Neighborhood Laundromat, Cleveland Street

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, while folding clothes in Neighborhood Laundromat, a regular noticed an odd humming sound coming from the old dryer cabinet. Curious, he opened it and found nothing but dust and an ancient coin. The coin was rusty and worn, but when he rubbed it absently, a delivery driver suddenly appeared, apologizing for being late. Turned out, the coin was a time capsule from the laundromat’s opening day, granting wishes of delayed packages. From then on, whenever someone wished for their laundry to be done faster, a neighbor would arrive with freshly folded clothes.

2. In the early afternoon, as a delivery driver unloaded boxes near Neighborhood Laundromat, he spied something peculiar on the loading dock—a small wooden box wrapped in old newspaper. Curious, he opened it and found inside an old photo of Cleveland Street from the 1950s. A neighbor passing by asked if he’d discovered a time capsule, prompting laughter among everyone present. Turned out it was just someone’s forgotten keepsake, but the story became a neighborhood legend for years to come.

3. While sorting laundry one day, a regular exclaimed, ‘I swear I just saw someone disappear into thin air!’ Everyone looked around but saw nothing. Suddenly, an irate delivery driver stormed in yelling, 'Someone stole my package!' But when everyone checked the shelves and counters, there was nothing missing except maybe a few socks and underwear. The whole place burst out laughing—turns out nobody had vanished, just the packages and some clean clothes.

4. One night, while hanging wet clothes outside Neighborhood Laundromat, a neighbor heard an eerie voice over the building’s intercom: ‘Your laundry is done… but please come quickly.’ The neighbor ignored it at first, thinking it was just some prank. But when she went inside and found her clothes folded neatly in a pile with a note reading 'Try our new pressing service!', she burst out laughing. Turns out, it had been a delivery driver trying to promote their newly launched premium folding service.