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L.A. Fitness on Richmond Ave. near Gurley Ave. in Eltingville, Staten Island.
L.A. Fitness on Richmond Ave. near Gurley Ave. in Eltingville, Staten Island. (Google Maps)
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A 70-year-old man was found dead in a sauna at a Staten Island LA Fitness gym early Thursday, police said.

Police were called to the popular chain’s gym on Richmond Ave. near Gurley Ave. in Eltingville about 5 a.m. after the man was found dead in the sauna. The gym opens at 5 a.m.

The man’s name has not been released.

Managers closed the gym for the day at 5:30 a.m., a special announcement on the branch’s website shows.

An autopsy has been slated to determine how the man died.