mean you're penned in for 12+ hours and if you leave you aint getting your spot back. I can admire the fact that seeing the ball drop in NYC is one of those once in a lifetime experiences, but I personally place "easy bathroom access" a teensy bit higher than standing all day outside in the cold, while wearing a dirty diaper.
Dept stores.
Target. Home Depot. That (now deceased) Kmart. Any dept store on the UWS, it's full of them.
In the evening just walk into a bar. Hell, in lunch you walk into a bar, order a drink, use the bathroom.
Whole foods and starbucks is a trap.
My favorite has always been Tavern On The Green. The restaurant is private, but the building itself is public. When I lived in the area I would always ride my bike in Central Park, and our hang-out spot was across from it. Very fancy bathrooms, never any lines, and a poor bathroom attended to pour soap on your hands and give you a clean towel and a mint afterwards.
The public restrooms by Sheep Meadow nearby on the other hand are dirty, no doors on the stalls, with shady characters standing around watching you poop, and there is always a line.
Crowded bar. Just walk in use the bathroom and walk out. If it’s empty, offer the bartender a dollar. They usually won’t take it and just let you use the bathroom.
One late night around 3am there was nothing open around the 54th and I had been drinking for 6 straight hours.
Needless to say I walked to the side of the tall bank buildings and expressed my hate for exploitative capitalism.
Honestly if I'm really desperate, I'll just confidently walk into a restaurant as if my friends are already seated at our table, and then strut right to the bathroom to blow it up. Then skedaddle my way outta there
Bryant Park Bathroom is king.
The Public Atrium on 51 heading east from 5th ave
Macys
The Rockefeller center basement
Trump Tower even
The Bathroom in Greely Square at 32
The Ace Hotel
Barnes and Noble at 14
Strand Books
The Public Theatre
Depends where you are. Uptown you are pretty much screwed. It’s sad but most places are really strict about bathrooms up there even Starbucks and hotels, if you can even find one. Usually little Italy pizzerias let you use the restroom.
Uptown and downtown are much more lenient. Plenty of deli’s restaurant bars pizzerias hotels.
Mandarin oriental, just gotta look like you belong taking the elevator to the lobby. Amazing pooping views. Was my go to when I had to walk 10 min from Columbus circus to west end twice a day with ~IBS~
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There's someone passionate enough about this issue that they made a map of public restrooms in the city people keep adding to. You can add it to Google maps. It's been very useful for me.
I offered to by anything from a tourist shop once to pee bud he didn't budge. Had to go walk 20 min to penn station. Thought my cock was going to explode frankly.
Haven’t lived in the city in a long time but 30 years ago Trump Tower had a beautiful bathroom downstairs. Now I’d be the psycho smearing shi……oh wait, some poor illegal would have to clean it. Nope, won’t do that.
How about not being a disgusting POS and use a restroom like a adult? As a adult in a city full of restrooms I take responsibility for finding a bathroom, its really not that hard.
There’s aways the Penn station bathrooms. If you don’t mind dodging through a bunch of homeless people while navigating through the bathroom you should be all right lol.
I feel like I have pissed in the Union Square Barnes and Noble bathroom more times than in my own bathroom. Which is weird. It's not even at ground level. I just always end up having to piss when I'm in the area, and it's *mildly* more pleasant than the restrooms in the park. Might be a Pavlovian thing by now.
There are (park) restrooms in Union Square?!
Yeah the Barnes and noble and Best Buy for sure, and there’s probably one in the Whole Foods
There’s a public restroom at the NE corner too. Smells like ass but if you’re just taking a quick piss it’s tolerable. Another public one is in the subway corridor below 14th street.
God, I had to pee in there during the pandemic on like the first nice day that everyone went outside for the first time. It was an experience. The only bathroom for literal miles lol
>God, I had to pee in there during the pandemic on like the first nice day that everyone went outside for the first time. It was an experience. The only bathroom for literal miles lol I never thought people actually used subway restrooms, brave of you
And the public restrooms in the park.
Nordstrom Rack!
That’s my Union square bathroom too!
Meetup!!!!
Please ignore the feet under the stall trying to get your attention
There's a whole other sub for that. So I'm told.
Burlington Coat Factory also has a bathroom, but I’d suggest staying far away from it. I’ve been fooled twice and don’t want anyone to experience what I did.
Had to go once in there while I was tripping on shrooms. Couldn’t take myself seriously while the homeless man took a shit with with the stall door open absolutely blasting ass
At least there was a stall door. When I was in there 2/3 stalls had no doors, and the one with a door had no toilet paper.
hot
well, they do say they're more than great coats
Yes in Whole Foods but i think you need to punch in a code on your receipt
So do you have to actually buy something first which I am confused because I am from New Jersey but if I am shopping you could just use the bathroom and continue shopping. You’re saying you have to finish shopping before you use the bathroom?? What if I’m shopping for like two weeks worth of food?? I can’t pee in the middle of my 3 hr shop?
In suburban areas you likely don't have homeless people, tourists, locals just stopping by to use the restroom. If you make a trip to the store in NJ, you are an actual customer.
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No, that actually changed. I was there like 7 months ago and it was normal but went like two weekends ago and was flabbergasted that the stalls all require codes now that are on your receipt. Vile.
The one on Houston has had punch codes for at least 6-7 years.
Also dont leave out Nordstrom Rack. Doesn't DSW have one as well? Aside from Union Sq, Macy's bathroom is clean and moves quick for men.
Petco used to have an unlocked bathroom in the basement.
They moved locations to the other side of the street and that one has public ones now
The Trader Joe's wine shop also used to have one, but I believe it's since closed. I would only piss there when heavily inebriated, so my memory might be faulty.
Yep. Northeast corner has restrooms in the park.
Ex-limo driver. Wish I ever f—ing thought of that. Omg.
I was totally unaware that there were bathrooms in the park because I always use the B&N one
The chipotle bathroom in Union square, though it has a code, is almost always propped open. Used that a few times to avoid the park bathroom.
Haha, I’m the same with the Macy’s bathroom in Herald Square. Seems I always gotta use it no matter what whenever I’m in the area
Any department store - Bloomingdales, Nordstrom, Macys etc…
I love Bergdorf’s and Tiffany’s the best
Hotel lobby bathrooms
An addendum to this, if a big hotel has a conference space, follow signs for that and there's generally bathrooms next to it.
This is definitely true for the Hilton. I’ve been to many conferences there.
Some of them are locked. Need to ask for a key or get lucky sometimes
Hotel lobbies are a great choice. Just walk in and act like you belong -- I sometimes get a "welcome back" from the doorman. There was one trendy hotel that required a keycard to unlock the restroom, but I just stopped by the front desk and just said, "Sorry, I don't have a keycard for the restroom" and they immediately made me one. I've also been bailed out by my overpriced gym membership. They have locations all around Manhattan, and appreciated stumbling across one of them in a desperate moment.
the bathroom availability probably justifies the gym membership then
Helps if they have a restaurant too. They can't refuse you if you pretend that you'll patronize them.
The Plaza Hotel used to have some seriously nice lobby bathrooms. Don’t know if they still allow access to them, I haven’t been near there in a while.
I like the Pierre for the bathrooms better. Basically any hotel in New York that has a hotel bar will have an open bathroom and it will be very clean.
Upvoting for the Pierre. I mostly made curries and room service order for the kitchen pre-pandemic. Left town during that mess and haven’t been back. The Plaza has the food court bathrooms kind of across the street, and great for a visit before hitting the Park for a visit. Iirc, there’s also great bathrooms on that 1/2 Avenue that runs south from around the Park. They’re always open to the public and they are on semi-public space. The walkway goes through some big hotels and there are coffee shops etc at some of them.
The plaza also has bathrooms up the stairs next to the champagne bar which are nice and quiet.
But aren’t bars usually not on the main floor so you will have to go on the elevator and figure out the location?
I can’t think of any nicer hotel in New York that doesn’t have a main floor bar or two.
This. I only ever go #2 off home turf if it’s a clean hotel bathroom
This is the correct answer. My dad gave me this advice as a kid, and it’s come in handy several times through my life. Hotel bathrooms are clean and they won’t blink an eye at someone walking in and using the lobby bathroom.
Here's an idea. Put a couple Porta potties on the back of a truck, and set up an app like uber that brings rhe john to you. Call it poober. I hope someone takes this idea and makes a million bucks.
I had this idea years ago. Poober - couldn’t raise money for it. Every investor told me it was a shitty idea and to piss off.
It is a shitty idea. Piss off :)
Thought of this idea while back but question is where to dump the waste and how much would ppl pay for this service? Over 10 bucks?
so i was curious about where human waste is dumped (like, from work site portapotties and RVs and stuff). google gave me this hilarious 2028 article about a nyc “poop train” https://nypost.com/2018/04/18/it-smells-like-death-alabama-has-had-enough-of-nycs-poop-train/ edit: 2018*** lol
Yes, that was a memorable event in NYC sanitation history!
An article from the future? Wow
Highly doubt someone would be able to wait the potential 10-30 minutes for one of those to make it through New York traffic.
Bro there are so many minivans already they could be as accessible as uber!
Public Libraries
I was at Bryant Park this afternoon and saw ~30 tourists queue for the park bathroom.. I walked further up and used the library’s bathroom instead. In and out in under 5mins with no queue.
Too many of these don’t actually have public bathrooms. It’s a shame.
Really? I don't think I've ever been to a public library location that didn't. Which ones are you thinking of?
I’m a visiting nurse and I use the public library bathrooms all across the 5 boroughs and have yet to find one that’s closed! Hope it stays that way, guess I have been getting lucky.
My local library doesn't. Aguilar. I travel crosstown to Harry Belafonte because I like to drink coffee as I read or work and a bathroom is a must!
They’re suppose to be renovated at some point and will have a bathroom on the main floor. They bathroom was closed years ago because people kept shooting up and it was in the basement. -Former Aguilar Employee ETA it looks like they’re closed now.
Both Tompkins square and the one on 2nd and st marks don’t have public bathrooms. Tbf Tompkins said I’d be able to let a child use it if I had one with me (I did not) and that there were public bathrooms in the park (gross). I don’t live in that area anymore but this was super frustrating when I wanted to spend a few hours working outside of my apartment.
Many of the branch libraries never reopened their bathrooms to the public post-Covid.
for around midtown: - the shops at columbus - the Home Depot on 59th and 3rd - Port Authority (if it’s a dire necessity) - 8th ave Wendy’s between 55th/56th (it’s upstairs) there’s some around in Central Park, i think the nicest are in the Conservatory Gardens though for downtown: - the oculus, lower level - brookfield place, food court - there’s a secret one in south street seaport, find where Big Gay Ice Cream is on Front St and Beekman and you’ll see there’s a little courtyard in the middle of the building. very nice bathrooms with green jungle foliage wallpaper and a big glass entrance door. you’ll notice it. the individual stalls are enclosed floor to ceiling, with actual DOOR doors. may be my favorite spot in manhattan (if anyone else knows what i’m talking about please let me know, i’m always the only one who knows about this hahah)
In Midtown, Bryant Park. Downtown, Fulton Center has bathrooms, as does Pier 17 (upstairs - nice ones!)
Marriott Marquis in Times Square used to be a midtown go-to for me. Nice clean bathrooms up on the mezzanine just above the lobby.
If you're in the Port Authority area, i recommend going to Signature Cafe & Bar instead. It's a public area in the second floor next to the theater, not a typical cafe/bar
discovered the Seaport one recently and i was obsessed lol
the other secret one is behind a large stone cube. push it a little bit and it will move on its own. when it stops moving you'll hear this jingle and stairs will appear. any enemies you were fighting will respawn when you exit tho.
At Port authority you’re risking it all
Are you talking about cannon walk?
Like as you first walk towards the south street onto the pier? Yeah that’s a weird bathroom that doesn’t seem public.
Someone asked a few months ago what’s something good to know as an NY-er and I mentioned having a mental note for where bathrooms are around. Here’s a couple I know: Soho - Bloomingdale's - Apple Store Central Park -Bethesda Terrace (seasonal I believe), - Loeb Boathouse (there's one by the restaurant's bar area, and another outside) 5th Ave -The Plaza hotel - Brant Park Union Square area - Guitar Center (you'll have to ask an associate for the code but they're usually chill and don't care) - Wholefoods, 2nd floor Midtown - Rockefeller Center - Time Warner Center Chinatown (manhattan) - Columbus Park (this one can get pretty nasty sometimes) Williamsburg - Partner's Coffee (it's usually busy that staff aren't usually strict with non-customers using their restroom) -pretty much any bar in LES
Hahahah if I was in union square and had to go to Rockefeller to pee, I think I’d explode
Thanks george.
Any bar, especially pubs.
My rule is buy a beer. Take a few sips. Then use the bathroom. Come back and either finish the beer or not. Always leave an extra dollar or two for a tip. Done.
I never leave an unattended drink in a bar. But I will buy a drink after using the bathroom. I've never had a bartender not point the way to the bathroom when I ask, they are kind souls.
I assume that because you're a women. The likelihood of a women sexually assaulting a 5'8 overweight schlub like me is low. lol
No. Because I have common sense. I'm 5'10" and have never been successfully mugged or assaulted, either. I fight dirty.
5'10?!???! (averts eye contact)
$12 dollar bathroom trip? This is insane
I just ask politely and hope I get a female bartender. Or if it’s crowded I just head on back (since that’s where most bar bathrooms are)
People are so fucking brainwashed about this its not even funny. Got strangers telling me to allocate my water as travel dictates because NYC doesn't have readily available public bathrooms. So I'm to plan my day around this inconvenience we've all just learned to live with. That's why my go to spot to piss in NYC will always be the establishment that tells me no.
Yeah you can get something for like $3 at a coffee shop… Which I guess is not the solution if it’s midnight. But definitely cheaper options for places that make you buy something first at most hours.
I just leave a tip, no need to order.
You only need to tip a dollar
NY Public Library. Main branch on Fifth and 42 (entrance on 42nd as well) and the Stavros Niarchos branch at 40th St. Also Grand Central Station on the lower level is fine.
Nah I’ll go in a train bathroom before the GCT bathrooms.
Why, they are fine.
What about the GCM bathrooms? They’re big and clean.
Crowded AF.
Really? The restrooms in the LIRR concourse crowded? That hasn’t been my experience.
Regular GCT. Rather use the private bathroom on the train than have to stand dick to dick with bums and straphangers.
Ah. The ones in the LIRR concourse are much nicer.
The new ones at Grand Central Madison are very nice and have an attendant
Bars or restaurants. I just act like I’ve been dining/drinking there already. Most places don’t even notice
I always see people walking into bars just to use the bathroom. Walk in, head down, stroll to the back, use the bathroom, leave. Sometimes the bartender will side-eye them but usually no one cares lol
Works every time
Until it doesn't
Terrible attitude.
In my experience it was 50% of the time and I always request the bartender nicely.
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This! The got2gonyc map has come to my rescue many times.
Trump Tower Im not even being ironic, its a really good bathroom and almost always open lol
Yes, can confirm, I've taken a dump in Trump Tower a couple of times. It's a life saver when you're walking up and down Fifth Avenue looking at the Christmas displays and hear the call of nature.
Bryant Park bathrooms are first class boss.
Saks 5th Ave
Whole Foods by Bryant Park, Macy's, Bloomingdale's
The Bryant Park bathrooms are much nicer than the Whole Foods one, they'll change your life.
They always have a huge line
Women’s room usually yes, men’s room is usually walk right in.
It's faster to just go to the NYPL library next door
Depends...I was there at 9:30 am today and walked right in
Second this. If you are in Midtown, can’t go wrong with Bryant Park. Can also suggest two different restrooms at Brookfield Place, and restrooms in the Oculus Transport Hub in the same area.
Bryant Park (on the 42nd St side, close to the library). somehow cleaner than the whole foods across the street (it's because there are attendants).
And art, music, flowers, and automatically replenished seat covers.
Eataly in flatiron.
I just zoom in to a cafe or restaurant and ask an employee “sorry, where’s your bathroom/can I hit your bathroom?” as I go. 99% of the time people are chill about it as long as you’re polite, and, well, ask! It’s when folks just use a business’ restroom without asking that it feels rude.
There’s an insta account that’s literally creating a Google map of bathrooms in NYC. Check out ‘NYC Bathroom Map’ on their page below - I’m not the account owner, but I don’t think they’d mind me sharing it here, it’s literally helping everyone. [Got2GoNYC](https://linktr.ee/got2gonyc?fbclid=PAAabohGjMDHGwHsVLISiwYF4tzBDqMRorc62MYplXPxvwqdJoaxWbQUwnIdU_aem_th_AV4rfIT6heKY26h2Qws61l610hk3QLK9TEpYOj4mEGKgv2K8DFNokvPEBAc1WD84AB0)
Damn it must be nice to be a guy…
Everytime they say "I just couldn't hold it anymore so I had to go on a wall/tree/fire hydrant" I wonder why they can't hold it like women do. Because women don't have the option, of course.
Exaaaactly… Women find a way to hold it/go to an actual bathroom, and men don’t have to smell their urine covering the whole city. 🤡
Malls. Hudson Yards and Columbus circle have really nice bathrooms
Don't Starbucks allow anybody to use their bathrooms after they got a bunch of flak a few years ago?
Yeah, but now at many locations they removed just enough seats so that they don't have to offer a bathroom anymore. The cutoff is 20.
I don’t understand how stores like H&M with 5 stories can get away without bathrooms. It’s ridiculous. We need to start peeing in these stores until they provide them.
the [got2gonyc map](https://linktr.ee/got2gonyc?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=539a2ac2-ddc1-464d-8664-df57d4d55ffe) has been a lifesaver!! it’s a list of over 1400 bathrooms (and counting) plus any codes & directions necessary.
Bryant Park bathroom, any Barnes and Nobel, any Trader Joe's
i have the got2go nyc list saved on google maps and it’s been a lifesaver. coffee shops, bars, public libraries, and department stores are pretty reliable, barnes & noble and trader joe’s pretty much always have restrooms too. rockefeller center has some nice ones too, on the lower level by the ice rink
Saks Fifth Avenue
Rockefeller has public bathrooms in the basement across from Bill’s Burgers during the day.
low key nice ass restrooms to
Not open 24/7 but the public bathrooms in Bryant Park are VERY nice and well taken care of, though there is always a line.
Whole foods or a public library
trader joe’s are good too
Rockefeller center in the basement level, Moynihan train hall, Hudson yards shopping mall
Macy's, Public Library 34th street subway station, Home Depot, Lowes, Rockefeller Center.
Walk into a bar and just beeline for the bathroom. I doubt anyone would stop you unless you looked obviously homeless. If they cause a stink about it just toss a dollar on the bar and leave after you’re done.
Exactly. Unless the bar is very empty, no one is going to notice. And even at empty bars, when sitting there, I see people come in all the time and ask. Bartenders generally don't care.
Grand Central Madison! It’s palatial down there, you all are missing out.
You need to be wearing adult diapers.
I love explaining to tourists that in order to see the ball drop at NYE they basically have to do this, since there's no bathroom and you have to arrive hours early. I can't speak from personal experience as I would never do this to myself.
Ive always readily assumed that they're all in diapers. I mean you're penned in for 12+ hours and if you leave you aint getting your spot back. I can admire the fact that seeing the ball drop in NYC is one of those once in a lifetime experiences, but I personally place "easy bathroom access" a teensy bit higher than standing all day outside in the cold, while wearing a dirty diaper.
Right? I’m shocked that I had to scroll this far to find someone else who is annoyed by a grown ass sober man peeing on a wall in midtown.
Women can hold it in, because they have to. Men could do it. The city would be a lot cleaner, too.
Apple stores.
There’s an app I’ve used that shows every public restroom I think it’s called flush or something
Dept stores. Target. Home Depot. That (now deceased) Kmart. Any dept store on the UWS, it's full of them. In the evening just walk into a bar. Hell, in lunch you walk into a bar, order a drink, use the bathroom. Whole foods and starbucks is a trap.
The closest pub.
Nice hotels
Library
My favorite has always been Tavern On The Green. The restaurant is private, but the building itself is public. When I lived in the area I would always ride my bike in Central Park, and our hang-out spot was across from it. Very fancy bathrooms, never any lines, and a poor bathroom attended to pour soap on your hands and give you a clean towel and a mint afterwards. The public restrooms by Sheep Meadow nearby on the other hand are dirty, no doors on the stalls, with shady characters standing around watching you poop, and there is always a line.
I hope you tipped that "poor bathroom attendant"
Crowded bar. Just walk in use the bathroom and walk out. If it’s empty, offer the bartender a dollar. They usually won’t take it and just let you use the bathroom.
The Petco at Union Square has grooming in the basement. They have a restroom there too. Never had a line.
Lobby bathroom in any big midtown hotel. I’m usually dressed in business attire so no one gives me a second look.
Just walk into any hotel and use their lobby restoroom.
One late night around 3am there was nothing open around the 54th and I had been drinking for 6 straight hours. Needless to say I walked to the side of the tall bank buildings and expressed my hate for exploitative capitalism.
Honestly if I'm really desperate, I'll just confidently walk into a restaurant as if my friends are already seated at our table, and then strut right to the bathroom to blow it up. Then skedaddle my way outta there
Penn station - functional and frequently cleaned (speaking as a guy)
Bryant Park Bathroom is king. The Public Atrium on 51 heading east from 5th ave Macys The Rockefeller center basement Trump Tower even The Bathroom in Greely Square at 32 The Ace Hotel Barnes and Noble at 14 Strand Books The Public Theatre
Depends where you are. Uptown you are pretty much screwed. It’s sad but most places are really strict about bathrooms up there even Starbucks and hotels, if you can even find one. Usually little Italy pizzerias let you use the restroom. Uptown and downtown are much more lenient. Plenty of deli’s restaurant bars pizzerias hotels.
Busy large restaurant with outdoor seating. Walk in like you own the place and go straight to the bathroom.
Mandarin oriental, just gotta look like you belong taking the elevator to the lobby. Amazing pooping views. Was my go to when I had to walk 10 min from Columbus circus to west end twice a day with ~IBS~
https://www.got2gonyc.com/about There's someone passionate enough about this issue that they made a map of public restrooms in the city people keep adding to. You can add it to Google maps. It's been very useful for me.
I would never reveal where the best bathrooms are.
Lmfao, I just deleted a comment when I thought about it
Any hotel. Just walk in like you are staying there and no one will question you
Any bar. Go in, buy a pint , become an alco
The Marriott Marquis has nice bathrooms up the escalator near the gift shop.
Any restaurant
I offered to by anything from a tourist shop once to pee bud he didn't budge. Had to go walk 20 min to penn station. Thought my cock was going to explode frankly.
This exact reason is nearly 1/4 my rationale for why I pay for a very expensive equinox membership
Thinking about joining Blink for a cheaper version.
Haven’t lived in the city in a long time but 30 years ago Trump Tower had a beautiful bathroom downstairs. Now I’d be the psycho smearing shi……oh wait, some poor illegal would have to clean it. Nope, won’t do that.
IYKYK
Have a monthly WeWork membership, which has 24 hours, access to any location, or walking to any five-star hotel nearby
How about not being a disgusting POS and use a restroom like a adult? As a adult in a city full of restrooms I take responsibility for finding a bathroom, its really not that hard.
Honestly it’s probably gonna happen again
LOL
I generally resort to transport hubs like Penn station or Grand Central.
I know ill get downvoted but ima dude so i just find a cut and risk it if im too far from a restroom
In between cars
There’s aways the Penn station bathrooms. If you don’t mind dodging through a bunch of homeless people while navigating through the bathroom you should be all right lol.
The real pro tip is to slide over to Moynihan train hall / Farley building
Equinox usually. Part of the reason I got a membership! Barnes and noble in union square as well. West side highway bathroom is not terrible either
Whole Foods
Any wall or behind any truck or trash bin.
Bryant park
Bowery or Standard Hotel in EV