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Facials are the focus at this customized-skin-care boutique spa.

See the profile of this gym/health club in Brooklyn.

A holistic day spa that opts for nonchalant over luxe.

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Hardly an ecologically-minded institute for anti-aging, this medspa keeps a physician on hand for Botox and Restylane injections.

Brows, bikini lines and acne get whipped into shape at this small, sun-drenched Brooklyn day spa.

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This combination spa-bathhouse-restaurant-bar may be the first decadent relaxation destination right off the BQE.

See the profile of this fitness/yoga studio in Brooklyn.

See the profile of this fitness/yoga studio in Brooklyn.

See the profile of this fitness/yoga studio in Brooklyn.

There’s no blow-drying, and the closest you’ll come to an appointment book is a clipboard sign-up sheet hanging on the wall.

The savvy nose knows best at this innovative Williamsburg fragrance boutique.

Octogenarian Ercole Riccardelli moves slowly, but with his steady hands give the kind of cuts your grandpa would approve of.

The beautiful visual displays at this gift shop and Japanese-inspired hair salon almost upstage the hairstyles.

A host of traditional Chinese medical modalities to cure an array of modern maladies.

This spa specializes in customized ethnic skin care and spiritual enlightenment.

A surprisingly spacious spa in Park Slope feels more Bali than Brooklyn.

A frills-free massage studio touting solid massages and attentive, unhurried service.

A Brooklyn spa for the under-12 set.

There are community-centric programs for teens and toddlers, infant swim classes in the six-lane pool, and pickup basketball games in the gigantic gym.

Williamsburg’s pioneering full-service spa offers mani-pedis, skin care, and body treatments, plus a sweet garden lounge out back.

Israeli-born stylist Dvir Haveshush’s reputation for meticulous highlights and wedding hair draws clients from as far as Connecticut and the outer boroughs.

A basketball court, a heated pool (with baby swim classes), and a disheveled high-school-gym charm.

The therapists at this tarot card shop-turned-spa are so adept at finding and exorcising tension, you’ll swear they’re psychic.