Angelika Film Center - Mercer & Houston St.

The artsy, fartsy cinema house is a great place to take a dump.  The glossy black tiled bathroom has a time released air freshener above the toilet to keep stinkiness at a tolerable or even unnoticeable level.  There's a wastepaper basket and a coat hook on the door so you don't have to poo with your handbag on your lap!  The mirror is well lit on both sides - perfect for your makeup needs.  Down side is for you shy or considerate pooers.  There is almost always a line of bathroom to-goers outside these private bathrooms, so beware if you expect to poo and lets say, touch up your eyeliner, the ten minutes you take will produce justifiable angry leers when your successors see you exit.  

Bull McCabe's - St. Mark's Pl.

This dive bar features a spacious back yard with patio tables which is a rare treat in NYC.  They have a good selection of draught beer and a pool table.  There is no juke box and the bartender really likes Blink-182 which is not going to win any P.I.N.Y.C. points.  The women's bathroom although private and generally clean smells of nasty period blood with a touch of vaginitis!  This was not a good experience.  Pooing takes time and it is an endurance challenge trying to poo and hold your breath!  Also, they had one of the thinnest cheapest rolls of t.p I've seen in a while.  I say move on to poo somewhere else, less stinky.  

Holiday Poo Themed Gifts!

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NYC Cares!

Posted By Pete Catapano for AmNY 10/30/08

By Jason Fink

If disaster strikes the city again, New Yorkers can rest assured: You will be able to find a toilet.

According to the city’s Office of Emergency Management, the city’s disaster plan provides for the needs of, say, the up to 3 million people who would flee a Category 5 hurricane.

A report this week by Japan’s disaster prevention panel found that if a magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit on a weekday, hundreds of thousands of people in Tokyo would be unable to find an appropriate place to relieve themselves.

Not so in Gotham, says Kelly McKinney, deputy commissioner of the OEM.

“Based on what we know, and based on our scenarios, yes” people will be able to get to a bathroom, he said. “That’s precisely what we plan for.”

Besides shelters that have cots and other longer-term necessities for people displaced by a disaster, the city has what it calls “ready receiving centers,” which are primarily churches, schools, libraries and similar non-profits.

“We noticed on 9/11 and (during the blackout) in 2003, that people walking long distances need certain services,” McKinney said.

And those facilities, meant for just a quick drop-in, are set up as receiving centers because of their . . . well, facilities.

Elitist Pooing

In NYC a pedestrian has a plethora of locations to poo.  If you are into museum hopping you might want to check out the unisex bathroom at The American Folk Art Museum.  It's a great place to leave a long one.  It always has a double roll of t.p, generally clean and there is a wastebasket so you don't fall victim of clogging the toilet!  There are 4 communal bathrooms too, so don't expect to get interrupted either!  That garners many poo-points in my opinion!  

You will also be happy to find paper towels and soap in a vanity style sink area, very chic!