Photo by Stephen Galiczynski [@stevegski]
An early morning fire caused extensive damage to the first floor retail space of an Upper West Side apartment building.
Manhattan *10-75* Box 1136
224 W 82nd St off Broadway
FIRE 1ST FLOOR— NYCFireWire (@NYCFireWire) February 7, 2025
FDNY officials say they received a call at 6:04 a.m. Friday about a first floor fire at 224 West 82nd Street (between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue), a four story building with a laundromat on its ground floor (New Westside Cleaners).
A total of 12 units and 60 fire and EMS personnel showed up to the scene of the fire, which was deemed under control at 6:36 p.m.
Fire marshals are currently investigating the cause of the incident. No injuries were reported.
UPDATE: On Feb. 13, this sign was posted at the laundromat (photo by @discoverupperwestside):
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Wow! While I haven’t been there for a while, this was my regular laundromat for decades. Sorry they went through this. I hope they will be able to re-open.