San Francisco Public Bathrooms, Toilets: Maps, Locations
San Francisco Public Bathroom Maps, SF Public Restroom Locations: Union Square, Downtown, WC Near Lands End, Toilets Near Presidio, Financial District
San Francisco Public Restroom Guide, Tips
When it comes to public bathrooms in San Francisco, there are some important pieces of information one should know, whether you are visiting or if you live here. A lot of the information about public restrooms is scattered all over the internet, and most people are unaware of the options they have given the different entities that operate restrooms.
At one point, I had this insane bathroom spreadsheet with codes for private institutions given my line of work and clients needing places to change and what not during photoshoots. I kept it private as public lists being shared online led to bathrooms closing, locks being added, codes changing or access being reduced. It was not so much that more people were using their restrooms but the fact that this information was online and public that led to shifts.
Below is an overview of all the entities that operate public restrooms in San Francisco and where those public restrooms are located.
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San Francisco Map Of Public Restrooms: DataSF
https://data.sfgov.org/City-Infrastructure/Map-of-Public-Bathrooms/sxtt-wsyn
The above map is from the official San Francisco data set however, there are many bathrooms missing from this map, as it is only features bathrooms owned/operated by the city (or so it says).
If you would like to petition the city to add more bathrooms to their official data sets, you can email them at: support@datasf.org
San Francisco Public Bathrooms Near Me
Using this query search or browsing maps omits even more options than what is listed on official data sets in the city above.
Public Restrooms Presidio, San Francisco
Many of the restrooms are operated by the Presidio, federal agency, thus they do not appear on the map above since they are not under city jurisdiction.
Most restrooms in the Presidio close between 5-10pm
Public Toilet Hours, Locations Presidio
This list was provided to me by the Presidio Trust on October 2020 but is no longer updated by them (and may no longer be accurate/updated)
San Francisco Public Library Map, Bathrooms
The San Francisco Public Libraries have bathrooms, but they are not listed in the map(s) above for some reason.
https://sfpl.org/sfpl-explorer-map
BART Restrooms San Francisco Bay Area
https://www.bart.gov/guide/restrooms
“Nearly all BART stations have public restrooms (in San Francisco)” except…
Civic Center/UN Plaza (San Francisco) - renovations needed.
There is a staffed pitstop restroom located at Grove and Larkin Streets that is open daily, 7am-7pm. There is another at U.N. Plaza that is open 24 hours/day.
16th St. Mission (San Francisco) - a brand new restroom must be built.
There is a staffed pitstop restroom located in the plaza that is open 24 hours/day. There is another one at 16th and Capps streets that is open Monday-Friday 11am-6pm.
24th St. Mission (San Francisco) - a brand new restroom must be built.
There is a staffed pitstop restroom located in the west plaza that is open daily from 7am-7pm.
San Francisco City, Government Building, Public Bathrooms
Although not listed, there are restrooms in public government buildings like:
City Hall 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
Jury Duty Services 850 Bryant (SOMA) and 400 McAllister
San Francisco Federal Court: 450 Golden Gate Avenue
San Francisco Federal Building: 7th & Mission (will need government ID/passport)
These all require you to go through metal detectors.
Public Toilets, Bathrooms Outer Richmond
Missing: Lands End Lookout Center (M-F, 9-5AM)
Public Restrooms Downtown San Francisco, Union Square
As you can see, this part of town doesn’t have many bathrooms for the public despite large concentration of businesses, tourism and more.
Missing: Geary & Powell, Salesforce Park
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Public WC & Restrooms Embarcadero, San Francisco
1, 2, 3 & 4 Embarcadero Shopping Center
Not A Public Bathroom, Inner Richmond
San Francisco Self-Cleaning Toilets
https://sfpublicworks.org/services/public-toilets
San Francisco $1.7M Toilet Noe Valley
San Francisco made the news recently as it was disclosed that building a new public bathroom would be expensive.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/24/us/san-francisco-toilet.html
San Francisco POPOS (Privately Owned Public Spaces)
As you can see from the map above, most of these POPOs are located in SOMA/FiDi. If you look at the site below, you can see which ones have restrooms.
https://data.sfgov.org/Culture-and-Recreation/Map-of-Privately-Owned-Public-Open-Spaces/33jz-gqck
Most of these are only open during business hours (during week). Only some have bathrooms (see site above); have to scroll as it only shows 13 at a time.
San Francisco Police Department Bathrooms
https://missionlocal.org/2018/02/sfpd-stations-offer-few-places-to-sit-and-not-much-information/
Mission District (17th & Valencia)
Northern Station (Turk & Fillmore)
Southern Station (3rd & Mission Rock)
Park Station (Near Kezar)
Bayview Station (3rd & Revere)
San Francisco Restrooms At Museums
SFMOMA (on first and second floors, no ticket/admission needed)
De Young (on first floor, to your left, no ticket needed)
Japanese Tea Garden Free Mon, Wed & Friday 9–10am
San Francisco Gardens That Have Restrooms w/ SF ID
Botanical Gardens (free admission with SF ID)
Japanese Tea Garden
Museums That Require Tickets To Access Restrooms
California Academy of Sciences
Asian Art Museum
Legion of Honor
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