Female Bathroom

Public restrooms in Manhattan are rare. This one is on the Upper West Side.

Female Bathroom sits at 212 W 83rd St, a stretch where pre-war buildings rub shoulders with newer condos. The neighborhood still feels like the quiet residential pocket it was decades ago—tree-lined, low-key, and reliably short on tourist foot traffic. That makes a reliable bathroom here more valuable than the usual city amenity.

They don’t list hours, so the usual urban rules apply: if the door’s unlocked, it’s open. A quick call to 212-721-4000 can save a trip when timing matters. No frills, just function—exactly what you want when the alternative is a café purchase or a sprint to Central Park.

Directions are straightforward: map.