Norman Avenue Laundry has been separating, washing, unloading, drying, loading, folding and occasionally eating socks in Greenpoint for over 35 years. If you have more than 22 pounds of laundry and think your time is worth at least $2.50 an hour, it is cheaper to drop it off and have it done than it is to do it yourself. Assuming they use Wisk™, this is probably the best deal in Brooklyn. NOTE: They no longer fold G-strings.
NOTE: They no longer fold G-strings.
Well, someone's gotta ask: How do you know?
Look at the second image (the pricing sheet)—just above the the "DROP OFF" there is a typed note that says...
Damn. Y'know I thought I had checked all the fine print, but I guess I was so taken with the little Drop Your Pants sign I missed it. Not the fun story I was hoping for, alas. Nice pages btw; I am particularly struck by the mix of color and old industrial goods, the lines and repeated objects. Been curious about the photo blog since it was announced in the migration to kinja and am looking forward seeing more.
My beautiful launderette!
Do you do your own or do you drop it off?
I love pictures of laundries and laundromats. I don't know why. But I do.
I like!
Thanks!
Want to show your math for the "cheaper than doing it yourself" comment? A 25 lb capacity washer at a laundromat is 2.75 usually. Those take about 30 minutes. Split that load into two dryers for 36 minutes each, which at this laundromat would be $2.50 total. So $6.25 total and roughly 70 minutes of your time. Add MAYBE 20 minutes for folding at home. That's less than an hour and half total. Compared to the (cheap for NY!) $21.50 this place charges for drop off service (which requires TWO trips over TWO days to complete).
I'm really anti drop-off.
