NEW YORK, N.Y. — In the interest of security and safety, postal officials will seal blue mail collection boxes at select Manhattan locations for the annual Puerto Rican Day Parade on June 14, 2009. The mailboxes will be sealed after the last pick up of mail on Saturday June 13 and re-opened on the morning of Monday June 15.
The affected locations are (multiples boxes may be at one location):
| ZIP Code | Collection Box Locations |
| 10017 | Madison Ave & 47 St – Southeast corner |
| 10017 | Madison Ave & 48 St SW/5th Avenue & 43rd Street – Northeast corner |
| 10017 | Madison Avenue & 43rd Street – Southwest corner |
| 10017 | Madison Avenue & 47th Street – Southwest corner |
| 10017 | Madison Avenue & 48th Street – Southwest corner |
| 10017 | Madison Avenue & 49th Street – Southwest corner |
| 10017 | Park Avenue & 47th Street – Northwest corner |
| 10019 | 5th Avenue & 50th Street – Northwest corner |
| 10019 | 5th Avenue & 52nd Street – Southwest corner |
| 10019 | 5th Avenue & 54th Street – Southwest corner |
| 10019 | 5th Avenue & 55th Street – Southwest corner |
| 10019 | 6th Avenue & 50th Street – Northwest corner |
| 10065 | 5th Avenue & 63rd Street – Southeast corner |
| 10021 | 5th Avenue & 69th Street – Southeast corner |
| 10021 | 5th Avenue & 72nd Street – Southeast corner |
| 10075 | 5th Avenue & 78th Street – Southeast corner |
| 10028 | 5th Avenue & 82nd Street – Southeast corner |
| 10028 | 5th Avenue & 84th Street – Southeast corner |
| 10028 | 5th Avenue & 85th Street – Northeast corner |
| ZIP Code | Collection Box Locations |
| 10022 | 5th Avenue & 49th Street – Northeast corner |
| 10022 | 5th Avenue & 51st Street – Northeast corner |
| 10022 | 5th Avenue & 53rd Street – Northeast corner |
| 10022 | 5th Avenue & 55th Street – Northeast corner |
| 10022 | 5th Avenue & 56th Street – Southeast corner |
| 10022 | 5th Avenue & 58th Street – Northeast corner |
| 10022 | 5th Avenue & 60th Street – Southeast corner |
| 10036 | 23 West 43rd Street - Front of Post Office |
| 10036 | 5th Avenue & 46th Street – Southwest corner |
| 10036 | 5th Avenue & 47th Street – Northwest corner |
| 10036 | 5th Avenue & 48th Street – Southwest corner |
| 10036 | 6th Avenue & 44th Street – Northeast corner |
| 10036 | 6th Avenue & 45th Street – Southeast corner |
| 10036 | 6th Avenue & 46th Street – Northeast corner |
| 10036 | 6th Avenue & 47th Street – Northeast corner |
| 10036 | 6th Avenue & 48th Street – Southeast corner |
Extensive postal information is always available 24/7 online at usps.com.
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