60th Street Bathhouse Pool

1906 - present

By 1906, New York City had six free municipal-run public bathhouses operating throughout Manhattan. The seventh, at 232 West 60th Street—in a rough tenement enclave between 10th and 11th Avenues—formally opened its doors in June of that year. Today, the building still stands, surrounded in its original glory and surrounded by modern high-rise architecture.

An in-door view of the pool
An old picture of a boxy brick building
A brown-bricked building with the words "Public Bath City of New York" written into the top of the building.
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Details

Category
Other
Audience
All Ages

Location

  • 232 W 60th St, New York, NY 10023, USA
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References

  1. https://michaelminn.net/newyork/research/public-baths/west-60th/index.html
  2. https://iiif-prod.nypl.org/index.php?id=5221513&t=g
  3. http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2017/01/the-west-60th-street-interior-baths-no.html
  4. https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2022/12/05/when-a-public-bathhouse-opened-on-west-60th-street/