Private saunas in New York, United States
Othership Flatiron
Othership Flatiron is a guided sauna and ice bath studio on West 20th Street, steps from Madison Square Park. Facilitators lead each session through heat, cold and breathwork: a Western Red Cedar performance sauna heats to 185°F with aromatic snowballs, and eight ice baths, including custom four-person tubs, are kept between 32 and 40°F. Drop-in sessions and multi-session packs are sold, with an intro two-week pass at $135, and the space also hosts private events.
Othership Williamsburg
Othership Williamsburg brings the Toronto-born guided sauna and ice bath format to 25 Kent Avenue in Brooklyn, near Domino Park. Facilitators lead group rounds of heat, cold plunge and breathwork: the Western Red Cedar performance sauna reaches 185°F with aromatic snowballs and eight ice baths are held between 32 and 40°F, followed by rest in the tea lounge. Drop-in sessions and multi-session packs are sold, with an intro two-week pass at $135, and private events can be booked.
AIRE Ancient Baths New York Tribeca
AIRE Ancient Baths Tribeca fills a restored 1883 textile factory on Franklin Street with 16,000 square feet of candlelit thermal baths. Guests move at their own pace through pools at different temperatures, an ice-water plunge, an aromatic eucalyptus steam room and a skylit tepidarium with warm marble beds. The 90-minute Ultimate Bath costs $185, booking is required and private sessions are available; adults only. Open Monday to Thursday 10am to 10pm and Friday to Sunday 8am to 11pm.
Juvenex Spa
Juvenex Spa is a Korean-style spa on the fifth floor of an office building on West 32nd Street in Koreatown, open 24 hours a day. Its four-step Jade Journey circuit moves through a Jade Igloo Sauna built from semi-precious stones, a herbal steam sauna, a baked-clay sauna and Japanese-style soaking tubs, and the spa is known for its Korean body scrubs. Daytime hours are women only, with couples admitted in the evening. The whole floor can be rented for groups; treatment programmes start at $135.
World Spa
World Spa is a 50,000-square-foot adult-only bathhouse in Midwood, Brooklyn, built around its Grand Banya. Its heat rooms include the Grand and Petite Banyas at 176 to 194°F, an Event Sauna for Aufguss ceremonies, Clay & Hay, infrared and aroma saunas, Moroccan and Turkish hammams and a Himalayan salt room, plus venik platza rooms, a 14 to 32°F snow room, a 48 to 55°F cold plunge and onsen pools. Weekend passes cover four hours. Open Sun to Thu 10am to 10pm, Fri to Sat 9am to 11pm.
Wall Street Bath & Spa 88
Wall Street Bath & Spa 88 is a bathhouse on Fulton Street in the Financial District. A stone-heated sauna built with 16 tons of rock, an Old American shvitz, an infrared sauna and a eucalyptus steam room sit beside a 52°F cold plunge, a 102 to 104°F jacuzzi and a swimming pool. Platza costs $60 for 15 minutes. Walk-in day passes are $59.75 on weekdays and $64.75 at weekends, a private VIP suite with its own sauna takes up to 20 people, and it is open daily from noon to 10:30pm.
Othership Flatiron
Othership Flatiron is a guided sauna and ice bath studio on West 20th Street, steps from Madison Square Park. Facilitators lead each session through heat, cold and breathwork: a Western Red Cedar performance sauna heats to 185°F with aromatic snowballs, and eight ice baths, including custom four-person tubs, are kept between 32 and 40°F. Drop-in sessions and multi-session packs are sold, with an intro two-week pass at $135, and the space also hosts private events.
Othership Williamsburg
Othership Williamsburg brings the Toronto-born guided sauna and ice bath format to 25 Kent Avenue in Brooklyn, near Domino Park. Facilitators lead group rounds of heat, cold plunge and breathwork: the Western Red Cedar performance sauna reaches 185°F with aromatic snowballs and eight ice baths are held between 32 and 40°F, followed by rest in the tea lounge. Drop-in sessions and multi-session packs are sold, with an intro two-week pass at $135, and private events can be booked.
AIRE Ancient Baths New York Tribeca
AIRE Ancient Baths Tribeca fills a restored 1883 textile factory on Franklin Street with 16,000 square feet of candlelit thermal baths. Guests move at their own pace through pools at different temperatures, an ice-water plunge, an aromatic eucalyptus steam room and a skylit tepidarium with warm marble beds. The 90-minute Ultimate Bath costs $185, booking is required and private sessions are available; adults only. Open Monday to Thursday 10am to 10pm and Friday to Sunday 8am to 11pm.
Juvenex Spa
Juvenex Spa is a Korean-style spa on the fifth floor of an office building on West 32nd Street in Koreatown, open 24 hours a day. Its four-step Jade Journey circuit moves through a Jade Igloo Sauna built from semi-precious stones, a herbal steam sauna, a baked-clay sauna and Japanese-style soaking tubs, and the spa is known for its Korean body scrubs. Daytime hours are women only, with couples admitted in the evening. The whole floor can be rented for groups; treatment programmes start at $135.
World Spa
World Spa is a 50,000-square-foot adult-only bathhouse in Midwood, Brooklyn, built around its Grand Banya. Its heat rooms include the Grand and Petite Banyas at 176 to 194°F, an Event Sauna for Aufguss ceremonies, Clay & Hay, infrared and aroma saunas, Moroccan and Turkish hammams and a Himalayan salt room, plus venik platza rooms, a 14 to 32°F snow room, a 48 to 55°F cold plunge and onsen pools. Weekend passes cover four hours. Open Sun to Thu 10am to 10pm, Fri to Sat 9am to 11pm.
Wall Street Bath & Spa 88
Wall Street Bath & Spa 88 is a bathhouse on Fulton Street in the Financial District. A stone-heated sauna built with 16 tons of rock, an Old American shvitz, an infrared sauna and a eucalyptus steam room sit beside a 52°F cold plunge, a 102 to 104°F jacuzzi and a swimming pool. Platza costs $60 for 15 minutes. Walk-in day passes are $59.75 on weekdays and $64.75 at weekends, a private VIP suite with its own sauna takes up to 20 people, and it is open daily from noon to 10:30pm.