Public Steam Rooms in New York City
14 places in New York City have a public steam room you can use with a day pass or a session, no gym or hotel membership needed: 8 bathhouses, 3 Korean spas and 3 Russian banyas.
10 of them also have a cold plunge, and 10 have a Finnish-style or infrared sauna as well. Day passes run from $39 at Bathhouse Flatiron to $98 at QC NY, with a median of $60. cityWell Brooklyn sells timed sessions instead, from $45.
14 places, 10 with a cold plunge, 7 co-ed, day passes from $39. Checked November 2026.
| Place | Type | Other heat | Cold plunge | Price | Rules |
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| Bathhouse Flatiron Manhattan | Bathhouse | Banya, Finnish and Infrared | Yes | $39 day pass | Co-ed, swimsuit required |
| Bathhouse Williamsburg Brooklyn | Bathhouse | Finnish | Yes | $40 day pass | Co-ed, swimsuit required |
| New York Spa & Sauna Flushing | Korean spa | Jjimjilbang heat rooms | Yes | $40 day pass | Co-ed + single-gender |
| cityWell Brooklyn Brooklyn | Bathhouse | Finnish | Yes | $45 / 90 min | – |
| Brooklyn Bathhouse Brooklyn | Bathhouse | Finnish | Yes | $50 day pass | Swimsuit required |
| Brooklyn Banya Brooklyn | Banya | Banya and Finnish | – | $60 day pass | Swimsuit required |
| Great Jones Spa Manhattan | Bathhouse | Finnish | Yes | $60 day pass | Swimsuit required |
| Russian & Turkish Baths Manhattan | Banya | Banya, Hammam and Finnish | Yes | $60 day pass | Co-ed + single-gender |
| Wall Street Bath & Spa 88 Manhattan | Banya | Banya and Infrared | Yes | $60 day pass | – |
| Juvenex Spa Manhattan | Korean spa | Jjimjilbang heat rooms | Showers only | $65 day pass | Co-ed + single-gender, swimsuit required |
| The SPA Club Manhattan | Korean spa | Jjimjilbang heat rooms | – | $70 day pass | Co-ed + single-gender |
| QC NY Manhattan | Bathhouse | Finnish | – | $98 day pass | – |
| AIRE Ancient Baths Tribeca Manhattan | Bathhouse | – | Yes | – | Swimsuit required |
| Bathhouse Atlantic Ave Brooklyn | Bathhouse | Finnish | Yes | – | Co-ed, swimsuit required |
All steam rooms in New York City
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AIRE Ancient Baths Tribeca
Manhattan
Candlelit Roman-style thermal baths in an 1883 textile factory in Tribeca, with warm, hot, cold and salt-float baths, a jet bath and aromatherapy steam rooms on a timed, booked visit.
BathhouseCold plungeHeat57°F -
Bathhouse Atlantic Ave
Brooklyn
Bathhouse's third New York location, in a former newspaper factory on Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Hill, built around an event sauna for 100-plus people that hosted the 2026 US Aufguss finals.
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Bathhouse Flatiron
Manhattan
Bathhouse's 35,000-square-foot Manhattan location in a former underground garage, with a slate banya, a large event sauna for Aufguss, hot, neutral, salt and cold pools, a steam room and a restaurant.
BathhouseCold plungeAufgussCo-ed195°F45°FDay pass $39
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Bathhouse Williamsburg
Brooklyn
The original Bathhouse, set below a former 1930s soda factory in Williamsburg, with thermal pools from 52°F to 104°F, a tropical sauna, a dry sauna, a steam room and a restaurant upstairs.
BathhouseCold plungeCo-edHeat52°FDay pass $40
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Brooklyn Banya
Brooklyn
A neighborhood Russian bathhouse on Coney Island Avenue in Kensington with a wet and a dry sauna, a steam room, a pool, a hot tub and a roof deck.
BanyaDay pass $60
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Brooklyn Bathhouse
Brooklyn
A Black-owned bathhouse on Flatbush Avenue in Prospect Lefferts Gardens with a Finnish dry sauna, a wet sauna, a steam room, hot and neutral pools, a cold plunge and a pizza and pasta café.
BathhouseCold plungeDay pass $50
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cityWell Brooklyn
Brooklyn
A small Gowanus spa with a backyard cedar sauna, a cold plunge, a heated soaking tub and an aromatherapy steam room, used in 90-minute community or private hydrotherapy sessions.
BathhouseOutdoor saunaCold plungeSession $45
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Great Jones Spa
Manhattan
A NoHo day spa whose Water Lounge pairs a river-rock sauna, a eucalyptus steam room, a hot tub and a cold plunge with a three-story indoor waterfall, sold as a day pass.
BathhouseCold plungeDay pass $60
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Juvenex Spa
Manhattan
A long-running Koreatown spa with a jade igloo sauna, an herbal steam room, Japanese-style soaking tubs and a low-temperature baked-clay sauna, set up as a four-step circuit.
Korean spaDay pass $65
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New York Spa & Sauna
Flushing
A Korean jjimjilbang in Flushing with gender-separated baths, dry saunas, a jade room and a cold room, and a second-floor dining hall serving Korean meals.
Korean spaCold plungeDay pass $40
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QC NY
Manhattan
An Italian-style wellness spa on Governors Island with heated outdoor infinity pools facing the Manhattan skyline, themed saunas, steam rooms, a salt room and an ice room, reached by a short ferry ride.
BathhouseDay pass $98
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Russian & Turkish Baths
Manhattan
A basement bathhouse on East 10th Street, running since 1892, with a Russian room heated by a massive rock oven, a Turkish room, an icy plunge pool and a small restaurant.
BanyaCold plungeDay pass $60
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The SPA Club
Manhattan
A Koreatown spa on a fourth floor off Fifth Avenue, with coed dry saunas and lounges plus separate men's and women's baths with hot pools and steam rooms.
Korean spaDay pass $70
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Wall Street Bath & Spa 88
Manhattan
A Russian-style bathhouse in the Financial District with a granite stone sauna, a eucalyptus steam room, an infrared sauna, a cold plunge, a pool and an Eastern European restaurant.
BanyaCold plungeDay pass $60
Frequently asked questions
Where can I find a public steam room in New York City?
14 places in New York City sell a day pass or a session that includes a steam room. By area: Manhattan (AIRE Ancient Baths Tribeca, Bathhouse Flatiron, Great Jones Spa, Juvenex Spa, QC NY, Russian & Turkish Baths, The SPA Club and Wall Street Bath & Spa 88); Brooklyn (Bathhouse Atlantic Ave, Bathhouse Williamsburg, Brooklyn Banya, Brooklyn Bathhouse and cityWell Brooklyn); Flushing (New York Spa & Sauna).
How much does it cost to use a steam room in New York City?
Of the 11 places with a published day pass, prices run from $39 (Bathhouse Flatiron) to $98 (QC NY), with a median of $60. cityWell Brooklyn charges $45 per session. Prices checked November 2026.
Which steam rooms in New York City also have a cold plunge?
AIRE Ancient Baths Tribeca, Bathhouse Atlantic Ave, Bathhouse Flatiron, Bathhouse Williamsburg, Brooklyn Bathhouse, cityWell Brooklyn, Great Jones Spa, New York Spa & Sauna, Russian & Turkish Baths and Wall Street Bath & Spa 88 have a cold plunge or cold pool as well as a steam room.
Are the steam rooms in New York City co-ed?
Bathhouse Atlantic Ave, Bathhouse Flatiron, Bathhouse Williamsburg, Juvenex Spa, New York Spa & Sauna, Russian & Turkish Baths and The SPA Club have co-ed areas. Check each listing for the swimsuit rule.