Best Saunas in New York, United States
Akari Greenpoint
Akari Greenpoint is the second outpost of Brooklyn's Japanese-inspired members' sauna, opened in 2025 on Franklin Street with interiors by Stroop Design: glass-block walls, green tiles around the cold plunge and a skylight over the larger of its two communal dry-heat saunas. Members use the saunas and cold baths as often as they like within membership hours (weekdays 8am to 10pm, weekends 9am to 8pm); plans run from $165 to $250 a month, guests of members pay $35, and walk-ins are not admitted.
Akari Williamsburg
Akari Williamsburg is a Japanese sentō-inspired neighbourhood sauna on Grand Street that opened in 2023 as a members' club. It has two communal dry-heat saunas, cold showers and cold plunges, a relax lounge and a back garden that was recently enlarged with a bigger plunge pool and quiet seating. Access is by membership, from $165 a month for daytime to $220 for unlimited use (weekdays 8am to 10pm, weekends 9am to 8pm); members may bring guests for $35 and walk-ins are not admitted.
Lore Bathing Club
Lore Bathing Club is a contrast-therapy bathing club that opened in 2026 at 676 Broadway in NoHo, 6,200 square feet over two floors. Its thermal-treated alder Finnish sauna reaches up to 190°F and sits beside an infrared sauna and a 16 by 7 foot cold pool framed by hammam-style heated stone benches; guided cold soaks, aromatherapy, Aufguss ceremonies and sound baths run through the day. Sessions last 75 minutes and drop-ins cost $55. Open weekdays 7am to 2pm and 3pm to 9pm, weekends 9am to 9pm.
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.
Aura Wellness Spa
Aura Wellness Spa is a 12,000-square-foot, three-level Korean spa on West 33rd Street in Koreatown, Manhattan. Its four grottos form a co-ed heat circuit: the Hwangto Dry Grotto heated with oak charcoal and minerals, the Crystal & Jade Dry Grotto, the herbal-infused Crystal & Jade Steam Grotto and the Stone Ice Grotto for cooling down between rounds. Korean body scrubs, massages and couples packages with a private suite are offered. Open seven days a week from 10am to 10pm.
Bathhouse Atlantic Avenue
Bathhouse Atlantic Avenue is the Brooklyn outpost of Bathhouse near Barclays Center, with four heat rooms: an Event Sauna reaching 175°F for complimentary guided Aufguss sessions, a Banya at 185 to 195°F heated by basalt stones in a furnace, an Infrared Sauna at 160°F and a Steam Room at 115°F, plus three thermal pools: a 104°F hot pool, a 50°F cold plunge and a 98°F neutral pool. Day passes start at $29 and the venue is open daily from 8am to 11:30pm.
Bathhouse Flatiron
Bathhouse Flatiron is a Manhattan bathhouse designed by Rockwell Group, with inverted pyramids suspended over the pools and travertine-clad walls. Its four heat rooms are a gas-fired Banya at 185 to 195°F, a Dry Sauna where Sauna Masters perform Aufguss at up to 185°F, an Infrared Sauna at 135°F and a Steam Room at 115°F, joined by six thermal pools including two cold pools at 45°F and 50°F and a 98°F salt pool. Day passes start at $39 and the venue is open daily from 8am to 11:30pm.
Bathhouse Williamsburg
Bathhouse Williamsburg is a contemporary bathhouse inside a former 1930s soda factory in Brooklyn. It runs five heat rooms: an Event Sauna used for guided Aufguss sessions, a gas-fired Banya at 185 to 195°F, a Dry Sauna, a Tropical Sauna and the Starlight Steam Room, alongside eight thermal pools including two cold plunges at 45°F and 50°F. Complimentary Aufguss ceremonies run daily, untimed day passes start at $39, and the venue is open seven days a week from 8am to 11:30pm.
Brooklyn Bathhouse
Brooklyn Bathhouse is a wellness spa on Flatbush Avenue near Prospect Park. It has three saunas, including a temperate wet sauna and a Finnish dry sauna, a steam room, hot soaking pools, a cold plunge and a neutral pool, plus relaxation lounges and an on-site cafe and bar. Day passes cover four hours: $50 weekdays and $65 weekends, with $38 and $48 early-bird and night-owl passes. Open Sunday to Thursday 9am to 11pm and Friday to Saturday 9am to midnight.
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.
New York Spa & Sauna
New York Spa & Sauna is a traditional Korean jjimjilbang in the heart of Flushing, Queens. Gender-separated nude bathing areas hold jetted and plain hot tubs, a cold tub, a steam room and a dry sauna, while the co-ed second floor has four dry saunas (mineral, jewelry, clay and salt rooms), an ice room, a sleeping room with mats and recliners, heated floors and a Korean food court. Entry is $40 per person, a ten-ticket pack is $350, and the spa is open daily 8am to 11pm.
QC NY Spa
QC NY is the Italian QC Terme group's day spa on Governors Island, a short ferry ride from Lower Manhattan, with skyline views from its heated outdoor pools. Indoors are four saunas (City, Fall, Mountain and Refuge), the Starlight and Mist steam baths, the Ray infrared room, an ice relax room, themed relaxation rooms and a music pool. Guests must be 21 or older. Daily passes with no time limit start at $158 and a Sunset pass from 5pm at $98. Open Sun to Thu 9am to 10pm, Fri to Sat 9am to 11pm.
Spa Castle New York
Spa Castle New York is a large Korean-style spa resort in College Point, Queens, spread over four floors with indoor and outdoor hydrotherapy pools, restaurants and a Sauna Valley of themed rooms: Himalayan Salt, Color Therapy, Gold, Jade, Halotherapy and Far Infrared saunas, an Infrared Zone and the Ice Land cold room for temperature contrast. Admission is all-day with no reservations: $85 for adults on weekdays and $110 at weekends, $55 and $65 for minors. Open daily 9am to 9:30pm.
The SPA Club
The SPA Club is a 15,000-square-foot Korean jjimjilbang at 22 West 32nd Street in Koreatown. The co-ed area has three dry saunas including a Himalayan salt room and a Korean red clay room, a rest area and a cafeteria, while gender-separated bath areas hold a steam room and hot soaking pool. General admission is $63 online or $70 weekdays and $90 weekends on site, with no time limit and no re-entry; children under 10 are not admitted. Open daily 8am to 11:30pm, saunas until 11pm.
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.
Forest Hills Spa
Forest Hills Spa, also known as Queens Fitness Spa, is a Russian-style bathhouse on Calloway Street in Corona, Queens, serving bathers since 1996. It pairs a Russian sauna and a cedar sauna with a steam room, a swimming pool, a jacuzzi and a cold plunge, and offers platza with oak leaves for $35 alongside massages and salt scrubs; there is a cafe on site. Adult admission is $50 and children under 12 pay $35. Open Monday to Friday 11am to 10:30pm and weekends 9am to 10:30pm.
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.
Akari Greenpoint
Akari Greenpoint is the second outpost of Brooklyn's Japanese-inspired members' sauna, opened in 2025 on Franklin Street with interiors by Stroop Design: glass-block walls, green tiles around the cold plunge and a skylight over the larger of its two communal dry-heat saunas. Members use the saunas and cold baths as often as they like within membership hours (weekdays 8am to 10pm, weekends 9am to 8pm); plans run from $165 to $250 a month, guests of members pay $35, and walk-ins are not admitted.
Akari Williamsburg
Akari Williamsburg is a Japanese sentō-inspired neighbourhood sauna on Grand Street that opened in 2023 as a members' club. It has two communal dry-heat saunas, cold showers and cold plunges, a relax lounge and a back garden that was recently enlarged with a bigger plunge pool and quiet seating. Access is by membership, from $165 a month for daytime to $220 for unlimited use (weekdays 8am to 10pm, weekends 9am to 8pm); members may bring guests for $35 and walk-ins are not admitted.
Lore Bathing Club
Lore Bathing Club is a contrast-therapy bathing club that opened in 2026 at 676 Broadway in NoHo, 6,200 square feet over two floors. Its thermal-treated alder Finnish sauna reaches up to 190°F and sits beside an infrared sauna and a 16 by 7 foot cold pool framed by hammam-style heated stone benches; guided cold soaks, aromatherapy, Aufguss ceremonies and sound baths run through the day. Sessions last 75 minutes and drop-ins cost $55. Open weekdays 7am to 2pm and 3pm to 9pm, weekends 9am to 9pm.
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.
Aura Wellness Spa
Aura Wellness Spa is a 12,000-square-foot, three-level Korean spa on West 33rd Street in Koreatown, Manhattan. Its four grottos form a co-ed heat circuit: the Hwangto Dry Grotto heated with oak charcoal and minerals, the Crystal & Jade Dry Grotto, the herbal-infused Crystal & Jade Steam Grotto and the Stone Ice Grotto for cooling down between rounds. Korean body scrubs, massages and couples packages with a private suite are offered. Open seven days a week from 10am to 10pm.
Bathhouse Atlantic Avenue
Bathhouse Atlantic Avenue is the Brooklyn outpost of Bathhouse near Barclays Center, with four heat rooms: an Event Sauna reaching 175°F for complimentary guided Aufguss sessions, a Banya at 185 to 195°F heated by basalt stones in a furnace, an Infrared Sauna at 160°F and a Steam Room at 115°F, plus three thermal pools: a 104°F hot pool, a 50°F cold plunge and a 98°F neutral pool. Day passes start at $29 and the venue is open daily from 8am to 11:30pm.
Bathhouse Flatiron
Bathhouse Flatiron is a Manhattan bathhouse designed by Rockwell Group, with inverted pyramids suspended over the pools and travertine-clad walls. Its four heat rooms are a gas-fired Banya at 185 to 195°F, a Dry Sauna where Sauna Masters perform Aufguss at up to 185°F, an Infrared Sauna at 135°F and a Steam Room at 115°F, joined by six thermal pools including two cold pools at 45°F and 50°F and a 98°F salt pool. Day passes start at $39 and the venue is open daily from 8am to 11:30pm.
Bathhouse Williamsburg
Bathhouse Williamsburg is a contemporary bathhouse inside a former 1930s soda factory in Brooklyn. It runs five heat rooms: an Event Sauna used for guided Aufguss sessions, a gas-fired Banya at 185 to 195°F, a Dry Sauna, a Tropical Sauna and the Starlight Steam Room, alongside eight thermal pools including two cold plunges at 45°F and 50°F. Complimentary Aufguss ceremonies run daily, untimed day passes start at $39, and the venue is open seven days a week from 8am to 11:30pm.
Brooklyn Bathhouse
Brooklyn Bathhouse is a wellness spa on Flatbush Avenue near Prospect Park. It has three saunas, including a temperate wet sauna and a Finnish dry sauna, a steam room, hot soaking pools, a cold plunge and a neutral pool, plus relaxation lounges and an on-site cafe and bar. Day passes cover four hours: $50 weekdays and $65 weekends, with $38 and $48 early-bird and night-owl passes. Open Sunday to Thursday 9am to 11pm and Friday to Saturday 9am to midnight.
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.
New York Spa & Sauna
New York Spa & Sauna is a traditional Korean jjimjilbang in the heart of Flushing, Queens. Gender-separated nude bathing areas hold jetted and plain hot tubs, a cold tub, a steam room and a dry sauna, while the co-ed second floor has four dry saunas (mineral, jewelry, clay and salt rooms), an ice room, a sleeping room with mats and recliners, heated floors and a Korean food court. Entry is $40 per person, a ten-ticket pack is $350, and the spa is open daily 8am to 11pm.
QC NY Spa
QC NY is the Italian QC Terme group's day spa on Governors Island, a short ferry ride from Lower Manhattan, with skyline views from its heated outdoor pools. Indoors are four saunas (City, Fall, Mountain and Refuge), the Starlight and Mist steam baths, the Ray infrared room, an ice relax room, themed relaxation rooms and a music pool. Guests must be 21 or older. Daily passes with no time limit start at $158 and a Sunset pass from 5pm at $98. Open Sun to Thu 9am to 10pm, Fri to Sat 9am to 11pm.
Spa Castle New York
Spa Castle New York is a large Korean-style spa resort in College Point, Queens, spread over four floors with indoor and outdoor hydrotherapy pools, restaurants and a Sauna Valley of themed rooms: Himalayan Salt, Color Therapy, Gold, Jade, Halotherapy and Far Infrared saunas, an Infrared Zone and the Ice Land cold room for temperature contrast. Admission is all-day with no reservations: $85 for adults on weekdays and $110 at weekends, $55 and $65 for minors. Open daily 9am to 9:30pm.
The SPA Club
The SPA Club is a 15,000-square-foot Korean jjimjilbang at 22 West 32nd Street in Koreatown. The co-ed area has three dry saunas including a Himalayan salt room and a Korean red clay room, a rest area and a cafeteria, while gender-separated bath areas hold a steam room and hot soaking pool. General admission is $63 online or $70 weekdays and $90 weekends on site, with no time limit and no re-entry; children under 10 are not admitted. Open daily 8am to 11:30pm, saunas until 11pm.
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.
Forest Hills Spa
Forest Hills Spa, also known as Queens Fitness Spa, is a Russian-style bathhouse on Calloway Street in Corona, Queens, serving bathers since 1996. It pairs a Russian sauna and a cedar sauna with a steam room, a swimming pool, a jacuzzi and a cold plunge, and offers platza with oak leaves for $35 alongside massages and salt scrubs; there is a cafe on site. Adult admission is $50 and children under 12 pay $35. Open Monday to Friday 11am to 10:30pm and weekends 9am to 10:30pm.
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.