New York officials announced a Google map with 1,000 bathroom locations. But it also highlights a severe lack of infrastructure.
There’s no elegant way to say this: going to the bathroom in New York is a nightmare. Public restrooms in the city are hard to find and are often either out of order or require you to buy something at a store or café to be able to use. The problem is so bad that individuals have created their own resources for finding public restrooms. A new Google Maps layer introduced by the city attempts to tackle this issue.
Plentiful public restrooms are a quality-of-life issue — it’s hard to enjoy a day out if you have to worry about when you’ll be able to use the restroom next. Many people, including pregnant people, kids, older adults, and people with disabilities, need restrooms that are easily accessible. Thousands of unhoused people often have nowhere private to go to the bathroom, a problem exacerbated by the pandemic.
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