Building A DiaperBridge To The 21st Century

Yikes, if these DiaperBridge people had come out with their folding platform that turns any bathroom sink into a diaper changing table surface with just a few straps and belts [OK, a lot of straps and belts, but stay with me here], just a couple of years ago, I might never have started mapping out all the men's room changing tables in NYC. But if that had happened, I wouldn've have had anything to talk to the Satellite Sisters about,...
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Apple Store, Fifth Avenue & 59th St - NO

Seriously, people, WTF is that about? I say, until Apple gets its biznazz together and gets some changing tables going, change the kid on the nearest wide, flat, open surface in between the iPods, the MacBooks, the Hi-Fi's, anywhere. [UPDATE: Anyone up for a diaper-changing flashmob? -ed.]...
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North Cabana, The Maritime Hotel, W 17th St & Ninth Avenue - NO

If your party's mostly at the bar, though, you could go to the giant banquette along the west wall, or in the south corner under the tree planter....
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212, 133 East 65th St, Between Park & Lex. - YES

Wow, 212, the Eurotrash joint through the block from us, not only has a changing table in the unisex bathroom, reports DT reader Eric, they also "had a fairly good selection of baby food on the menu." Still, expect a lot of attitude, unless/even if you have an ascot and a permatan....
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79th St Boat Basin, 79th St & West Side Highway - YES

Good thing there's a changing table, because, as DT reader Eric reports, "there is no better place in the city for a burger and a beer on a nice day; that is if you get there before everybody else so you don’t have to wait for a table on the balcony."...
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Gracious Home, 1992 Broadway at 67th St - NO

The men's room is on the lowest level, just around the corner from the elevator, and there's even room for a wall-mounted table but there you go....
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Morimoto, 88 Tenth Avenue at 15th St - CLOSE ENOUGH

"The countertop is large enough to change a diaper. Cold marble but spacious." [via, of course, metrodad, who's working his way uptown, one swanky men's room at a time]...
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Dani Restaurant, 333 Hudston St at Charlton St - NO

[via metrodad]...
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Novo, 290 Hudson St at Spring St - NO

and no liquor license! [via metrodad]...
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McDonald's, 160 Broadway at Liberty St - NO

at least not in the ground floor restroom, the only one open at the time. Also, the piano player was off duty....
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Border's Bookstore, 100 Broadway at Wall St - YES

Rest room's on the third floor. [via metrodad]...
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$1Billion Worth Of Pay Toilets, All Over Town - NO

The NYC Dept of Transportation previewed models of the pay toilets that's coming to town somedy as part of a $1 billion deal with Spanish company Cemusa. These two different views show the inside--and the apparent absence of changing tables. Also, there's no mention in rather detailed description given in the NYT. When I called the DOT Press office about it, they said that for such technically detailed information, I should talk to Cemusa directly--then they gave me the...
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DSW Shoes, 14 East 14th St at University Place - YES

Get this, some dude is posting about public men's rooms around town on his blog. Fuh-reeek! Anyway, his photos of the pristine men's room in the back of the handbag section of this discount shoe store shows a changing table in the stall. I want to tell you a secret [manhattanoffender.com via curbed]...
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Louis Vuitton Store, 1 East 57th St at Fifth Avenue - NO

The stall on the fourth floor is so big, it could hold two changing tables, too....
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Key Food, Fifth Avenue at Sterling Pl, The 'Slope - NO

When you gotta go, you gotta go, but when you gotta change a diaper, you gotta go somewhere else; the restroom just inside the swinging doors in the back has nothing....
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Crate & Barrel, 650 Madison Ave and 59th St - YES

Restrooms are in the northeast corner of the second floor. Changing table in the handicap stall. Thanks to DT reader Mike....
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Ritz Carlton, 50 Central Park South & Sixth Avenue - CLOSE ENOUGH

DT reader Will reports: "Nice restrooms are down the stairs next to the bar, but countertops are too small. The best option is one of three large credenzas right outside, or near the phones. Unless someone's using the conference room, it's pretty low foot traffic."...
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Chelsea Piers, Pier 60, 23rd St & West Side Highway - YES

DT reader Helaine says, "My husband used it today and reported it excellent. Very clean, neat, light."...
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DT Changing Table Google Map Mashup, v0.9

OK, thanks to Jason's quick eye for spotting coding anomalies, I've gotten all but about ten of the NYC Men's Room Changing Table posts mapped onto Google Maps. I'm still tweaking on it, and will be adding some more functionality [searching, listing, printing, automatic user-submissions] soon [heh], but the basics are there. Hopefully, it's more informative; it's certainly more revealing: even though I lived there for years, I almost never went anywhere on the Upper East Side. Go figure. Daddy...
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W Hotel Union Square, 201 Park Avenue South - NO

There are restrooms on the second floor, to the right out of the elevators (or double back if you go up the large lobby staircase). One surprise option: the middle elevator goes to "M," which is a private dining area of the lobby restaurant/bar. It was totally empty in mid-day, and the banquette looked very usable....
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