Empty in Farmingdale: Merritts Road Laundromat

Walk down Main Street or drive down Route 110 and Hempstead Turnpike and you will notice many boarded up storefronts adorned with "For Rent" signs, an indication of the hard times the area -- and country -- are facing.

The Village of Farmingdale mayor and board of trustees  they hope will  and fill the empty sites with businesses and housing.

Over the next few months, Farmingdale Patch will spotlight these vacant properties to foster discussion in the community on what can, should and could be done to rehab these abandoned places.

This week's property is the former laundromat on Merritts Road near Northwest Drive. For $2,678 per month, renters get 1,190 square feet of space in a busy shopping center adjacent to Best Yet supermarket and CVS.

The realtors for the property are Kelly Hicks and John Roach of Hicks & Roach Realty Inc. in Farmingdale. According to Roach, the storefront has been empty for around a year and there have been several companies interested. He added that the landlord is loyal to a non-competing businesses clause, meaning if there is a type of business that already exists in the shopping center, another one won't be permitted to open in the empty storefront. 

What would you like to see there? Another laundromat? Tell us in the comments.