In the NYC Metro, 16 of the curated saunas fit this cut. See the full the NYC Metro region guide for every venue, or keep scrolling for just the private saunas.
Every private sauna in NYC Metro
Awaken Infrared Sauna
$$Wayne, United States
Awaken is a private infrared sauna studio on Hamburg Turnpike in Wayne. Sessions use a Clearlight full-spectrum cabin, with a cold plunge for hot and cold contrast. Red light and salt therapy can be added, massage is offered alongside, and guests bring their own towels.
beem Light Sauna — Fanwood
$$Fanwood, United States
This beem branch is on South Avenue in Fanwood. Guests book a private suite for a 40-minute full-spectrum infrared sauna session, and the studio also offers red light therapy and chromotherapy. Visits are sold in session packs or monthly plans.
beem Light Sauna — Park Slope
$$New York, United States
beem's Park Slope studio is on Fifth Avenue in Brooklyn. Guests book a private full-spectrum infrared sauna and choose the colour of its light. Red light therapy is the other treatment on offer.
BRC Day Spa & Sauna Resort
$$$Fair Lawn, United States
BRC Day Spa & Sauna Resort is a Russian-style bathhouse on Broadway in Fair Lawn, open to walk-ins on a day ticket. Admission covers Russian dry and wet saunas, Turkish and aroma steam rooms, an ice-cold plunge, a lap pool and a jacuzzi. Bathing is co-ed in swimsuits, with a restaurant and bar on site.
Enso Sauna Studio
$$$Jersey City, United States
Enso runs private infrared sauna suites on Central Avenue in Jersey City Heights, for one or two people. Contrast sessions pair the sauna with a cold plunge in the same suite. Red light, compression and lymphatic treatments are booked separately.
NLighten Infrared Sauna
$$Hastings-on-Hudson, United States
Nlighten is a small infrared sauna studio on Southside Avenue in Hastings-on-Hudson, a short walk from the Metro-North station. Private rooms take one or two people, with colour light therapy and alkaline water. There are no showers, so guests cool down with a lavender washcloth.
Othership — Flatiron
$$$New York, United States
Othership's first US bathhouse is on West 20th Street in Flatiron. Sessions run as guided classes or quieter free-flow visits, moving between a large cedar sauna, eight ice baths and a fireside tea lounge. Swimsuits are worn throughout, and the changing stalls are not split by gender.
Othership — Williamsburg
$$$Brooklyn, United States
Othership's Brooklyn bathhouse is on Kent Avenue in north Williamsburg. Tiered cedar benches face a brick-clad stove in the sauna, and the cold side is a set of shared plunge pools. Sessions are booked as guided classes or self-led free flow, and swimsuits are worn throughout.
Perspire Sauna Studio — Closter
$$$Closter, United States
Perspire's Closter studio is on Vervalen Street in Closter, New Jersey. Its private infrared suites include red light therapy, and this branch has a cold SNØ shower for contrast sessions. Anyone can book a single visit or an intro session.
Perspire Sauna Studio — Middletown
$$$Middletown, United States
Perspire's Middletown studio sits on Route 35 in Middletown Township, New Jersey. Every session is in a private suite with a full-spectrum infrared sauna and red light panels. Suites also have a cold rainfall shower, and halotherapy is offered as an extra.
Perspire Sauna Studio — Montvale
$$$Montvale, United States
Perspire's Montvale studio is on Chestnut Ridge Road in Montvale, New Jersey. Each private suite has an infrared sauna with red light panels, and this branch offers a cold SNØ shower for contrast. Single sessions and an intro visit are sold to anyone.
Perspire Sauna Studio — Stamford
$$$Stamford, United States
Perspire Sauna Studio in Stamford is a branch of an infrared sauna chain on Newfield Avenue. Each booking is a private suite with full-spectrum infrared heat and red light panels. A chilled rainfall shower in the suite gives a cold contrast between rounds.
Perspire Sauna Studio — West New York
$$$West New York, United States
Perspire's West New York studio is at Riverwalk Place in New Jersey. Each private suite pairs an infrared sauna and red light panels with a 45°F rainfall shower for switching between heat and cold. Halotherapy is also offered here, and anyone can book a single session.
Perspire Sauna Studio — Williamsburg
$$$Brooklyn, United States
Perspire's Williamsburg studio is on North 8th Street in Brooklyn. Guests book a private suite with an infrared sauna, red light panels and a 45°F rainfall shower for alternating heat and cold. Halotherapy is also offered, and single sessions are open to anyone.
Perspire Sauna Studio — Wyckoff
$$$Wyckoff, United States
Perspire's Wyckoff branch is an infrared sauna studio on Cedar Hill Avenue, booked by the session in private suites. Red light therapy, a cold SNØ shower and halotherapy sit alongside the saunas. Towels are provided.
World Spa
$$$Brooklyn, United States
A 50,000 sq ft Brooklyn megabath that bills itself as the largest banya in the US. The setup spans Eastern European banyas, Finnish saunas, Moroccan and Turkish hammams, a Himalayan salt room, a snow room and an onsen circuit. You move between rituals, then collapse on a chaise by the fireplace lounge.