Bryant Park restroom

Bryant Park restroom
Bryant Park restroom in 2024
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General information
Architectural styleBeaux-Arts
LocationBryant Park, Manhattan, New York, USA
Coordinates40°45′14″N 73°58′57″W / 40.753889°N 73.9825°W / 40.753889; -73.9825
Opened1911
Renovated1990s, 2006, 2017
Closed1960s-1990s
Renovation cost$200,000 (2006)
$280,000 (2017)
Technical details
Size315-square-foot (29.3 m2)
Design and construction
Architecture firmCarrère and Hastings
Renovating team
Renovating firmKupiec & 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.