Public Toilet On Deck For Madison Square Park

Community Board 5 was not able to approve a street being named after the late, great Jerry Orbach at a meeting last Thursday. However, it was able to approve putting a public toilet in Madison Square Park!

The Department of Transportation, which is in charge of street furniture, wants to get approval from community boards before placing the toilets, making sure the public is potty-pleased. (Some local pols don't want any in their neighborhoods, while others do.) The new public toilet, part of the billion dollar street furniture deal the city has with Cemusa, will be installed in the southeastern corner of the park, near the Shack Shack. The Madison Square Park will be the first public toilet installed in the city, with the plumbing being up and running by June, according to the Times. The second toilet will likely be in the Bronx.

Madison Square Park is a good choice, since there aren't any Barnes & Nobles or Borders stores very close by. Starbucks and fast food joints may have toilets, but it's a pain to ask employees to buzz you in. For more toilet information, check out The Bathroom Diaries' listings for NYC.

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By Jen Chung in News on March 11, 2007 11:10 AM

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toilet king

this is not the first public pay toilet.

there is one opposite Macy on the north side of the park

pay pottie

this is not the first public toilet in the city. the times article metions toilets in central and union square parks. it's the first pay toilet.

Doo Kee

Someone had used the car I was in this morning on the downtown A train as a public toilet.

I'm still a little queasy.

Stone

"...was not be able..." "...which is charge of..." "...near the Shack Shack." Wow, really shows the importance of editing.

d*

There is a reason on why you should find trees, bushes, deserted streets, side street store front corners and dumpsters. Also worst comes to worst, squat on the sidewalk, most people shouldnt be able to tell a lil human poo in dog poo.

dandeluca

Wow, one public toilet for a city of 8 million people. And a few months later we'll have two! I've never understood this aversion to public facilities -- living in a city is all about being out and about, and public facilities make this a lot more feasible. You'd think people would be demanding them. BTW, there was one of these across from the Municipal building for a long time, but I don't know if it's still there.