Last updated on December 31, 2023
Quietly, without any fanfare, one of Jamaica Plain’s remaining laundromats closed in October.
Clean Getaway Laundry was at 546 Centre St., and that leaves four remaining self-serve laundromats in JP.
- Rossmore Laundry (7 Rossmore Road)
- Jamaica Plain Laundry Centre (410 Centre St.)
- Jackson Square Laundromat (270 Centre St.)
- Laundrymates (178 Heath St.)
There used to be more laundromats in Jamaica Plain.
You can still bring your clothes to get laundered at several of those locations, and a few other places — American Dry Cleaners (777 Centre St.), Centre Cleaners (608 Centre St.), Classic Cleaners (650 Centre St.), J & P Dry Cleaners (300 Centre St.), and Green Laundromat (266 Hyde Park Ave.).
There used to be a small laundromat at the bottom of Woodlawn Street across from the Forest Hills MBTA station. When that left more than a decade ago, it made the closest laundromat either Rossmore Laundry, or head down Hyde Park Avenue into Roslindale.
There used to be a laundromat on South Street near Happy Liquors, but that closed more than a decade ago.
One can surmise why laundromats have closed. Newer buildings have in-building or in-unit laundry, businesses weren’t making money, rents got too high, or business owners wanted to get out of the biz.