The new laundromat on Fifth Avenue in the Slope near Union Street is open, and local blogger Kristen Haas files a review for GL:

The signs have been there FOREVER and now finally the Laundromat on 5th Avenue b/t Union and Sackett opened! I had to go this past Saturday, it was too tempting. I normally go to the disgusting Atlantis Center on Atlantic & Nevins. I’ve actually seen roaches in the machines. Ick. I was excited for brand new sparkling machines and clean floors!!! Some machines looked new. The dryers, however, looked very used and some of them (on the left wall) did not dry very well at all. The floors were clean and it was only semi-hot in there. Unfortunately, there wasn’t much folding space or seating to wait. They tell you not to leave your laundry unattended, but the place started to fill up a bit and there was really nowhere to stand, so we went outside for a bit. People were very territorial over their folding spaces. (There were only 2 plastic folding tables and one was inhabited by the woman who works there.) Even if they weren’t folding, they were “holding it” for when their dryers were done and not very nice about sharing. We had to pack up our stuff and head home to pack, plus we had to leave a load there (still soaked b/c of one of the dryers we used) and go back for it 20 minutes later. It was a little bit of a hassle overall, but it’s good to see something opening instead of closing in this hood.