Babies R Us, 24-30 Union Square East - YES

On the second floor, north side of the store. Elevators are straight to the back....
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Union Square Whole Foods, 44 East 14th St - YES

But it's upstairs. And no, the only elevator IS that tiny little piece of crap you blew by on the way in, so circle back and wait your turn. See, if were big enough to fit a stroller in, people might be tempted to put a shopping cart in it, too, and that just won't do. Also, Meg is right; there's more dumbfounded dawdling here than at any place south of a TRL broadcast....
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ABC Carpet, 888 Broadway at 18th St - NO

A reader Angela reported that the women's rooms not only had changing tables, but that they were stocked with 7th Generation diapers. Well, the men's rooms ain't got nuthin', not on 2, not on 4....
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Disney Store, 711 Fifth Avenue at 55th St - YES

There's an actual padded countertop built in. Bathrooms are downstairs....
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Two Boots Avenue A, 44 Avenue A at 3rd St - NO

This is the location with the video store attached....
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DT Changing Table Google Map (beta version)

I'm still working on this, but you get the idea. As the directory approaches 100 locations, some patterns have begun to emerge: 1) whether it nets out is another story, but the invasion of giant national retailers brought MRCT's to the city. National chain stores top the YES list [museums and new public parks accounted for almost all the rest.] 2) Except for Starbuck's. They may be contributing to the vaguely public restroom inventory, but I have yet to...
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B Bar, Bowery & East 4th St - NO

But it's super quiet in the late afternoon, and they serve lunch until 4:30. In a pinch, you might try the wide counter between the sinks....
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The Cocoa Bar, 228 7th Ave, Park Slope - NO

Apparently the bathroom's out of order altogether, and so a blogger circled the wagons while his sister changed her kid's diaper on the chair. Naturally, chaos ensued, at least online. POSTCARD FROM THE SLOPE_DIAPERING DUCKY [OTBKB via Curbed, whose commenters are on the hunt for Slope babies to throw into the coffee grinder]...
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Metropolitan Museum Of Art, Fifth Avenue at 81st St - YES

In the large men's room across from the theater in the Egyptian Wing (on the way to the Temple of Dendur). But NOT in the mezzanine men's room in the SE staircase, and NOT in the 2nd floor men's room at the junction of the 19th C./Rodin gallery and the 20th C. art gallery entrance....
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The Modern, 11 West 53rd St - NO

The restaurant at MoMA has famously confusing-for-some* individual, unisex bathrooms surrounding a common sink-filled lobby. No counters anywhere at all; and only the large wheelchair-accessible bathrooms would have floorspace enough. *some who haven't been to Pastis, Europe, or a college dorm, apparently....
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American Museum Of Natural History - 81st St & Central Park West - YES

The 1st Floor restroom in the Rose Center/Hayden Planetarium is in the southwest corner, behind the elevators. On a side note, the signage in that museum is maddening, ridiculous. Veteran visitors thread their way through lost, baffled, shuffling newbies. My suggestion: get a membership as soon as actually useful signs and more than one hyper-congested stroller entrance are in place. Until then, "suggested entrance fee" means $1/head for us. [Believe me, though, they'll still make it up in volume.]...
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SoHo Grand Hotel, 310 West Broadway & Grand St - CLOSE ENOUGH

But there's a console table in the men's room entry that could do the trick. Second floor, behind and to the left of the front desk....
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Christopher Street Pier, Christopher St & West Side Highway - YES

The large public bathroom is near the entrance to the pier, but you also have about 20 acres of open lawn and/or astroturf, so why not just change the kid on your picnic blanket?...
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Per Se - Time Warner Center, 4th Floor - CLOSE ENOUGH

There are a lot of high-backed sofas right outside the restaurant. Also, they don't have high chairs, and "not terribly many people" bring younger children, we were told, but if you call ahead, they could surely arrange something. [For the record, we didn't take the kid.]...
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Sarabeth's, 40 Central Park South (5th & 6th) - NO

The larger restroom has a bamboo side table that might work in a pinch, though....
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Hooters of Manhattan, 211 West 56th Street - NO*

There's only a changing table in the women's restroom. To their credit, the hostesses offered to take the kid and change her diaper for me....
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Dallas BBQ 27 West 72nd St (betw CPW & Col.) - NO

The kind of place where it's acceptable to let the kid stew for a while. You'll be through with dinner in like 10 min. anyway....
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Toys R Us Times Square, 1514 Broadway (at 44th St) - YES

Restrooms are in the back corner on the second floor, near the baby gear section, appropriately enough. This place is a freakin' zoo, though, why are you going?...
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Highline Thai Restaurant. 835 Washington St (at W 12th St) - CLOSE ENOUGH

Apparently, it's the kind of place [*sniiiff*] that avoids any smooth, flat surfaces at all in the lower level bathrooms. But if the coat check isn't open, you could probably use that alcove/counter very easily. Bonus: the pool lounge bar chairs look like Nest high chairs for adults....
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Whole Foods, 250 Seventh Avenue at W 24th St - YES

The restrooms are between the freezer and dairy sections, but they're in an employee-only zone. What that means: customers must have an employee escort, who'll cheerily wait outside the bathroom for you. No pressure....
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