Manhattan · NYC landmark
Asser Levy Public Baths
392 Asser Levy Place · Manhattan, New York City
A former municipal bathhouse whose paired entrances and water-themed sculpture explain an important public-health service.
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NYFE Summary
The city built public baths for residents whose crowded tenement homes lacked places to wash. Separate entrances led men and women into a building that combined showers, dressing rooms and a swimming pool.
Pairs of columns frame the entrances. Between them is a fountain niche with a shell above it, while carved stone bands suggest falling water. The old Free Public Baths inscription still explains the building's original purpose.
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