New Bathrooms in the Parks

The Parks Department is renovating 86 of its 683 public restrooms this year. Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe explains, "We're the only city agency with a large number of public toilets. While we've been closing them for a number of years, we're now in an expansion mode." The Post lists the details:

Seven of 11 brand-new restrooms, 30 of 35 complete renovations and all 40 spruce-ups have been completed. Renovations include new lighting, hand dryers, ventilation fans, electric eye flush units, deodorizer units and new mirrors.

There will now be advertising in the bathrooms, plus new corporate sponsors of various restrooms. For example, Quilted Northern is sponsoring the renovation of three parks restrooms, including one in Riverside Park. Now, Gothamist doesn't have that kind of coin yet, but maybe someday we'll have to start a drive to raise money for a Gothamist rest area. But for now, we'll see how our first season of sponsoring a Little League team goes.

Gothamist on places that need public bathrooms and on the Charmin Potty Patrol.

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By Jen Chung in News on March 9, 2004 8:31 AM

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Kojak

Its about time they Renovated those rest rooms. Every time I drop the Bomb, it clogs. Thats Unacceptable.

The Pipes Need to be At LEAST 8 Inches in Diameter To handle New Yorker Turds

Donald Andrew Agarrat

SteveO, something tells me that you don't have to worry about getting picked up ...

CLM

Wow! How'd you get to sponsor a Little LEague team? Did you get to name it?

Ron Mwangaguhunga

they don't even have stalls at some East Village bars. What's up with that?

janelle

the thing i don't love about these toilets is that they are so spacious - i'm always paranoid in large stalls that the door won't latch and i can't stop someone from walking in!

jake

it's true, in the 1970s, these toilets would have been sponsored by queer eye for the straight guy- but we live in very different times.

SteveO

Great ... more gay pick-up joints.

tien

quilted northern?!? does that mean the tp will be nice and soft too?

and those electric eye flush units will really come in handy when someone throws sand in my eyes.