Greenpoint Laundromat

This is a fine laundromat. Regular-​sized washers are $ 2 and dryers cost a quarter for six minutes.
I’ve done wash-​and-​fold a few times here and they’ve been pretty prompt, having my clothes ready in the evening if I drop off in the morning.
I’ve always found the staff friendly here. The only annoyance is that they don’t have change machines, but the staff will change your bills.

Wow, such haters, haha. It’s a laundromat people! Most of the bad reviews are from people that did drop off. If you’re doing your own, it’s totally adequate. $ 2.25 normal load wash, $ 1.50 for dry (quarter for every 8 min I think it was). $ 3.75 for large load wash (blankets, comforter size).
Bring your own detergent, softener obviously. They have baskets, folding table, lady will give you all the quarters you need. Shayz bar is next door and word, the bookstore is just a block up, good coffee across the street. So there are things around. What’s to complain about?
No, it’s not super new. No, it’s not super hipster (no stumptown coffee, draft beer, comedy shows or live music). No, the staff is super swanky — they’re some old Asian ladies. But if you just want to do laundry, it’s straight.

This place sucks. The people that work there are rude, especially the asian lady. At first I had no problems as I mostly dropped off my laundry. When coming in and dropping off your laundry they almost seem mad that your giving them more laundry to do. I didn’t think anything of it and didn’t care as long as my clothes were cleaned and folded without any issues.
After a few months of leaving my laundry there I started to notice things missing from my laundry. A shirt here and some boxers there. I thought that maybe they were under my bed or my dog was creating a secret stash of clothes in my apartment. As it started to happen more frequently I went home and literally pulled out every single piece of clothing I had as well as going through my dog’s stash of goods. I didn’t find the missing clothing. I decided to give the place one last chance due to the convenience of their location. And boy did I regret that. I had two pairs of jeans missing from my laundry when I went to pick my laundry up. I was pretty pissed off. When I find a pair of jeans that fit I usually buy two pair and wear them that season while giving away my old ones to charity. After the laundromat stole my jeans I had to go out and purchase two new pairs of jeans. Unless my dog has a good eye for fashion and is wearing my clothing this laundromat seems to enjoy stealing other people’s laundry. I confronted them thinking that maybe they had put them aside to dry and just forgot to put them in my bag… but they denied ever seeing the jeans.
Recently I went there because I needed to do a quick load of laundry before a early morning flight the next day. Knowing from experience at this place I was going to do my own laundry. The last wash is at 7 so I showed up 5 minutes before. I wasn’t but 5 steps in the building before the asian lady snapped at me telling me it was too late. I tried to explain to her about my need to do it tonight because of my flight in the morning but she didn’t care. I don’t know if she is the owner or not but if she isn’t I think the owner could probably find someone more enthusiastic to have a job and less of a klepto.
I’ll never go here again.

Only drop off your laundry for wash and fold if you’re prepared to lose all your favorite underwear. No joke.
I came here for maybe 4 months to do my own washing with no issues. The women who work there weren’t friendly, but weren’t rude either-​mostly indifferent. I didn’t have any problem with the machines malfunctioning, or the laundromat being dirty-​everything was fine.
So I dropped off my clothes for service. They were nicely folded and still warm when I picked them up. Amazing. And the price was reasonable. Why hadn’t I been doing drop off for the 5 years I’d been living in Brooklyn previously?
I get home with my clothes and find I’m missing panties. 2 or 3 pairs. Nice panties. Lingerie. My favorite pairs.
Maybe they were lost under my bed or in the back of the closet. I dropped off my laundry again. Same story. More panties missing. So I took every piece of clothing I owned. Cleaned out my hamper and my dresser, and when I got to the bottom, the panties were nowhere to be found.
So I’m back to doing my own wash, keeping close count on my clothes. But my roommate still does drop off, and has been having the same issue with this laundromat in the last few weeks.
Kinda sketchy. Who steals panties at a wash and fold?

I’ve been dropping off our laundry for months now and have had no major problems. However, sometimes they try to overcharge, act like they don’t understand English, or leave an oil spot on my expensive pillowcases :(
Trust me, they understand English.

** TRUE STORY ALERT **
Maybe there should be a low threshold for «Starring» an establishment that can only reasonably be what it appears to be — namely, a cheap local laundromat. I’m still only giving this place one star.
About three weeks ago I was nearly claimed by one of the dryers with the assistance of the older woman who seems to always be there. Not a joke.
I was placing my clothes into a dryer close to the door when the lady-​o-​laundomat came over to fix Dryer #2. Above each dryer you’ll notice there’s a hatch that, when lifted, exposes the motor. There’s a 2ft rod that is used to prop open this hatch allowing hands-​free access to the motor much like you see on the hood of a car.
So, while Dryer #2 is STILL RUNNING, lady-​o-​laundromat props open the hatch and stands there staring at the motor possibly trying to will it to work properly while machine clunks like its filled with shoes. She walks away.
About 30 seconds later the hatch bounces sending the metal rod into the motor of the dryer and in turn causing the rod to SHOOT OUT less than a foot from my head. The thing had enough velocity to hit the opposite wall above the washing machines and was close enough to my head to make me start shaking from adrenaline.
Lady-​O-​Laundromat just stared at me — or more accurately through me — and didn’t say a word. (Possibly because, as other posters have mentioned, she doesn’t speak English.) I wasn’t injured but was pretty freaked out (and I don’t really spook easily.) The lowest expectation would be feigning an apology… anything. Nope.
Take your laundry to the place on the corner of Manhattan and Milton.

We get wash and fold here pretty regularly and they always do a nice job, well folded, etc. No problems with lost stuff, other peoples socks in our laundry or weird colors popping up.
I sometimes do self-​service here, and yeah, it’s small, but it’s clean enough, due to the watchful eyes of the laundry lady.
She can be a little gruff, but I’ve often gotten smiles from her. It’s a language thing, I think.
No complaints at all here, and been going here for a year.

Perhaps we all need to adjust our expectations of laundromats. I’m not sure if there’s a way to make the experience enjoyable. The whole thing is, by definition, kind of a bitch. All we can ask is that it goes relatively smoothly. And I have never had any problems at this place. I put my quarters in, and the machines wash and dry my clothes. As for the attendants: they are not there to be our bffs. I find that, while not exactly chatty and effusive, they are responsive and not unfriendly. They have always been perfectly cordial to me while dispensing quarters. If they see I am waiting for a dryer, they will come move along the absent person’s stuff when the time is up, and if they don’t see me waiting, they’ll move it along when I ask them to. One time my dryer went cold and I didn’t realize it for a long time, and the lady there that day gave me back all the quarters I’d put in – and she took my word on how many. I don’t know about y’all, but I’ll take a gruff-​but-​decent laundromat lady over a snotty hipster Brooklyn Label waitress any day of the week!
In short, this is a perfectly okay place to do your laundry. I am not suggesting anybody make a pilgrimage or anything, but if you live in the neighborhood…

eh, it’s a laundromat, not a spa. are there better? sure. but i just don’t want to lug my clothes further than i have to. so until i get one of those roller basket things, this where i’ll wash my drawers.
by the way, nothing the previous reviewers have said is false. so, you’ve been warned.

This laundromat is so convenient that I always come here even though I don’t like to.
Blondie M. is totally on track with everything she said. There’s quite a «laundry list» of things you can’t do, wash or use (sorry, couldn’t resist the terrible pun). And I always make sure I have enough quarters before I go because I hate getting them angrily slammed on the counter in front of me.
If you do come here, make sure you do your own wash. I had them do mine maybe one time and they washed all my clothes with a PEN. Instead of telling me what had happened upfront, they waited for me to come back and complain about my inky clothes before saying that it was MY fault for leaving a pen in the wash. I asked her to show me the pen to prove it and guess what? They said they couldn’t find it. They still wouldn’t own up! No apologies or anything!
If you must come here, do your own wash.
Oh, and make sure you’re there when the washer is done.
Last wash is at 7, but don’t worry, they will angrily remind you of that anytime you show up, and if you come at 6:55 there’s a good chance they’ll send you away.

I can’t believe I’m Unilocaling about a laundromat and I can’t believe you’re reading it. But damn it, if you gotta wash yer socks, might as well not hate the entire experience anymore than you have to.
It’s hard to hate on small business cause they are the only thing between us and a Walmart Laudromat. But this one…
It’s small, hot and most of the machines are being used right now. The owner of this tiny little laundromat is rude, openly unhelpful, and downright angry. Greenpoint is clearly pissing her off, as indicated by the signs covering the walls telling you every single thing you can’t do in this place. Maybe she just needs some hot sex? Who knows? My asking her politely for a few quarters’ change may send her on a killing spree or just result in the usual dirty look and long sigh. However as more time goes by, I am ⁶⁰⁄₄₀ leaning toward the spree.