Recipients include Irving Square Park in Bushwick, Hoyt Playground in Astoria, Thomas Jefferson Park in East Harlem, Joyce Kilmer Park in the South Bronx and Father Macris Park in the Graniteville section of Staten Island.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.Five New York City parks will get new public restrooms starting next summer, the city Parks Department said Monday.
The Portland Loos, made by Oregon-based company Madden Fabrication, means relief for park goers in each borough starting in 2024 as part of a pilot program to bring more bathrooms to parks at a lower cost,The recipients include Irving Square Park in Bushwick, Hoyt Playground in Astoria, Thomas Jefferson Park in East Harlem, Joyce Kilmer Park in the South Bronx and Father Macris Park in the Graniteville section of Staten Island – all locations that don't already have public restrooms.
“We are installing Portland Loos in one park in each borough, in areas specifically chosen because they did not previously have bathrooms,” Parks Department spokesperson Meghan Lalor said. “This is a pilot to determine the feasibility of using this model in the future as an economical solution to building bathrooms in parks.”
The pre-fabricated metal kiosks cost $185,000 each, but the project’s total budget is $5.3 million, the department said. That’s still less than what building comfort stations in city parks has cost in the past. In 2019,
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