Thanks! @nycbma
NYCBMA: January off to a great start with the first snowfall in over 700 days. If you’re not too busy and find yourself on standby way too long, here’s a few of our favorite spots to sit around free of charge and doom scroll until that next job comes in. Some of these spots even got toilets for that emergency 💩
-New York Public Libraries:
Our top choices being 18 w53 st. and 445 5ave.(be sure to check out the balcony!)
-Indoor Atriums/Public Plazas:
575 5ave.
645 5ave.
116 e57 st.
590 Madison Ave
55 e52 st.
875 3 Ave.
805 3ave. lower level
David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center(Broadway between 62&63 st.)
1991 Broadway (next to the Apple Store)
60 Wall Street Atrium
180 Maiden Lane
-Chelsea Market
-Essex Market
-Hudson Yards Mall
-Brookfield Place (indoor 🌴)
-Urban Space Food Courts
-Whole Foods
-Barnes & Nobles
A few clutch bathroom spots that I can add:
Bryant Park (Fully Staffed and Classical Music)
Penn Station Port Authority
Grand Central
Trader Joe’s
225 Liberty/WFC Atrium
Washington Square Park
Tompkins Square Park (one of the worst but hey)
Cool article about more ideas of where to GO in the city: