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Hotbox Mobile Sauna: A Bathhouse on Wheels Comes to Bushwick

Sauna-goer enjoys hotbox mobile sauna. Courtesy of hotbox mobile sauna.If you’re seeking to warm up this winter and melt away the seasonal blues, there’s a new kid on the block. A pop-up sauna on wheels, hotbox mobile sauna [https://www.comegethot.com/event-calendar], is hosting a new

Central Brooklyn

Brooklyn Winter Activities that Don’t Involve Going to a Bar

Photo by Karen Stahlros [https://unsplash.com/@karensphotoart?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] onUnsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/sauna?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] It’s cold out, y’all, and it’s time for winter activities. How about some saunas,

Greenpoint

Construction Underway As Iconic Greenpoint Bathhouse Becomes Apartments

The former bathhouse at 139 Huron Street in Greenpoint had construction crews out front before noon on Friday, January 12 (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)GREENPOINT – Construction crews have started work on 139 Huron Avenue in Greenpoint, home to the iconic former bathhouse that is set to become residential apartments. Permits have

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Ever Visited A Russian Banya? Here’s What It’s Like

The pools in Sandoony USA. (Photo: SANDOONY USA [https://www.facebook.com/230627283534/photos/pb.230627283534.-2207520000.1454521162./10153573835653535/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)With the passing of Blue Monday the darker side of winter has truly begun. The days are short and the wind doesn’t so much pull the

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Banyas Of Brooklyn: Where To Get Your Shvitz On This Winter

Source: Brooklyn Banya/FacebookIf you do one thing in 2016, it should be to round up your friends and head to the banya. A banya is a Russian-Turkish bathhouse that typically includes a sauna, a steam room, and a freezing cold pool of water. In the Old Country, they’d

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Brooklyn Banya Named One Of The Best Indoor Activities In NYC

When it seems like the world is one unending sheet of cold rain, where do you go when you just can’t spend another afternoon holed up in your apartment? If your answer is Brooklyn Banya [http://brooklynbanya.com/] (602 Coney Island Avenue between Beverley Road and Avenue C), you