FACILITY

YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO THE CITY

But it’s hard to participate fully in public life when there’s nowhere to use the bathroom. You shouldn’t have to pay to take care of your basic needs!

We are working on a list of bathroom codes, which you’ll find below. Send us more, and let us know if any here are out of date. This list is New York City-centric, because that’s where we live and piss, but we’ll happily post codes from other locales. Send codes to facilitymag@gmail.com.

We realize that some of us are more likely to be harassed or policed for using these codes — or for simply existing in public. Please be cautious. Look out for yourself, and for each other.

Now piss off!

BROOKLYN
North to south, roughly:
McGorlick Park at Russell St and Nassau Ave: NO CODE NEEDED
Starbucks at North Seventh Street and Bedford Avenue: 22222
Whole Foods at North Fourth and Bedford: 57911
Sweetgreen at North Fourth Street and Bedford Avenue: 1284
La Guardia Playground at South Fourth and Roebling: NO CODE NEEDED
Macy’s at Hoyt between Fulton and Livingston: NO CODE NEEDED
Home Depot at Dekalb and Nostrand: NO CODE NEEDED
David’s Brisket House at Nostrand Avenue and Herkimer Street: NO CODE NEEDED
Brower Park: NO CODE NEEDED
Bathrooms are at the northwest side of the park, at the Brooklyn and St. Marks Avenue entrance.
Target in City Point, at Flatbush Avenue and Fleet Street: NO CODE NEEDED
Greenlight Bookstore on Fulton Street and South Portland Avenue: NO CODE NEEDED
Guitar Center in Atlantic Center, at Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues: 31415
Target in Atlantic Center, at Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues: NO CODE NEEDED
Whole Foods 365 at Flatbush and Lafayette Avenues: NO CODE NEEDED
Lincoln Station at Lincoln Place and Washington Ave: NO CODE NEEDED
Brooklyn Public Library at Grand Army Plaza: NO CODE NEEDED
Dekalb Market Hall: NO CODE NEEDED Honeygrow at Joralemon and Court Streets: NO CODE NEEDED
Whole Foods at Third Street and Third Avenue: NO CODE NEEDED
Starbucks at Seventh Ave and Garfield: NO CODE NEEDED
Barnes and Noble at Seventh Ave and Fifth Street: NO CODE NEEDED
Lefrak Center in Prospect Park: NO CODE NEEDED
McDonald’s at Empire and Flatbush: NO CODE NEEDED
McDonald’s at Fifth Ave and Ninth Street: 1230
Panda Express at 86th Street and Fourth Ave: 4590
Raising Cane’s at Kings Highway and East 16th Street: 110980

MANHATTAN
Downtown to uptown:
Whitehall Station (aka the Staten Island Ferry Terminal): NO CODE NEEDED
Brookfield Place at West Street right across from the World Trade Center: NO CODE NEEDED
Oculus Complex beneath the World Trade Center at Church and Fulton: NO CODE NEEDED
The Oculus bathrooms are often closed for no reason.
Fulton Street Subway Complex at Broadway and Fulton: NO CODE NEEDED
Pret A Manger at Broadway and Cortland: 3535
Pret A Manger at Park Place and Church Street: 0043
Shake Shack at Clarkson and Varick: NO CODE NEEDED
Starbucks at Walker Street and Sixth Avenue: 12345
McDonalds at Delancey and Essex Streets: 13352
Essex Market, upstairs: 80220#
Peoples Wine in Essex Market on Delancey St: #11504#
Starbucks at Delancey Street and Allen Street: 12340
Tenement Museum at Delancey and Orchard: No code, access through the gift shop.
REI at Lafayette and Houston: NO CODE NEEDED
Crate and Barrel at Broadway and Houston: 17931
Bloomingdales on Broadway between Spring and Broome: NO CODE NEEDED
Bathrooms are on the lower level and the second floor.
Blue Ribbon Fried Chicken on First Street and Second Avenue: 1392
The Standard Hotel at Cooper Sq. and East Fifth: NO CODE NEEDED
Starbucks at Eighth Street and Lafayette Avenue (Astor Place): 12345
Swiss Institute at St Marks and Second Ave: NO CODE NEEDED
The Bean at Ninth and Broadway: 5678
Tompkins Square Bagels on 10th Street and Avenue A: 4552
The Strand on Broadway between 12th and 13th Street: NO CODE NEEDED
Bathrooms are on the second floor, near the children’s section
Starbucks at Sixth Ave and Waverly: 32111
Chipotle on Sixth Avenue and Greenwich Avenue: 3915
Guitar Center on 14th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues: 81009
This is for the Guitar Center women’s restroom.
McDonalds at 17th Street and Union Square West: 51553
Barnes and Noble on East 17th at the top of Union Square: NO CODE NEEDED
Trader Joe’s at Sixth Avenue between 21st and 22nd Streets: NO CODE NEEDED
In the back right, just past the cheese section.
The High Line Hotel on 10th Avenue between 20th and 21st Streets: NO CODE NEEDED
Make a left when you walk in and head down the narrow hallway—there are a few back there.
Home Depot on 23rd between Fifth and Sixth Avenues: NO CODE NEEDED
It’s downstairs and to your right.
Starbucks on 28th Street and Third Avenue: 45456
Pret A Manger at 28th Street and Park Avenue South: 0225
Five Guys on Seventh Avenue between 29th and 30th Streets: 0921
Starbucks at 29th St. and Park Ave: 25225
Bread & Butter at 31st Street and Fifth Avenue: 9037
Macy’s Herald Square, on 34th Street between 6th Avenue and Broadway: NO CODE NEEDED
Restrooms are on the basement level, as well as on other floors.
Chipotle at 34th Street and Fifth Avenue: 9247
TGI Fridays at Penn Station: 864
McDonald’s at 36th Street and Sixth Ave: NO CODE NEEDED
Chipotle on Seventh Avenue between 37th and 38th Streets: 1321
Ole & Steen at 40th St and 6th Ave/Bryant Park: 14789
McDonald’s second-floor men’s room on 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue: 2222
Chick-fil-A on 42nd Street and Madison Avenue: 28352
Five Guys on West 42nd Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues: 25342
Marriott Marquis in Times Square, 46th and Broadway: NO CODE NEEDED
Take the elevator or escalator up to the 8th-floor lobby for public restrooms. There are also restrooms on the convention center floors (3 through 7), though these are not always open.
Smashburger on 8th Ave, Times Square: 13579#
Starbucks on 47th and Broadway: 24601
Chop’t on 51st Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues: 9876
Employees are supposed to type it in for you, so you may have to be sneaky.
Starbucks at 54th Street and Broadway: 45832
Chipotle at 56th Street and Eighth Avenue: 9247
Argo Tea at Columbus Circle: 4549
The Shops at Columbus Circle: NO CODE NEEDED
Gertrude Ederle Recreation Center at 60th St and West End Ave: NO CODE NEEDED
Apple Store at Broadway and 67th: NO CODE NEEDED
Trader Joe’s at 72nd Street and Broadway: NO CODE NEEDED
Take both escalators down to the bottom floor. It is in the left corner.
Bloomingdale’s Outlet at 72nd and Broadway: push 2 & 4 at same time, then 3
Barnes & Noble at 82nd Street and Broadway: NO CODE NEEDED
Bathrooms are on second floor, near the children’s section.
Vive La Crepe at Columbus and 86th: NO CODE NEEDED
Shake Shack at 86th Street and Lexington Avenue: 7288
Barnes & Noble on 86th Street between Lexington and Third: NO CODE NEEDED
Petco on Lexington between 86th and 87th Streets: NO CODE NEEDED
96th Street Q Station: NO CODE NEEDED
Target at 117th Street and Pleasant Avenue: NO CODE NEEDED

QUEENS
West to east, roughly
Guitar Center at Northern Blvd and 48th Street: NO CODE NEEDED
Hart Playground at 65th Street between Broadway and 37th Ave: NO CODE NEEDED
JC Penney at Queens Center Mall, Queens Blvd and 59th Ave: NO CODE NEEDED
Shake Shack at Queens Center Mall: 0281
Taco Bell at Jamaica Ave. and 160th Street: 1995

BRONX
1925 Turnbull Ave, Turnbull and White Plains Road (in the shopping center on the Burlington and Smashburger side): 1925

PHILADELPHIA
Neighborhood House behind Christ Church at Second and Market: NO CODE NEEDED
Wawa at Sixth Street and Chestnut Street: 1895
La Colombe at Sixth Street and Market Street: 267
Whole Foods on South Street between Ninth and 10th Streets: 452
Barnes and Noble on 18th and Walnut: NO CODE NEEDED
Wawa at 20th Street and Market Street: 12345
Wawa at Broad Street and Walnut: 2468

INDIANAPOLIS
Chipotle at 1002 Broad Ripple Ave (cross street is Winthrop Ave): 9003#
Starbucks at 854 Broad Ripple Ave (cross street is Guilford Ave): 90210

OAKLAND
Blue Bottle on Ninth and Broadway: 1478#

SAN FRANCISCO
Starbucks at California and Kearny: NO CODE NEEDED
Contraband Coffee at Fifth and Clementina Streets: 3005
Contraband Coffee on Larkin between Sacramento and California: 2939

SEATTLE
Nordstrom downtown: NO CODE NEEDED
Walk downstairs to left from Sixth Avenue entrance
Whole Foods on Westlake: code changes daily, but employees give it willingly
Areis Building at 2366 Eastlake Ave East: 01230

STUDIO CITY
Peet’s Coffee & Tea at 1225 Ventura Blvd between Laurelgrove and Vantage Aves: 4516*

CLEVELAND
Shake Shack at 601 Euclid Ave at the corner of East 6th Street: 1234

SAN DIEGO
Downtown Santa Fe Depot Women's restroom: 4500