Metropolitan Cleaners

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At midnight, when the streets were quiet and the city slept, a voice crackled over Metropolitan Cleaners’ intercom: ‘Your clothes are waiting for you… in the freezer.’ A delivery driver once asked if his shirts could wait until morning. The next day he found them neatly folded—and completely frozen solid. His colleagues teased him endlessly about it, but he insisted it was worth it for the crispness.

2. In the early hours of every Tuesday morning, a mysterious figure would emerge from behind Metropolitan Cleaners' closed doors. ‘Where does that ghostly shadow come from?’ wondered the night watchman. The figure turned out to be just an overzealous a neighbor, who mistook the cleaners’ early closing for a late-night party. He was frantically trying to hide his laundry before anyone noticed it wasn’t supposed to be there. The night watchman chuckled and waved him inside, saying, 'Welcome to Metropolitan Cleaners—we’re always open for friendly neighbors!'

3. At dawn one day, a delivery driver pulled up outside Metropolitan Cleaners and noticed something odd. The sign above the door read ‘Open,’ but no lights were on inside. Curious, he opened the door—a cool breeze wafted out, carrying the scent of freshly cleaned clothes. Inside, everything was spotless, except for a small note on the counter: 'Out back, sorting laundry—be right with you!' A voice called from behind, and there stood an elderly gentleman in a crisp uniform, waving cheerfully. The delivery driver laughed, realizing it must be a neighbor pulling his leg. 'Never again so early,' he muttered, shaking his head.}

4. At dawn one day, a delivery driver pulled up outside Metropolitan Cleaners and noticed an odd smell wafting from the open door. Curious, he peered inside—and found rows upon rows of freshly cleaned shirts standing upright, each one wearing a tiny paper hat. Upon closer inspection, the driver saw that every shirt’s little paper hat had a different color and design—some were striped, others checked or polka-dotted. Confused but amused, he took a few photos and posted them online. Word spread quickly, and soon neighbors started dropping off their clothes with specific requests for unique hats. Metropolitan Cleaners became known as much for its quirky service as for impeccable dry cleaning.