Wash and Fold: Upper East Side and Upper West Side Pickup and Delivery
Fold NY’s wash and fold Upper East Side and Upper West Side service comes with free pickup and delivery by our own drivers. Book a pickup, hand off your bag, and get it back washed, dried and neatly folded, usually the next day. No basement laundry room, no waiting for a free dryer, no hauling a cart down Lexington or Amsterdam.
Here’s how we’re different: Fold NY is a real laundromat at 53-25 Metropolitan Ave in Ridgewood, Queens. Your uptown laundry is brought to that store, washed there by our own team and driven back to you. We never outsource it, so you always know who is handling your clothes.
Uptown Living, Downstairs Laundry
The Upper East and Upper West Sides have some of the most handsome housing in the city, and a lot of it predates the idea of a washer in every apartment. On the side streets you’ll find brownstones split into floor-through units. Along West End Avenue, Riverside Drive and Park Avenue, prewar co-ops tend to have one shared laundry room in the basement. Farther east in Yorkville, between Second Avenue and York, the blocks are full of walk-ups where the nearest machine is down the street. Even many postwar doorman rentals rely on a shared room that’s packed every weekend.
Uptown households are busy, too. Parents juggling school drop-offs, professionals commuting to Midtown, retirees who would rather spend the morning in Central Park or Riverside Park than in a laundry room: pickup and delivery gives everyone that time back. Set up a recurring pickup once and your week has one less chore in it.
Why Uptown Customers Choose Fold NY
Our laundromat, our drivers, our team
We’re not an app that brokers your order to an anonymous facility. We own the laundromat and employ the drivers, and your wash and fold is processed in our Ridgewood store from start to finish. That keeps quality consistent from one week to the next.
Ozone sanitizing in every load
Every load is washed with ozone, a natural sanitizer that helps remove bacteria, odors and allergens. It’s especially welcome for kids’ clothes, towels and bedding. Because ozone does much of the work, we use fewer harsh chemicals, a low-chemical approach that’s gentler on fabric. Read more about ozone wash laundry delivery.
Preferences that stick
Choose hypoallergenic or fragrance-free detergent, cold wash, or hang-dry for sweaters and delicates. Save those preferences in your account and every order follows them automatically, whether you book once or every week.
Room for the big stuff
Down comforters, duvets and oversized bedding rarely fit the machines in a building laundry room. Our large 80 lb commercial washers handle them properly.
Proudly independent
Fold NY is a Black-owned, women-owned New York laundromat, not a national chain.
Services for the Upper East Side and Upper West Side
- Next-day wash and fold: everyday laundry picked up, ozone-washed, dried, folded and returned, typically the next day.
- Same-day laundry: available in selected ZIP codes. Pickup 9AM–12PM, returned 7–9PM. Your address will show whether it’s available when you book.
- Green dry cleaning: suits, cashmere, silk, formalwear and anything labeled dry clean only. Perc-free, eco-friendly solvents, inspected and hand-finished, with pickup and delivery. Typical turnaround is two days, and rush is available on request. Wedding gowns start at $200.
- Commercial laundry: for uptown salons, spas, gyms, restaurants and property managers. Custom pickup and delivery schedules, ozone sanitizing, and a facility that handles thousands of pounds per day.
How It Works
1. Schedule your pickup. Book at foldny.com or in the Fold NY app. Pick a single pickup or set up repeat pickups.
2. We wash and fold it. Our driver brings your laundry to our Ridgewood laundromat, where it’s ozone-washed, dried and folded according to your saved preferences.
3. It comes back to you. Our driver delivers your clean laundry, usually the next day. Follow your order’s progress in the app.
Upper East and West Side Laundry Pricing
- Next-day wash and fold: $1.75 per pound, pickup and delivery included.
- Same-day wash and fold: $3.95 per pound in selected ZIP codes (pickup 9AM–12PM, returned 7–9PM).
- First delivery order: 20% off, applied automatically.
- Businesses: custom commercial pricing.
Full rates are listed on our prices page.
Upper East Side Service Area
We pick up across the Upper East Side, including Lenox Hill, Yorkville and Carnegie Hill, roughly from East 59th Street up to East 96th Street and from Fifth Avenue to the East River.
- ZIP codes: 10021, 10028, 10065, 10075 and 10128.
- Avenues: Madison, Park, Lexington, Third, Second, First, York and East End Avenue.
- Landmarks nearby: Carl Schurz Park, the Museum Mile stretch of Fifth Avenue and East 86th Street’s shopping strip.
- Subway: the 4, 5 and 6 on Lexington Avenue and the Q on Second Avenue at 72nd, 86th and 96th Streets.
Upper West Side Service Area
Across the park, we cover the Upper West Side from Lincoln Square up through the West 100s, between Central Park West and Riverside Drive.
- ZIP codes: 10023, 10024 and 10025.
- Avenues and streets: Central Park West, Columbus, Amsterdam, Broadway, West End Avenue and Riverside Drive.
- Landmarks nearby: Riverside Park, the American Museum of Natural History and the Broadway food shops around West 80th Street.
- Subway: the 1, 2 and 3 on Broadway and the B and C along Central Park West.
Live somewhere else in Manhattan? We cover the whole borough. See our wash and fold Manhattan page for more neighborhoods.
Our Store in Ridgewood
Every pickup ends up at our walk-in laundromat on Metropolitan Avenue in Ridgewood, Queens, open daily from 6AM to 10PM with self-service washers and dryers and drop-off wash and fold at the counter. Next door, ECB at 53-23 Metropolitan Ave serves food, coffee, cocktails and natural wine. You can reach us at (718) 417-6781.
Upper East Side Wash and Fold — Frequently Asked Questions
Do you deliver wash and fold to both the Upper East Side and Upper West Side?
Yes. Fold NY offers free pickup and delivery on both sides of Central Park, along with the rest of Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens.
How much is wash and fold on the Upper East Side?
Next-day wash and fold is $1.75 per pound, with pickup and delivery included. Same-day is $3.95 per pound in selected ZIP codes. First delivery orders get 20% off automatically.
Where do you wash my clothes?
At our own laundromat at 53-25 Metropolitan Ave in Ridgewood, Queens. Our drivers bring your laundry there and back, and we never outsource wash and fold.
Can I set up a weekly pickup?
Yes. In the Fold NY app or at foldny.com you can schedule single or repeat pickups and track each order.
Do you offer hypoallergenic or fragrance-free detergent?
Yes. Both are available, and you can save that choice, along with cold wash or hang-dry preferences, in your account.
Can you clean delicate or dry-clean-only items too?
Yes. Our green dry cleaning uses perc-free, eco-friendly solvents, and each item is inspected and hand-finished. It typically takes two days, with rush on request.
