On November 9, a three-alarm fire tore through Manhattan Avenue buildings near Huron Street. The fire started in the apartments above M&W Laundromat (995 Manhattan Ave.), a Greenpoint mainstay that was opened in 1992 by Miriam Carballo.
Thankfully, no one was injured, but, the fire caused significant damage to the laundromat and apartments in the building, leaving residents without homes and the M&W staff without wages as the laundromat was forced to close indefinitely.
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