There is an updated Brooklyn
Spa Guide for 2006
Once again, GO Brooklyn’s intrepid reporters have hit the streets
and the massage tables to get the skinny on new spas and therapies to
improve your skin, your mood or to ease aches and pains.
This year’s spa report reveals that Brooklyn’s oases of rejuvenation
are as popular as ever thanks to the ingenuity of the borough’s skincare
pros and massage therapists. The Spa in Bay
Ridge looks to foods — and even chocolate — to keep their treatments
new and clients returning, and DownTime Day Spa
in Williamsburg goes after the final frontier: male clients. Pilo
Arts Day Spa and Salon in Bay Ridge updates its tradition of excellence
by incorporating hot stones into its facials, and on Smith Street, we
even found a way to help parents massage babies.
The tried and true are also getting their due. The Home
Spa in Cobble Hill has opened a second location just to keep up with
client demand, and Cornerstone Healing
just opened to offer the ancient Chinese arts of acupuncture and massage
to cure whatever might ail its Carroll Gardens neighbors.
Remember, being stressed is a choice. Instead, opt for a spa treatment
at one of Brooklyn’s ever-growing number of spas and holistic healing
centers.
We hope Spa Report 2003 brings you a world of treatments to discover and
to enjoy.
— Lisa J. Curtis, GO Brooklyn editor
BROOKLYN SPA DIRECTORY
Listed below are Brooklyn
spas and the services and products they offer. Unless otherwise
noted, a basic facial and basic massage are one-hour treatments.
Click here for spa-going tips.
Area Treatment
Center/Emporium
252 Smith St. at Douglass Street
in Cobble Hill, (718) 522-1906.
Basic facial: $95; basic massage: $90. Products used include
Dr. Hauschka. Accepts MasterCard, Visa, American Express and
Discover. The Area Emporium retail store is located on the opposite
side of the street. Special packages available. Open seven days
a week. For more information, visit www.areabrooklyn.com
on the Web.
Cleopatra
Salon & Day Spa
89 Montague St. at Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights, (718) 222-0700
Basic facial: $70; basic massage: $65. Uses Repechage, Dr. Dennis
Gross and Dead Sea products among others. Cleopatra is a full-service
hair salon, and offers eyebrow and eyelash tints, makeup service,
body wraps and polishes, waxing, manicures and pedicures. Open
seven days a week. Accepts MasterCard and Visa.
Creative
Hair and Spa
326 Ninth St. at Fifth Avenue
in Park Slope, (718) 788-8796.
Basic facial: $50; Basic massage: $50. Open since 1985. Offers
precision hair care, skin care, permanent makeup, spa manicures,
spa pedicures, nail sculpting, massage treatments and body scrubs.
They also offer Lifetex deconditioning steamer. The salon is
open seven days a week, and the spa is open Monday through Saturday.
Accepts MasterCard, Visa and Discover.
Cynergy
Spa
87 Fort Greene Place at Fulton Street in Fort Greene, (718) 403-9242
Basic facial: $80; basic massage: $100. This new spa will open
in late February. It is the sister spa of Cynergy Spa in Harlem
and promises to have a makeup counter, spacious treatment rooms
and a lounge on the second floor with a tea and coffee bar. In
the summer, outdoor massages will also be offered in the private
rear garden. Services will include facials, massages, manicures,
pedicures, body scrubs and body wraps. Open seven days a week.
Accepts American Express, MasterCard and Visa.
DownTime
Day Spa
115 North Seventh St. at Berry
Street in Williamsburg, (718) 218-9680.
Basic facial: $75; basic massage: $75. Offers facials, phyto
peel, microdermabrasion, body treatments, massages, reflexolgy,
full service hair salon, manicures, pedicures, make-up application
and waxing. Accepts MasterCard, Visa and American Express. Garden
available in season. Open Tuesday through Sunday. For more information,
visit www.downtimespa.com
on the Web.
Elan Salon
& Day Spa
157 Seventh Ave. at Garfield Place in Park Slope, (718) 789-1700.
Basic facial: $50; basic massage: $60. Offers haircuts and colorings,
waxing, manicures and pedicures, facials, electrolysis, eyelash
and eyebrow tints, ear piercing and body treatments. Open seven
days a week. Accepts Visa and MasterCard.
Home Spa
300 Court St. at Douglass Street
in Cobble Hill, (718) 596-8668. Home Spa Annex, 532 Court St.
at Huntington Street in Carroll Gardens, (718) 596-5722.
Basic 75-minute facial: $75; basic 75-minute massage: $75. Home
Spa uses their own brand of products and the Dermalogica line.
Four treatment rooms at 300 Court St. and two treatment rooms
at the Home Spa Annex at 532 Court St. Both locations offer facials,
massages, waxing, scrubs and wraps. Series discounts. Services
for kids and teens. Open seven days a week. Accepts Visa, MasterCard,
Discover and American Express. For more information, go to www.homespa.com. See story
in this issue.
The Home Spa Shop, formerly Blissful Botanicals, is a retail
shop carrying the Home Spa product line at 85 Bergen St. at Smith
Street, (718) 596-7094.
Il Camelion
Salon and Day Spa
326 Seventh Ave. at Eighth Street
in Park Slope, (718) 788-1700.
Basic facial: $85; basic massage: $80. Uses Aveda products and
offers haircuts and coloring, massage therapy, facials, body
treatments, waxing and makeup services. Open Tuesday through
Sunday. Accepts MasterCard, Visa, Discover and American Express.
For more information about Il Camelion’s products visit www.aveda.com.
Irene
Dinov
119 Montague St. at Hicks Street
in Brooklyn Heights, (718) 855-5900.
Basic massage: $65; basic facial: $65. Hair and spa services.
Open seven days a week. Full-service hair salon also offering
tanning, permanent makeup, electrolysis, skincare, facials, massage,
waxing, manicures and pedicures. Currently undergoing renovations,
and will unveil its full-service day spa using Aveda products
in early March. Accepts American Express, MasterCard, Visa and
Discover.
Additional location: 78 Clark St. at Henry Street in Brooklyn
Heights, (718) 522-1222. Basic massage: $65; basic facial: $65.
While this Aveda concept salon offers a full-service hair salon
including manicures and pedicures upstairs, downstairs, Irene
Dinov offers microdermabrasion, customized facials, milk peeling,
massage, reflexology, acupuncture, waxing, electrolysis, body
treatments (with some including the Aveda Pure-fume steam bath).
Offers a significant series discount. Open seven days. Accepts
MasterCard and Visa.
Lifestyles
for Body & Soul Beautifying Spa
185 Atlantic Ave. at Court Street
in Brooklyn Heights, (718) 797-3062.
Basic facial: $70; basic massage: $70. This full-service hair
salon and spa offers packages and a wide array of treatments
including manicures, pedicures, facials, glycolic peel, fruit
peel, makeup application, waxing, tanning, variety of massage
(including pre-natal) and body wraps. Lifestyles uses Bioelements
products. Open seven days. Accepts MasterCard, Visa and American
Express.
Pilo Arts Day Spa & Salon
8412 Third Ave. at 84th Street in Bay Ridge, (718) 748-7411.
Basic facial: $60; basic massage: $80. Hair salon offering manicures,
pedicures, makeup, light concept nails, highlighting/coloring
services and precision haircuts. The spa offers facials, massages,
laser hair removal, waxing, wraps, scrubs and electrolysis. Outdoor
garden available in season. Gift certificates available. Closed
Mondays. Accepts American Express, Visa and MasterCard. For more
information go to www.piloarts.com.
See
story in this issue.
Providence
Day Spa
53 Wyckoff St. at Court Street
in Boerum Hill, (718) 596-6774.
Basic massage: $80; basic facial: $85. Offers massages, including
prenatal, postpartum, and child and infant massage. Also, facials,
waxing for women and men, reflexology and body wraps. Open seven
days. Uses Starflowers Essentials Skin Care line. Accepts MasterCard,
Visa and American Express. For more information, visit www.providencedayspa.com.
Rompal
319 Sixth Ave. at Third Street in Park Slope, (718) 965-9149.
Basic facial: $40; basic massage: $50. Uses Repechage products.
Offers massage, facials, body wraps and electrolysis. Accepts
American Express, MasterCard and Visa. Open Tuesday through Sunday.
Shibumi
(at Eastern Athletic Club)
43 Clark St. at Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights, (718) 625-0500;
also at New York Marriott Brooklyn, 333 Adams St. at Johnson
Tech Place, fourth floor, in Downtown Brooklyn, (718) 330-0007.
Basic facial: $65; basic massage: $78. Uses Decleor products.
Patrons do not have to be members of Eastern Athletic, and they
can use the club’s yoga and pilates classes, swimming pool, hot
tub, sauna and steam room. (Eastern Athletic Club members do
get a discount on Shibumi services.) Series discounts available.
Offer facials, massages, wraps and waxing. Brooklyn Heights location
is open Tuesday through Sunday. The Marriott location offers
massage only and is open Tuesday through Saturday. Accepts American
Express, Visa, MasterCard.
Studio
19 Salon and Spa
1610 E. 19th St. at Kings Highway
in Midwood, (718) 336-7373.
90-minute facial: $60; basic massage: $65. Primarily uses Decleor,
Guinot and Jurlique products. The renovations include six massage
rooms, four facial rooms and a new waiting room for spa clients.
Studio 19 offers a hair salon, manicures and pedicures, electrolysis,
waxing, facials, massages, makeup, body wraps and body scrubs.
Studio 19 has a retail store offering accessories, hair care
and make-up. Open Tuesday through Sunday. Accepts Visa, MasterCard
and Discover.
Tantra
Spa
(at Cavale Tonuzi Salon) 8211
Third Ave. at 82nd Street in Bay Ridge, (718) 748-9880.
Basic facial: $80; basic massage: $80. This location offers an
Aveda Lifestyle store, spa and hair salon. Tantra offers a significant
facial and massage series of three discount (when pre-purchased).
Services include makeup services, facials, waxing, manicure and
pedicure, Cool Glide laser hair removal, Aqua body polish, massages
and body wraps. Spa is available to rent for private parties.
Open Tuesday through Sunday. Accepts Visa, MasterCard and American
Express. For more information, visit www.cavaletonuzi.com.
Tapestry
107 Montague St. at Hicks Street
in Brooklyn Heights, (718) 522-1202.
Basic facial: $70; basic massage: $75. Primarily use Decleor
products. Services include facials, massage, waxing, manicures,
pedicures, reflexology and a full-service hair salon. Outdoor
garden available in season. Open Tuesday through Saturday. Accepts
Visa, MasterCard and American Express.
Therapy
115 Grand St. at Berry Street
in Williamsburg, (718) 486-0370.
Offers hot stone massage, reiki and reflexology. Therapy has
a retail store, offering accessories, products for the home,
skincare and body care. Open Wednesday through Sunday. Accepts
Visa, MasterCard and American Express.
The Spa
8806 Third Ave. at 88th Street
in Bay Ridge, (718) 921-6100.
Basic massage: $65; basic facial: $75. Primarily uses Matis products.
Services include deep tissue, medical and pre-natal massages,
as well as relaxation massages, body wraps, scrubs, facials,
manicures, pedicures, Aculight laser hair removal and waxing.
Open seven days a week. Accepts Visa, MasterCard, Discover and
American Express. See story in this issue.
Holistic Therapies
Cornerstone
Healing
476 Court St. at Fourth Place
in Carroll Gardens, (718) 254-4075.
Basic massage: $75. Cornerstone Healing, which opened December
2002, offers acupuncture, massage (including tui na), cupping,
herbal remedies, aromatherapy and reflexology. Offers packages
for patients who wish to stop smoking or lose weight. Retail
store offers Thymes product line and Chinese home furnishings.
Open Tuesday through Saturday. Accepts American Express, Visa
and MasterCard. For more information, visit www.cornerstonehealing.net.
See
story in this issue.
FemSurge Health and Wellness
79 Atlantic Ave. at Hicks Street
in Brooklyn Heights, (718) 797-8797
Basic massage: $80. Proprietor Stacey Brosnan, a nurse practitioner,
herbalist and certified nurse midwife, offers a wide array of
therapies practiced by licensed professionals. Services for "women
and the people they love" include one-one-one holistic health
counseling, herbal and nutritional remedies, acupuncture, reiki
and therapeutic bodywork. Consulting services address the continuum
of women’s concerns from PMS to menopause. Retail store offers
FemSurge Therapeutics herbal tonics, custom blended medicinal
teas, nutritional supplements and skin care products. Open Tuesday
through Saturday. Accepts MasterCard, Visa, American Express
and Discover.
Opal Center
for Massage and Allied Therapies
158 Fifth Ave. at Douglass Street
in Park Slope, (718) 857-6183.
Basic 70-minute massage: $75. The center provides Swedish-based
massages from licensed massage therapists. Sessions are priced
according to length, no matter how many modalities are employed.
Carries own line of massage oils, made on premises. Series discounts
available. Accepts MasterCard and Visa. Closed Tuesdays. For
more information, visit www.opalcenter.com.
