Forest+Park+Laundromat

The Forest Park Laundromat is located at 80-42 Jamaica Avenue at the intersection of Forest Parkway and Jamaica Avenue.



In the 1940s this is what this double lot looked like. The first structure (the little white shack) occupied the space next door. The right-hand side of the Laundromat was occupied by a store named "Graders" but it is unclear what type of business this was.



Here is another image of the same stretch of Jamaica Avenue. If you look at the other storefront (near the two ladies) it almost appears that there is a washing machine in the window. Could it have been a Laundromat in the 1940's as well? Also note in the picture above and below that you can see the stairs going up to the elevated platform of the train station. The entrance to the train station at this end of the Forest Parkway stop has long been closed.



In the 1970s the right hand side of this double lot was occupied by Betts & Bobbs Gift & Smoke Shop. This advertisement came from a P.S. 60 Annual from 1975.




 * Lot Numbers: 8919-14 and 8919-15**

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