Russian & Turkish Baths
bathhouse in Manhattan, New York City
The Russian & Turkish Baths are a bathhouse in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.
The Russian & Turkish Baths are run on alternate weeks by the two owners, Boris Tuberman and David Shapiro. There are differences between the "Boris weeks" and "David weeks" in that the "David weeks" have digital swipe passes for admission while the "Boris weeks" are more old-school. As of 2024, the businesses are still run separately, with one currently run by Boris' grandson, Julius Tuberman-Solon, and the other by David's sons, Dmitry and Jack.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 7, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q126083365. Authority coordinates are 40.728, -73.984. None of the 3 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2024.
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