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Lipstick in hand, women stand propped beside the counter. Every mirror is taken as mascara, eyeliner and the occasional curling iron are pulled from bags. “How you doing, my ladies?” a singsong voice asks.

Sephora? A makeup counter at Macy’s or Bergdorf Goodman?

Not even close.

It’s the second-floor women’s bathroom at the Port Authority Bus Terminal, and it is one of New York’s favorite places to primp.

The salonlike atmosphere stands in stark contrast to Port Authority’s well-earned reputation as a hulking symbol of some of New York’s most intractable problems: homelessness, opioid addiction and chronic transit delays.