La Blanquita Laundromat

This place sucks and used to be great. When they originally switched owners prices went down and overall the service was better.
That being said — whomever they have hired recently has no idea how to properly use detergent. 90% of my shirts now have detergent stains on them when I pick up my laundry (I use wash and fold).
I know wash and fold isn’t supposed to be 100% as you’re trusting someone else to wash your clothing — but for the better part of a year this place did a fantastic job and now I can’t go here anymore without worrying about my clothes getting ruined and having to handwash them. If I’m paying you to wash my laundry — I expect you at the very least not to stain everything I own.
PS — anyone else having the same issue — you can handwash the stains with dishwashing soap (yup, dish soap) and it will remove those detergent stains like a charm. Hope that helps anyone else with the same issue.

Horrible wash and fold service. The women that works during the day is incredibly rude and hostile. I’ve had to refold my laundry and one time I had to re-​wash it because it was so wrinkled. Missing clothes, replaced with a very large man’s plastisol printed graphic shirt (XXL).
Side note: drop off service used to be AMAZING here. Anyone know where the women that used to work here went (Kaity and Isabelle). Not only did they do an amazing job they were both friendly.

Lots to say about this place… Where do I begin?
Well, ever since the management changed around the summer or so, their drop off service became cheaper than that of Clean City towards Bushwick and Myrtle… for a while until one day I go for a pickup and I was told, «…they were accidentally charging customers using kg instead of lbs…», but it’s still relatively cheaper.
With the new staff, good luck trying to speak to anyone if you’re having issues as there seems to never be anyone able to speak english until the night. However, beware if you’re doing drop offs at nights and if your drawers are funky because the little Latina will be sure to spread your business.
Latina Woman (LW): [To me and I don’t even know why I looked like I cared to know this…] «Here comes that trouble maker…»
Me: [Uninterested yet confused] «???»
LW: «This girl coming in. She always has something to complain about…»
Me: [Still uninterested] «Oh???»
[The woman arrives yet LW still goes on knowing she doesn’t know what we’re talking about]
LW: «Yes, always want to make a big fuss about things but always has nasty, stinky, smelly underwear and expects them to smell like new.»
Me: [Wtf? I don’t care about panty problems] «Oh okay… Well, if that’s everything, I’ll be going now.»
Additionally, I don’t think they ensure that your clothes are dry before packing it away as I’ve gotten damp things that can mildew as I don’t pick up my clothes the very next day.

This laundry mat just changed hands and now it’s un-​useable. The carts are covered in dust which gets your clothing dirty. I just spend three hours doing one load of laundry because two of the machines I put my clothing in broke during use. Never going here again.

Edit:
This place is now called Mermaid Laundromat — changed ownership. Now open ²⁴⁄₇. The prices are not bad (at least compared to Manhattan) — I usually spend $ 8 – 10 for two weeks of clothes for one person. I’ve always been able to find an open machine in the size that I want, at any given date/​time. Drop-​off is about 1.5x the cost of DIY (~60¢/lb). Dry cleaning takes a while but I haven’t had any problems.
There are usually noisy kids there, and broken machines, and overworked employees. Pretty par for the course, laundromatically speaking.
CASH ONLY, no credit cards for any services. There are change machines inside.
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Old review:
I don’t do drop off, but I use their machines (most of which run fine). Moderate price, long open hours, working coin machines, it’s all good!
They have recently stopped doing dry cleaning, though. Too bad.

La Blanquita has gotten much, much better. the two ladies that I see there every day are VERY good. they are attentive, kind, and keep the place running smoothly. I NEVER have problems with drop off anymore, (I still dont give them socks, just in case) The people that used to work there were young, guys, inattentive. no wonder my laundry got ruined. these ladies are like moms.

Half the machines in this place are broken so you have to go all the way to the back of the laundromat to find an empty/​functioning machine.
20 quarters for a giant ($ 5.00)
16 quarters for triple ($ 4.00)
8 quarters for a double ($ 2.00)
Looks like if you do the math, you should use 2 doubles instead of 1 triple if you have a lot of laundry to do.
I just dropped off a suit jacket for dry cleaning and it’s supposed to be ready within 24 hours, but the lady just told me to come by Sunday. I didn’t bother bringing up with her because she seemed pretty busy helping some other customer fix a broken machine. There only seems to be 2 people surveilling the premise, but most patrons don’t interact with them much anyways.
It’s not the most exciting place to do laundry, but who’s coming to a laundromat to have fun?

It’s not the cleanest laundromat (well maybe it’s clean, but it doesn’t look or feel clean). I didn’t interact with any of the staff so I can’t comment on that, but I will say that when I was there all the machines were working and i got done what i needed to do so I can’t give them lower than 3.

My review is based solely on drop-​off services:
I’ve been using La Blanquita for about 6 months now and honestly it’s one of the best laundry drop-​off and pick up services I’ve ever used!
They have never lost any of my clothing, my clothes are perfectly washed and dried, and folded in a manner that leaves me clueless how they do it!
I just graduated from college and am in transition mode so I really don’t have time for the all-​day process that laundry can turn out to be, that is where La Blanquita has saved me over and over.
I’m VERY happy with their services, I’m sorry so many of you haven’t had a great time with their services. My only recommendation is to try the drop off and discover a whole other side to La Blanquita!

I stopped going here a year ago because I kept magically losing rather cute articles of clothing doing drop off and the employees were extremely rude. I finally went back due to a bed bug scare at my now usual laundromat only to regret my decision yet again. The laundry wasn’t done when it was supposed to be (which was days longer than I usually have to wait at my other laundromat). And when I finally took it home? Yeah, all twenty socks in my laundry were slupped into a plasitic bag and not folded-​really? Maybe she was stoned-​i dunno– Is this the new trend? I’m not sure what I’m supposed to be paying for if only half of my laundry is done… I thought that was the point of drop-​off anyway…

I’m wondering how people knew that the hot water wasn’t working. On the machine it says if you choose the hot cycle, the 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd rinse are with cold water. Are you checking mid cycle or?
On the plus side, I found the place to be fairly spacious and pretty clean. There’s another little laundry place a block over but all the machines were occupied and it was a bit cramped, though the guy who worked there seemed very nice.
I had no interaction here with employees, which was what essentially turned me off from another place, megalaundromat where they wouldn’t refund me a lost dollar.
Will my journey to find a decent laundromat end here? Maybe.
But the other reviews about people’s bad experiences are enough to make me want to continue my search a bit longer.
There’s a few arcade games and snack machines. Good that it’s across the street from the grocery store. There’s one TV, but it’s in Spanish.
Also, the bathroom was out of service.
But it wasn’t too crowded and it wasn’t a bad experience.

I went here in the aftermath of the blizzard last month, since it was too far to go to my preferred laundromat (the one down on Central down by Myrtle/​Broadway). The drop-​off service iwas really awful. When i dropped it off, I was ignored for 5 minutes (it wasn’t busy), and they were pretty rude when they finally interacted with me, despite me trying my best to be friendly. When I came back at the time they said it would be ready, they told me I had to wait three more hours… which normally wouldn’t be a big deal, but I had a flight to catch and they had nearly all of my clothes. I told them this and then they said my clothes were in the dryer and they’d be ready in and hour. I thanked them, came back an hour later, got my folded clothes. When I got them home, most of them discolored or SHRUNK and I’m fairly certain they disposed of whatever they did to one of my favorite pairs of socks. :(

Fix your machines and lower your prices, lazy punks. On the plus side, much less crowded than Young Kim, making for a less-​stressful visit.

Machines are still half broken with extremely rude employees. There are much better places on Wilson one avenue north.

Super expensive because they know they don’t have any real competition in the neighborhood. The only other laundry matt with a somewhat cheaper price is a block down the street and its always packed. «La Blanquita» always has tons of broken down machines and dryers that sometimes work. I wouldn’t do laundry here if i had a choice…