Dry cleaner sites are one of the leading categories of sites that have been placed on the New York superfund list which is formally known as the Registry of Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites (Registry). Over 2600 dry cleaners currently operate in NY and the NYSDEC believes that over 1,000 may be contaminated. However that estimate may be low since studies have suggested that 75% to 90% of dry cleaners nationally have had releases of PCE into the environment.
The leading causes of contamination from dry cleaners is discharges of contaminated wastewater into on-site septic systems or public sewers. Another common source of contamination is contaminated runoff from spills from exterior drums or waste disposed into dumpsters that drains into on-site drywells or stormwater catch basins.
The numbers within the parenthesis after the site name is the site code assigned for the particular site. Unless otherwise indicated, the sites are designated as Class 2 Sites on the Registry. The second parenthesis identifies the contamination pathway if that information is available from the public database. The term “UIC” means the “Underground Injection Control” well program. Where “UIC” appears, it means the contamination occured because of wastewater discharges to septic systems or cesspool structures.
For more information about the individual site, you can click on the NYSDEC Environmental Remediation Database here and enter the side code or other identifying information.
This list is updated periodically.
Region 1 (Long Island)
- Arba Dry Cleaners (130062-VI Legacy)
- Active Industrial Uniform (152125)-
- American Drive-In Cleaners (130049-Class 4)(UIC)
- American Drive-In Cleaner (130186)(UIC)
- Americana Laundromat & Dry Cleaners (152208)(UIC)
- Bayville Village Cleaners (V00220-A)
- Beau Brummel Cleaners (152211)(UIC)
- Busy Bee Cleaners (130094-Class N)
- Carillon Dry Cleaners (Class A)
- Chez Valet Cleaners (130169)
- Cleanland Drive-In Cleaners (130070)(unfinished basement)-
- Country Cleaners (152187)
- Elks Plaza (130193)
- Eugene’s Dry Cleaners (152157-Class 4)(sump)
- Farmingdale Plaza Cleaners (130107)
- Fashion Cleaners (130170)
- Franklin Cleaners/laundromat (130050-Class 4)
- Fresh & Clean Dry Cleaners (130111)(leach pools)
- Garden City Park Well 6 Dry Cleaner Study Area (130189-Class N)
- GEM Cleaners (130082)(floor drain to sewer)
- Gent Uniform Rental (130056)(UIC)
- Gentle As a Lamb (130060-Class 4)(UIC)
- Grove Cleaners (130059-Class C)(dry wells)
- Hicksville Area Dry Cleaner Plume (Class N)
- HIP Cleaners (Rochdale Village Mall #2)( C241166)
- Izzy’s Dry Cleaner (130200-Class P)
- Imperial Cleaners (V00244-Class A)
- Jim Jam Cleaners (130114-Class C)(leaching pool)
- Jimmy’s Dry Cleaners (130080)
- JS Rochdale Cleaners (Rochdale Village Mall #1)(C241165)
- King’s Park Cleaners (152168-Class N)
- Laundry Palace/Love Cleaners (130187)(UIC)
- MayFlower Cleaners (130068)(dry wells)
- Melody Cleaners (V00347-Class A)(dry wells)
- Minuteman Cleaners (BCP-C130157)
- Minuteman Cleaners/Vermont Cleaners (130065)(leaching pools)
- Mom’s Cleaners (152184)(UIC)
- Morton Village Cleaners (130201)(sump)
- Munsey Cleaners (130081)(dirt basement and sump)
- Nassau Uniform Rental (130063)(solvent tank)
- North Country Cleaners (152165-Class N)
- Oser Ave (152162)(UIC)
- Quick & Clean Cleaners (130198)
- Polo French Cleaners (152164-Class N)(UIC)
- Plaza Cleaners (130108)(floor drains to sewer)
- Railroad Dry Cleaners (130066)
- Ronhill Cleaners (130071)
- Smart Set Cleaners (130194)(UIC)
- Stanton Cleaners (130072-Class 4)(dry wells)
- The Cleaners (152163-Class N)
- Tony’s Cleaners (130217-Class P)
- Top Notch Dry Cleaners (130096)(floor drains to sewer)
- Tres Bon Cleaners (130058-Class 4)(dry wells)
- Villa Cleaners (152188)(leaching pools)
- Village Valet (130102-N)(UIC)
- Wantagh Cleaners (130064)(UIC)
- Westbury Valet Dry Cleaners (130088)
- West Centennial Avenue uniform and linen supply(130154)(dry wells)
- West Sayville Dry Cleaners (152200)(UIC)
Region 2 (NYC)–
- 2350 Fifth Avenue (231004)
- Bartow Cleaners-Co-op City (203064-Class P)
- Bathgate Avenue/E. 174th Street Plume (203054-Class N)
- Best-DKK Cleaners (241126-Class P)
- Bon Ton Cleaners (V00512-VCP)
- Bridge Cleaners (C241127-BCP)
- Brighton Cleaners (C224157-BCP)
- Carol Cleaners (243020)
- Cascade Laundry (C224194-BCP)
- Celebrity French Cleaners and Tailors (231057-Class N)
- Charlton Cleaners (243019)
- Cleaners Products Supply (241123)
- Cleaners Sales & Equipment Corp warehouse)(224177-BCP)
- Clearview Cleaners (241153-Class P)
- Corniche Dry Cleaners (243012)
- Drape Master (241114)
- Gateway French Dry Cleaners (224151-BCP)
- GLY Cleaners (224169-Class P)
- Guardian Cleaners (231073-Class P)
- Hudson Dry Cleaners(231085-Class P)
- Jung Sun Laundry Site (241102)
- Kleener King dry cleaner and Laundromat (203049-Class N)
- Kliegman Brothers Dry Cleaning Supply Distribution Center (241031)
- Klink Cosmo Cleaners (224130)
- John’s Cleaners (241111-Class N)
- Johnny-On-The-Spot Drycleaners (241125-Class P)
- London French Dry Cleaner (241035-Class 4)
- May Dry Cleaners (241041-Class N)
- Majestic Cleaners- Majestic Cleaners (224035)
- Melrose Avenue Dry Cleaner(203009)
- Miss Penny Cleaners-Co-op City (203064-Class P)
- New York Dry Cleaners (241120-Class P)
- New York Express Dry Cleaners (C241050-BCP)
- Nu Brite Cleaners (C231072-BCP)
- Paul Miller Dry Cleaner (243018)
- Purr-fect Dry Cleaners (241124)
- Ralph Avenue (224042)
- Spic and Span Cleaners (224129)
- Teitelbaum Dry Cleaning (241149-Class N)
- Towne House Cleaners-Co-op City (203063-Class P)
- West 29th Street GW (231078-Class P)
- White Sun Cleaners (241037-Class N)
Region 3
- American Cleaners (V00461-VCP)
- American Cleaners (V00601- VCP)
- Baldwin Place Shopping Center (360023)
- Bedford Village Wells-Hunting Ridge Mall (360009)
- Bell Cleaners (360086-Class P)
- Blauvelt Laundromat and Dry Cleaning Laundry (344037)
- Caldor Shopping Center (360052-Class N)
- Carmel Shop-Rite Plaza (340028- Class N)
- Central Cleaners (360058-Class N)
- Clean Zone Dry Cleaners (360050-Class 4)
- Crystal Cleaners (360053)
- Done Right Dry Cleaner(336073-Class N)
- Econo-Wash and Dry Cleaner (356029-Class N)
- Flamingo Cleaners (C360078-BCP)
- French Touch Dry Cleaners (360097-Class N)
- Happiness Laundry (360057-Class N)
- Industrial Overall Service Corp (360109)
- La Russells’s Cleaners (340020-Class 4)
- Main Street/Grand Avenue (314087-Class N)
- Mamaroneck Avenue Dry Cleaners (360102-Class N)
- Mimi Cleaners (V00306-VCP)
- Mr. Cleaner-Shrub Oak Plaza (C360117-BCP)
- New Paltz Plaza/Revonak Dry Cleaners (356021-Class 4)
- Nine Mall Plaza (V00197-Class N)
- Pound Ridge Cleaners (360047-Class P)(UIC)
- Price Chopper Shopping Center (V00240-Class N)
- Rose Cleaners (360059)
- Safety Kleen Dry Cleaners (336078)
- Schmuckler’s Dry Cleaners (C360088-BCP)
- Spic and Span Cleaners (C360130-BCP)
- Temco Uniform (344054)
Region 4
- Dambrose Cleaners (447030-Class 4)
- Damshire Cleaners (401059)
- Don’s Laudry ( 447024-Class 4/V00063)
- EmKay Cleaners (411016-Class A)
- Greener Cleaners (447041)
- Kem Cleaners (447031-Class P)
- Kenwood Cleaners (447032)
- Loudon and Kem Cleaners (401060)
- Marlou Formal Wear (447040)
- Mid-Town Laundry (447048)
- Osborne Plaza/Cleanerama (401056)(UIC)
- RKO Cleaners (401065)
- Roxy Cleaners (401058)
- Roxy Cleaners (442024-Class 4)
- Shoporama Shopping Center (447027)
- S & S Cleaners (401063)(bank foreclosure and conveyance to town)
- Star Plaza (401068-Class P)
- Valley Falls Dry Cleaner (Class 4)
Region 5
- Camarota Cleaners (546044-Ckass 4)
- Crown Cleaners (623010)
- Mid-Town Shopping Center (546054)
- Sharon Cleaners ( 546052-Class 4)
- Warrensburg Laundry & Dry Cleaning (557022-Class P)(drywell)
Region 6
- Ames Plaza (V00462-VCP)
- Bendix and Bandbox Buildings (V00584)
- Crown Cleaners (623010)
- Jet Dry Cleaners (633076-Class N)
- Prine Cleaners (622028- Class N)
- Tri-State Industrial Laundries Site (C633068-BCP)
- Whitesboro Dry Cleaners (633054)
Region 7
- American Cleaners (704030)
- Campagnolo Property (755013-Class 4)
- Clinton West Plaza (755015)
- Colonial Cleaners (755011-Class 4)
- Edicott Dry Cleaners (704035-Class N)
- Jack’s Dry Cleaners (734112)
- Johnson City Wellfield (704034-class N)
- Midtown Plaza (738045-Class A)
- North Star Cleaner (V00150-Class A)(sump)
- South Main Street Dry Cleaners (754014-class N)(drywells)
- T.E.K. Cleaners (734045-Class N)
Region 8
- Ace Cleaners (828133)(sump)
- American Dry Cleaners(808036-Class N)
- Band Box Cleaners and Launderers (851025-Class N)
- Carriage Cleaners (C828131-BCP)
- Carriage Cleaners-Brighton (828120-Class 4)
- Castle Cleaners (808034)
- Crescent Puritan Laundry (C828163-BCP)
- Crystal Cleaners (851022)
- Depot Street Dry Cleaners (851021-Class N)
- Diamond Cleaners (808030)
- Elite Vogue Dry Cleaners (828164-Class P)
- Erwin Dry Cleaners (828154)
- Finger Lakes Laundry and Cleaners (V00116)
- Helwigs Dry Cleaners (851023-Class N)
- HTS Laundry & Dry Cleaners (808038- Class N)
- Pappas Dry Cleaner (826018)
- Liberty Street Dry Cleaners (851026-Class N)
- Loohns Cleaners (851024-Class N)
- Parkway Plaza Laundry and Dry Cleaners (C835019-BCP)
- Per-fecto Dry Cleaners (828155-Class P)
- Ruddick’s Dry Cleaners (808037-Class N)
- Sciore’s Dry Cleaners (849003)
- Silver Cleaner (C828186-BCP)
- South Union Street (C828153-BCP)
- Speedy’s Cleaners (C828109-BCP)
- Speedy’s Cleaners-Brighton (828128)
- Standard Dry Cleaners (851033-Class N)
- Starlite Dry Cleaners (837016-ERP)
- Staubs Textile Services, Inc (C828160-BCP)
- Town & Country Dry Cleaners (C828149-BCP)
- United Cleaners (828152-Class P)
- Universal Dry Cleaners (808040-Class N)
- Up-To-Date Cleaners (826019-Class P)
- Your-Way Cleaning (808035-Class N)
Region 9
- American Linen Supply(C915241-BCP)
- Anderson Cleaners (C907027-BCP)(tanks)
- Bestway Cleaners (915219)
- C&B Cleaners (E907028)(county foreclosure)
- Central Park Plaza (BCP)
- Colvin Eggert Plaza (C915212-Class P)
- Doro Dry Cleaners (915238)
- Franklin Street ( C915208-BCP)
- Hydraulic Street (C915235-BCP)
- Main Street (915278-Class P)
- Mr. C’s Dry Cleaner (915157-Class 4)
- Peters Dry Cleaning (C932128-BCP)
- Pine Avenue (932158)
- Ridge Road (C915269-BCP)
- Southside Plaza (C907043-BCP)Transit Valley Plaza (915160-Class C)