We’re not clear whether the balance of cleaners on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope is at an equilibrium point or not, but new one will be opening near Fourth Street. The interesting part is that it comes from Sunset Park, where local blogger Best View in Brooklyn shares the news that she’s losing her cleaner:

…when I asked how long the place would be closed, both she and her son looked at me for what seemed like a very long time and the son broke the terrible news. Ho Ho Cleaners and Tailors of 8th Avenue and 47th Street was really, really closing. At least in that location. You know why they are moving? RENT! It’s more than doubling, apparently. Whoever the landlord is hasn’t looked up the street one block to see the two empty storefronts that have been trying to get tenants for almost a year now…

And where are they moving? Get this: PARK SLOPE! 4th Street and 7th Avenue. My confused look must have translated into: “Uhhh. Isn’t the rent a lot higher there?” because the son explained that they could charge a lot more there for cleaning and tailoring than here. I’ll say.

There is an interesting story in here about the economics of the cleaning business if the far more expensive rent on Seventh Avenue still allows for a business to be more viable than it would in Sunset Park. Fascinating.

[Photo courtesy of Best View in Brooklyn]