The Downtown Alliance publishes this handy list of public bathrooms in their catchment area (south of Murray) every year, and I try to add to it with what I know north of Murray. Some of these are hidden in plain sight. (I only recently spied the one at the Seaport.) Chime in if I am missing something.
Pier 25 (at N. Moore in Hudson River Park)
Washington Market Park
Whole Foods
Battery Park City fields at West and Warren
Target
Columbus Park (Bayard and Baxter)
New Amsterdam Library, 9 Murray Street (requires library card)
Teardrop Park, inside the Solaire Building adjacent to the park
Battery Park City Library, 175 North End Avenue (requires library card)
Battery Park City Ferry Terminal
Brookfield Place, 230 Vesey St (Level 1 by PJ Clarkes; Level 2 by Hudson Eats)
Wagner Park, 20 Battery Place
Castle Clinton National Monument, The Battery
The Battery Comfort Station, Battery Place and Washington Street
National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green
The View at the Battery, Battery Underpass at South Street
Staten Island Ferry Terminal, 4 Whitehall Street
Pier 11 / Wall St. Ferry Terminal, South Street
Pier 17 – Level 4. Includes a family restroom
60 Wall Street Public Atrium, Wall Street and Hanover Street
Trinity Church, 102 North End Avenue
Battery Parking Garage, 70 Greenwich Street
2 World Trade Center, Balcony level (north concourse)
3 World Trade Center, Balcony level by stairs and main level by stairs
St. Paul’s Chapel, 209 Broadway
East River Greenway Public Restroom, between Pier 15 and Pier 16
Imagination Playground, Front St., John St. and South St.
Wheeew that’s a relief…..