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As we reported last September, Klean & Kleaner, the laundromat at 173 E. Second St. between Avenue A and Avenue B, was on the market for use as a bar or restaurant.
Off and on during the last few months, we heard that the laundromat was closing very soon... On April 30, we thought the end was here. "They were loading trucks all afternoon. Wouldn't let me drop off clothes unless I was ok picking up in '2-3 days' at an undefined location," said one neighbor.
However, they remained open through this past weekend. Staff was there yesterday for customers to pick up their laundry. There was a sign noting that the washers were out of service. (Someone had removed the doors to the washers.)
Meanwhile, EVG Facebook friend Edward Arrocha took these photos in late April. "They are devastated," he said of the staff. "I will miss them."
Word is the landlord is now asking $18,000 a month in rent. As previously reported,
the owners of the Living Room on Ludlow Street were hoping to take over this space,
though the CB3/SLA committee turned down that proposal in May.
Also, this marks the third East Village laundromat to close in the last few months. (
East 10th Street and
East 13rd Street.)

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