Reviews of New York City's subway bathrooms

New York Times reporters Andy Newman and Ana Fota took one (and sometimes two) for the team by visiting subway station restrooms across New York City. It was a shitty job, but someone had to do it. I guess. From the New York Times:

Norwood-205th Street, BronxD line

The cracked concrete floor of the mens room looked like it had not been mopped in years. But on the plus side, on the frigid day of our visit, the room was toasty hot.

So hot that someone had wedged takeout Chinese food between the scalding radiator and the wall, possibly to keep it warm a full container of shrimp-fried rice and brown-breaded nuggets.

Thats no good, said the station supervisor, S. Hope, when we brought it to his attention. That will melt and catch fire. He threw it out.

In the womens room, fire safety has apparently been learned the hard way. No storage within three (3) feet, read a sign on the floor beside a radiator covered in burn marks. The radiator was working fine, though. The environment was reminiscent of the tropical monkey habitat at the Central Park Zoo.

(Mr. Hope said the bathrooms are cleaned three times a day.)

The main door to the womens room has a peephole to let you see whos in the hall. But it does not lock. People hert people, reads graffiti on the door.

The womens room offered another unexpected sight: a man, standing at the toilet. He apologized on his way out, but offered no explanation.