Fountain of Youth Health Spa

Lisa was awesome! She did a fantastic job with my finger massage and body scrub I want to frequent this place! My skin is squeaky clean and glowing! The entire visit was very relaxing.

Nice staff. Friendly clientele. Only did male area and scrub. I still like Spa Castle

This was my first time here, so the person at the front desk took the time to walk me through the process. He even took me upstairs and gave me a guided tour of the different rooms and areas. The place is simple and extremely clean.
The hot water bathing area off the locker room has a graduated incline so that I, at 6 feet 4 inches, could sit at the deep end and have the water come up to my chin. There is a cold water bathing pool adjacent to the the two saunas. I considered taking the plunge, but just inserting my hand in the water dissuaded me from this. The wet area includes standing and sitting showers, hot bathing, cold bathing, two saunas, and a body scrub area.
I showered, soaked in the hot water for about 20 minutes, sat in the saunas for 15 minutes, had the body scrub, took another shower, put on the t-​shirt and shorts that were provided, and then went upstairs. There are 3 heated rooms each of which is increasingly hot. My guide referred to these as the sleeping rooms. The hottest has an igloo like enclosure which is so HOT I swear you could fry an egg on the floor. The two more moderately heated rooms have no windows, are dark, and have mats on the floor. I spent about half an hour in the medium room and it was extremely relaxing.
There is also a television room, but no one used it while I was there and the television was kept off. It didn’t strike me until afterwards but there was very little conversation between the clients. The overall environment is extremely calm and quiet.
I took my book and stretched out on the loungers that are near the top of the stairs next to the window, read for a while, and ended up falling asleep. I went back downstairs, got dressed and picked up a green tea for $ 3 on my way out.
$ 25 for an entrance fee that allows you use of the bathing area and saunas, $ 50 for the body scrub, and a $ 10 tip which is not required. Overall I was there for four and a half hours.
If you drive, there is ample parking right outside. If you are taking public transportation, it is about a 15 minute walk from downtown Flushing. A couple of hours of total relaxation, no muzak, and virtually no talking. It is a steal at the price.

What a breath of fresh air (and steam) after visiting Spa Castle in Queens! Parked my car right in front of the place, in a private lot adjacent to a NYPD lot. Walked in and was treated very well by the front desk, they explained everything to me clearly. Got my pink outfit (love the outfit) and went into the ladies’ locker room. No flip flops needed, that’s how clean the place is. No clothes either! And that’s not optional. So for all you never-​nudes… ;)
Was immediately greeted by my masseuse, Nana, who was very warm and welcoming.
Included in the price of $ 25 for entrance, they provide a larger towel for you which you can leave in the locker room. They also give you a toothbrush and locker key. So nice! (also there is a men’s section, the two are separate, only the upstairs is co-​ed)
Take one of the smaller towels that are available in the locker room and go straight into the pool/​massage/​sauna/​shower area. Once you’re ready, you go over to the massage area for your scrub ($ 50) or scrub/​massage/​cucumber mask/​the works ($ 90) which is what I got. It’s not as large as Spa Castle, but also not as crowded. I came here on a Friday afternoon/​evening and I practically had the place to myself.
There’s one small cold pool, one large hot pool with jets, and then a wonderful steam room that smells like chamomile. Dry sauna, too. Upstairs there’s a lounge area, TV room, you can order Korean food, and also smoothies and juice. There are saunas upstairs as well, dry and hot. Very nice. It was worth the $ 115 to treat myself to this lovely Korean Spa experience.

It’s my first time here I’m impressed with them so clean professional manner even though speak more Asian I will come back

Amazing experience!!! The scrub and massage combo is worth it. I got out of the spa feeing relieved and glowing.
Will recommend this to friends and will come back again

It was my first time to have a korean spa experience. I was wary about the nudity part but the person in charge inside the baths were thorough and explained the steps. He patiently guided me. I went for the body scrub with massage. It was awesome. The place is very clean, no frills, no hype, nothing fancy but you will get what you came for, nice smooth squeaky clean skin! Will definitely come back when I am in New York!

There are some well-​written and informative reviews here, but here I am, throwing my hat into the ring anyway.
1. So, first things first: Did you drive? Cool, me too. Park your car in the lot next to the off-​duty NYPD fleet. Safest lot in the city.
2. Second things second: Did you postpone trying this place because you’re not used to being naked in front of strangers? Cool, me too — now get over it, put all of your clothes in your locker and get in the damn shower. Everyone there has better things to care about than what you look like naked, but everyone will be super grossed out if you don’t bathe head-​to-​toe before doing anything else. The facilities are clean and you don’t want to be the jerk who messes that up, right?
(About the showers: If you want to sit, grab a small towel, some bowls and a stool. If you want to stand, there are stalls to the left of the squatters. This isn’t a quick rinse off situation. Soap up and scrub up and don’t rush. Please, don’t rush.)
3. OK, once you’re all clean, you’re free to enjoy the hot and cool plunge baths, as well as the saunas, which come in dry, wet, and hellfire cave. All are well worth your time, but I’m obsessed with the cave. It’s located in the back room of the upper level and it’s Legit.
4. Are you getting a scrub while you’re there? You really should be getting a scrub while you’re there. It’s so affordable! Get a scrub! I like to get one after having sweat my brains out in the saunas and then soaked in the pools until I’m a little pruney. My mac keeps insisting pruney’s not a word, but you know what I mean. Anyway, it helps with the exfoliation process.
5. When you walk in, the spa gives you a towel, the standard-​issue pinks (or blues) and a new toothbrush. They also provide soap, shampoo, conditioner, hair spray, moisturizer, Q-​tips, tissues, hair dryers and a variety of combs and brushes, but if you’re picky, bring your own.
(If you’re into a lower pH balance, definitely bring your own soap. The bars they provide smell nice, but leave you a little tight.)
6. Here’s what else I bring with me:
–A water bottle — There are water coolers and little plastic cups outside of the saunas, but I bring a plastic Nalgene-​type bottle to sip while I’m in sweating it out in the cave.
–A book — On top of helping to kill time during the necessary cool-​downs in between saunas, I also love to spend a little time on the truly excellent leather chaises that are hidden behind some screens at the top of the stairs. There’s a window there, and when it’s quiet, reading there with the breeze blowing in is just amazing.
–A Salux or Italy towel or whatever you use — You may be coming here for a professional-​strength scrub, but since pre-​entry showers are a must, it’s nice to have your usual tools at hand.
Other things I toss in my bag to use while I’m there: toothpaste/​toothbrush, hair clip, terrycloth head band, eye drops, essence/​spf/​etc for when I leave.
7. If you’re getting a scrub or a massage, the tip is included in the price when you pay, and as usual: cash is king.
TL;DR: I love this place. Juvenex it’s not, but the place is clean and the price is right and I’m not entirely certain how a jade igloo is going to make my life better anyway.

I was tired of the crowds and kids at Spa Castle so I figured I’d give this place a shot. It’s definitely a huge step down from from Spa Castle in terms of what they have to offer but I still had a nice relaxing afternoon. it’s about a 15 minute walk from the last stop off the 7 train. When I got there I let the guy know it was my first time and he was very nice. Gave me my uniform and pointed me to the mens locker room and said all the saunas were upstairs. The locker room is very small. I went into the wet area and they have a huge hot pool in the center. Yes you have to be naked but they give you one big towel and they have small towels to take as well. The hot tub has jets in one half and the other half doesn’t.There is also a very small cold tub and very small steam room and sauna and the showers all along the wall. There is also a sleep room off the wet area with comfy chairs. Everything was working fine and it wasn’t very crowded which I liked. Almost the entire crowd was older asian men.
I then ventured upstairs to all the saunas. It was a little confusing at first because there were all these doors and half of them were locked, Some of them said no entry and then some of them were the saunas. It seemed more like a house like one reviewer said and each room was a sauna or rest area. Almost all the saunas felt like they were the same temperature except one in the back that was extremely hot. I could only be in there for 5 minutes.
Overall I liked this place and would go back. I think I just gave it 3 stars because it really is a no frills place. I wish it had a few more hot tubs like Spa Castle and that the steam room and sauna in wet areas were bigger. I would have liked the relax areas upstairs to have a more serene feel as it basically was just mats on hardwood floors with fluorescent lighting. The staff was friendly enough and the place seemed clean.

I went to this place because of all the positive reviews but was extremely disappointed. I have been to YMCAs that were better than this place and they charged $ 30.00 a month to use the steam, sauna and Jacuzzi plus weights! I didn’t see any naked woman in the steam & pool area. Horrible. The best thing about the whole thing was to check it out and cross it off my list. Horrible.

Came in to check this place out and I loved it.
Used to go to spa castle until that place got rotten and so I found this place.
Got exactly what I came in for and the owner greeted me goodbye with a cold bottle of water after.
Great service!

I really like Fountain of Youth and I always tried to drop by when I am in NYC. It’s a small place, a bit difficult to find. I like how relaxed and simple it is. Everyone also walks around completely naked, a fact that I find really nice, liberating and it really goes well with the type of place that it is.
I always have the scrub and the massage. This comes at a price of 105 $. You get a complete scrub. It lasts a while (I would say 30 minutes). Truly amazing! You feel the dead skin coming off (literally) and my skin feels like that of a baby’s for weeks after!
The woman also applies a cucumber mask to your face. Fresh cucumber!
Then the massage… It’s a beauty massage so it is rough. It is supposed to take care of your knots but also of your cellulite… So not very pleasant.
Yes, it is true that the ajummas don’t really speak English (I speak a bit of Korean that it helps) but everyone is really nice! The people working there but also the other Korean women that come. They also always give me something to drink when I leave.

I don’t want to give a bad review but it’s just a no frills place. I did not have a bad experience but I just didn’t feel welcomed over here. Nobody really speaks English and they were not even trying to be helpful. I didn’t know where to go and I had to ask even tho it’s obvious I had no idea where to go. it’s just not kept up well either
My girlfriend told me about this place since I go to Spa Castle all the time, she said this place was better. Um… No it’s not. It’s much smaller and I suppose there is no crowd but it’s really old and one soaking pool.
I was hungry and they had a little kitchen with not much selection to eat.
If you don’t care about frills and want no crowds… I suppose this is a place to go. But I won’t be going back…

The price is pretty good for what you get. Especially if there is a special going on, you can get a scrub and massage, plus access to the spa/​sauna for around a hundred dollars, which isn’t bad at all!
I really wasn’t that impressed with the massage. It didn’t really fall into the category of a relaxing massage OR a deep tissue massage, so I kept wishing she would either go harder or softer… not in between where she seemed to stay. The scrub was pretty good, though, and it was clear that she had removed a bunch of dead skin.
The location isn’t that great either, but I like to think of it as that sort of «hole in the wall» place where you actually find a gem. It’s not the best and could use some cleaning up, but it’s still a gem overall!

Thanks to all the Unilocalers for the great insights about this place! After a long and stressful week, this is a perfect place to renew and refresh. I purchased the scrub + massage package. Best value $ for $ I’ve ever spent at a spa. The scrub is not for faint of heart… after about 5 minutes you will realize that the grainy bits on your skin are actually the remnants of a layer of dead skin cells that have been removed. Following the scrub, you shower, then receive the cucumber mask.
The massage was hard core! Not a relaxing, blissful experience; it’s more of a deep tissue type. It hurt a bit while she was working the knots out but have to admit it was worth the pain because I feel much better now.
After the massage, I took advantage of the dry sauna to sweat out any last impurities that hadn’t been scrubbed away.
I went home with a nice glow, and my skin feels 10 yrs younger! Highly recommend this place.

Ill keep this one simple. My mother goes here, so that’s why I go, but it’s not great. It’s kinda rundown and sometimes feels gross. This is definitely not a luxury experience. The bath area is small and has one giant hot tub that doesn’t always look the cleanest. If you want to get a scrub/​massage, KAY is the woman you want! She’s the tall woman. There’s one little woman there who SUCKS! The massage is a joke and I actually had to stop her in the middle to switch to Kay. The food is pretty good and the chef woman with glasses is super cute and nice. Now there’s a new place that opened up in Murray Hill, so I’ll probably start going there.
Pros:
— relatively priced ($ 25 to get in, $ 50 for scrub and $ 95(?) for scrub and massage
— good food and juices
— parking lot
Cons:
— run down/​not updated
— people aren’t the friendliest
— located in semi-​seedy area

Since there was so much fanfare about this place, I decided to check it out this morning. Of course, I took advantage of the deal for a scrub, massage, and entrance fee for $ 105. It was the best investment I ever made. Thanks to all the Unilocalers!
I arrived at 9:00 AM, paid for everything upfront and there was a woman who directed me to my locker. This is where you get the main different between Spa Castle and this place. You take off your shoes, carry it with you to your locker and they have a small slot at the bottom of your locker where you place your shoes. They don’t even give you a uniform. You strip.
The woman attendant asked whether I’d like to get my scrub and massage after 20 minutes. Instead, I asked that I start at 10:00 AM. Okay, this is where I went wrong. There’s nothing really there to do other than soak in a large hot pool, go steam, bake in the sauna, and/​or take a shower. After 20 minutes, I changed my mind and told her I’d like to start right away, lol. She mentioned I should have said so earlier.
The scrub was AMAZING. There I am lying on the table thinking I don’t have that much dead skin on me. I had my eyes closed. When I opened my eyes, there was a bunch of dead skin laying all about me. I was a bit grossed out but it was definitely satisfying to see all that dead skin gone. After almost a year of hell, it represented all the negativity I carried with me and I was happy to see it shed off my skin. This woman, scrubbed me over 3 TIMES! She was determined. Afterwards, she told me to rinse in the shower while she prepared the cucumber mask.
The facial mask was very refreshing. Shit, the whole scrubbing experience was refreshing as well. She then proceeded to obliterate all the knots in my body. My upper/​lower back, neck and everywhere else was full of tension. The woman climbed on top of me to put as much pressure on my lower back as possible. My upper back has been taken care of as well as my hair. She washed my hair like a professional at a salon — my head was massaged really well.
Then she slathered my corpulent body with milk oil. She squirted some in my hands so I could put in on my face. When I was done, she squirted some more milk oil so I could rub my face again. She then pulled me upright and said goodbye. When I went to the shower, I wasn’t sure whether I should soap off all the oil. She said not to soap but just wash off the milk off my body.
Currently, I have a faint smell of cereal aroma from my body. Hell, I don’t care. My skin feels AMAZING and I feel so relaxed. I got so much done afterwards. I shopped for all my domestic items I needed, ate lunch, picked up my dry cleaning as well as drop off, and now I’m about to get my laundry done. Thank you, scrub lady. I wish I knew your name but if I asked, you would have said, «WTF? Why the hell do you need to know my name?» But, this scrub and massage was a lot more than a treat. It was really equivalent to taking off the unnecessary excess of shit in my life.
Oh, sorry I got a little sappy. Yeah, I’m gonna go again in probably a month. This is not a place like Spa Castle where you lounge, you get scrubbed, massaged, and then get the hell out to go about your day. Minus one star because of the fact that it’s not loungey — you just get your body worked out and then go.

Entry fee: $ 25.
The journey: Going there in the dark is not recommended. It’s off in Flushing, a few blocks away from the bustling main area and across a sketchy parking lot. The outside of the building looks like a warehouse, but that didn’t deter us! We had come too far to turn back. Still, uh, you should keep your wits about you.
The insides: As other people have noted, this place doesn’t have any fancy embellishments, but it’s very clean.
We arrived at 8PM just as the kitchen was closing, so we didn’t get any grub :(
The locker room: Pretty small, but it has the right amenities — a set of clothes (available at the counter if you’re using the hot rooms; ladies might want to bring a sports bra to wear underneath), hair dryers, lotion, small towels.
Oh, and, uh, make sure you’re okay with being naked around other naked strangers before venturing in here.
The hot rooms: We came here primarily for these, but they were a bit disappointing. They’re all on the second floor; because we came at night, we were pretty much the only ones up there, and it was like walking around someone’s (slightly creepy) deserted house. Most of them were barely past lukewarm and quite underwhelming.
The only notable one was at the end of the hall; it’s one of those dome-​shaped rooms that is terrifically hot and will make you sweat like a sasquatch at the equator.
There’s also a big room where you can lie around on the floor watching the flat-​screen TVs on the walls.
The baths: The place was about to close by the time we got back down, so I didn’t get to take advantage of the jacuzzi and steam room. There were some other ladies getting massages/​rubs on the far side of the locker room and they looked pretty intensive. I’m okay with being in my birthday suit in a semi-​private area, but I’m not sure if I’d be comfortable getting a scrubbing by some ahjumma in the same situation…
Overall, I’d recommend this place if you have, like, 3 – 5 hours to set aside.

I’ve come here for years — back when I was a wee child with my mom, swimming around the cold plunge bath waiting for my mom to be finished with getting a scrub down. I once came here in college with a tattoo my mom didn’t know about, and having to explain myself while naked on the scrub table with the scrubbing lady trying to scrub my poor little heart off my hip!
I unfortunately don’t visit here unless my mom is in town and jonsing for some Korean sauna action — and I begrudgingly take her here. And yet every time I come I’m always amazed at how great I feel afterwards!
Place is definitely no frills. But as stated, the body scrubs are awesome (when the ladies aren’t trying to scrub off permanent ink), the ladies are brusque yet nice, and I come out squeaky clean! That and it’s awesome for cold winter days when you can’t seem to get warm.
Will definitely be back for another hot soak… it’s so cold out!

I don’t want to give this place a good review for fear that people will start defecting from Spa Castle and crowd up the place. Yes, I am being selfish. Sue me! But seriously, this place is totally amazing.
This spa is exactly what I have been looking for! It is very simple and no frills, but gives you everything you want in a Korean spa/​bathhouse. $ 25 all-​day access to the baths and saunas and then the price goes up depending on what additions you want like body scrubs, massages, etc. I plunked down $ 105 (tax and tip are all included) and spent a good five hours there enjoying the bath and getting a body scrub and massage to die for!
For anyone not used to these types of spas just be aware of what you are getting into. When you walk in, you pay upfront at the counter. I am not sure if they take credit cards or not, but I just paid in cash. If you are female, head to your right and if you are male, go to your left. Once you are in the locker room, take off all of your clothes (yes, ALL OF THEM), grab a towel and head into the bathing area. Now, before you dive into the invitingly huge hot bath… TAKE A SHOWER! You see those stools over there by the low faucets? Sit down and start scrubbing. The amenities are rather sparse here, so if you are fussy about your shampoo and soap, bring your own. Once you are all clean, THEN hop into the huge tub. You can soak, enjoy the steam room or dry sauna, and take a splash in the cold bath as well.
As for the scrub and massage… PERFECT! It is strangely gratifying to see the little balls of dead skin just sloughing off of your body. You will be scrubbed and rubbed by an older Korean woman in her underwear who will probably be rather brusque. Just go with it. When she tells you to flip. You flip. She tells you to wash off. Go wash off. And at the end of the scrubbing, the massage, the shampoo and a fresh cucumber mask (yes, she actually grated a cucumber a few moments before packing it on to my face), you will be squeaky clean and baby butt smooth.
Oh and the snack bar is very yummy and affordable. The kimchee fried rice was MmmmMmmmm good! Leave your inhibitions at the door and enjoy!
Price List:
Entrance Fee — $ 25
Body Scrub — $ 50
Finger Pressure Massage (Deep Tissue) — $ 70
Body Scrub and Beauty Massage (Women Only!) — $ 80