CLINTON HILL — She's gone from Chinese food to Swedish massage.
Rebecca Lai, the longtime manager of one of Clinton Hill's most popular Chinese food restaurant, recently opened a spa on Myrtle Avenue offering a range of massage options.
Brownstone Spa specializes in Swedish, Sports, Deep Tissue, Hot Stone and Ashiatsu Back Walk Massage and is run by the neighborhood fixture who, for 22 years, came out from behind the counter at Kum Kau to give stressed out customers short massages.
"I’ve been manager at Kum Kau for a long time and when someone has a nasty attitude and I put my hand on their body, they start to relax so I started to think about it and realized I have the power to make people calm with my hands," she said.
Lai said she has already seen a stream of customers at the spa, which opened Feb. 21, because many people in the neighborhood have known her all their lives.
"I have seen so many customers go from childhood to fatherhood while I have been here," she said.
Lai, 45, was trained in massage and sports therapy at Long Island Jewish Hospital and is licensed.
Brownstone Spa is located at 473A Myrtle Ave. between Washington Avenue and Hall Street and is open daily from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. They are offering 50 percent off for new clients and 10 percent off for seniors, students and teachers.
Prices range from $35 to $110 an hour.
