Outraged New Yorkers say they’re getting hosed by the black-market cleaners, who clog parking spaces while charging as much as $35 for a wash.
The black-market cleaners, who charge anywhere from $20 to $35 a wash, commandeer stretches of roadways like Webster Avenue in The Bronx, signaling their services with red and blue signs reading “car wash” and “auto detail.”
“Parking is already scarce in New York City, so having people that’s taking up space, it doesn’t work,” said Cliff Jones, 53, lives on Webster Avenue and has to spend up to an hour looking for parking some days. Complaints about unlicensed car washers have jumped 22% this year, to 419 as of June 30 compared to 341 during the same period in 2022, according to the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, which licenses car wash operators.Matt Cruz, district manager for Bronx Community Board 10 in the Bronx, said that residents regularly badger his office about the cleaners, with many concerned about the illicit operations blocking off the hydrants or siphoning water from them.
Cliff Jones, 53, said the illegal car washers are taking up space when “parking is already scarce in New York City.”“They’re using the city’s water to perform their business, they’re not paying back into the city fund and who knows what chemicals they’re using that are going down through our sewer system,” Salamanca said.
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