Toka Salon

Toka Salon — the city’s most raved-about namesake — sits above street-level ambition; the real action climbs to the 5th and 6th floors at 601 Madison Ave. Hair transformations start where Madison’s morning flow drops off and the Midtown crowd spills in.

Floors five and six open quietly into a single, big-top space. Highlights? Precision cuts and bouncy blowouts share the floor with hand-tied balayage and glossy root smudging. Men’s clipper blends and skin-fade fades trade places with silk-press waves for longer hair days. Coloring runs the gamut: gloss-only toners, peekaboo foils, and full-base hue shifts. Teen trims and first-color sessions slot in before the lunch-hour rush.

Add contact info once near the end: call (212) 517-5133. Parking headaches vanish on weekends; weekday traffic is that Manhattan pulse you already know.

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