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Pressed by hand
Suits, dresses and shirts finished by pressers who have done it for years.
About the family
A dry cleaning family since 1964.
Father and sons, one neighborhood cleaner at a time. And it all started here in Throggs Neck.
Throggs Neck, Bronx
1964
The first family cleaner opens
The story
It started in the Bronx.
In 1964 the family opened a cleaner in Throggs Neck under the One Hour Martinizing sign. The motto back then was “Fresh as a flower in just one hour.” Most of the family worked behind that counter at one point or another.
That store is still in the family today as American Cleaners & Tailors. From there the family grew into Westchester and Connecticut, one neighborhood cleaner at a time, while this shop stayed the one everyone in the neighborhood knows.
Today Vinny Zeppieri and his two sons, Vinny Jr. and Nick, run the stores together. They keep the work the way it has always been done, by hand and by people who know the customers by name.
How the work gets done
The same care since the first counter.
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★ Best Dry Cleaning 2023 & 2025
★ Best Tailor 2023
Voted by Bronx Times readers.
★★★★★
"It's a blast from the past, where they know who you are and treat you like family."
The family of cleaners
Neighborhood cleaners, one family
Bronx, NY · since 1964
American Cleaners & TailorsYou are here
3727 E. Tremont Ave, Bronx · (718) 597-3040
Bring something in.
American Cleaners & Tailors opens at 6:30am, Monday to Saturday. In by 10am, ready the same day.