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Bryant Park restroom
| Bryant Park restroom | |
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.jpg) Bryant Park restroom in 2024 | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Beaux-Arts |
| Location | Bryant Park, Manhattan, New York, USA |
| Coordinates | 40°45′14″N 73°58′57″W / 40.753889°N 73.9825°W |
| Opened | 1911 |
| Renovated | 1990s, 2006, 2017 |
| Closed | 1960s-1990s |
| Renovation cost | $200,000 (2006) $280,000 (2017) |
| Technical details | |
| Size | 315-square-foot (29.3 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | Carrère and Hastings |
| Renovating team | |
| Renovating firm | Kupiec & Koutsomitis (1990s) |
The Bryant Park restroom is a public toilet in Bryant Park, an urban park in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The 315-square-foot (29.3 m2) structure was built at the same time as the New York Public Library Main Branch and designed by the same architects. It opened in 1911 and closed in the 1960s as the surrounding park deteriorated. It was restored in the 1990s and underwent renovations in 2006 and 2017, modeled after luxury hotel bathrooms. With flowers, automatic toilets, original artwork, classical music, and an attendant, it is often regarded as among the best public bathrooms in the city, used by more than a million people per year.
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