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from The New York Times<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Legend of the Ridiculously Long Montauk Bathroom Line<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

It was a quirky rite of passage, until the queues at Surf Lodge spilled onto the street and its septic system leaked into a pond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0Alyson Krueger<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The new bathrooms await the summer people.
Credit Johnny Milano for The New York Times<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Last summer, on a typical weekend at Surf Lodge in Montauk, Jaden Smith performed Saturday night while the surfer Evan Valiere cheered him on and Tiffany Trump and Naomi Biden posed for photos \u2014 with each other. The next day, the rapper Lupe Fiasco would draw almost 400 people at a packed, outdoor performance; some guests showed up on kayaks to watch from nearby Fort Pond. It was so crowded that the guest list ceased to make a difference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLast year it was politician year, all the kids,\u201d said Alan Rish, a spokesman for Surf Lodge. \u201cMalia Obama comes every year over the Fourth of July for her birthday.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Surf Lodge, a casual-chic hotel and lounge known for free concerts and its outdoor deck, attracts celebrities like Rosario Dawson and Jon Bon Jovi, as well as local fishermen and weekenders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But in recent years, Surf Lodge has also been known for something else: Its ridiculously long bathroom lines. The queues for the four tiny women\u2019s stalls were the stuff of local legend, curving into the lobby and at times out the main entrance, creating fire hazards. V.I.P.s with security details would have to notify a staff member in order to be escorted to a \u201csecret bathroom\u201d (which a lot of people seemed to know about) in the manager\u2019s office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo much of my daily job involved people needing to pee,\u201d said Jonny Lennon, a bouncer who has been with Surf Lodge since it opened 11 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were also environmental concerns. The few overused bathrooms relied on an old septic system that hadn\u2019t been renovated since the 1940s. \u201cNitrogen from waste was leaking into the pond,\u201d said Councilwoman Sylvia Overby, deputy supervisor of East Hampton, referring to\u00a0Fort Pond<\/a>, the 181-acre body of water behind the lodge where the concertgoers on kayaks sometimes congregate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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