Spin cycle in progress
Spotted one?Report a sign. A blurry phone photo counts.Get the next load
Follow the search and be the first to learn about new clues.
Laundromat, 6914 Fourth Avenue, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, at 69th Street. Self-service and drop off, under a yellow LAUNDROMAT awning.
Status: walls empty, checked in person on 14 November 2026. Documented
Then: Fran Krause, 25 August 2008
The animator Fran Krause posted “Fine Character Design on 4th Avenue” on his blog, Franimation!, on 25 August 2008: a storefront with a LAUNDROMAT sign and seven yellow series signs from inside, HOWDY, NEIGHBOR, CAREFUL NOW!, BE AN ANGEL, THIS COULD BE YOU, DON’T DYE HERE, WE’RE NOT RESPONSIBLE and DID YOU SAY CHANGE? The post gave no address, only 4th Avenue. The blog is gone; the Wayback Machine kept a copy. Documented
How it was found
With no address, Vlad went laundromat by laundromat down Fourth Avenue in Google Street View, 15 to 17 of them. The tell was the building to the right of the 2008 storefront: a pale sided front with a pointed gable. At 6914 the gabled building next door is still there, refaced in white with blue trim. The red brick three story building over the laundromat matches too. Documented
Now
14 November 2026: Vlad went inside. The walls have nothing on them. Documented Where the seven signs went is unknown.
The same seven titles still hang at 8015 20th Avenue, about 15 minutes away, on signs printed with a 718 phone number, so 1984 or later. The day of the visit: I Saw The Sign.
Remember this laundromat, or know where its signs went? Tell me.
Follow the search
Follow the search and be the first to learn about new clues.
Thank you for your response. ✨
An open file on the Laundesigns of Schorr Sign Service, Glendale, Queens. Sign images are faithful digital recreations made from photos of the originals; each sign page links to the record. The recreations were generated with Grok, chosen after comparing image quality across several AI models.
Be First to Comment