MANHATTAN, BRONX, BROOKLYN, QUEENS, STATEN ISLAND, NY – All Post Offices throughout the five boroughs will be closed on Monday, Sept. 5, 2011, in observance of the Labor Day federal holiday. There will be no regular mail delivery. Only Express Mail will be delivered on Sept. 5. All Post Offices will re-open with regular mail delivery and collections resuming on Tuesday, Sept. 6.

Customers requiring postal services over the Labor Day holiday can take advantage of the following select Post Offices throughout New York City that offer 24/7 access to Automated Postal Centers (APCs) in their lobbies. They include:

Manhattan – James A. Farley Post Office, 421 8th Ave New York NY 10199
Manhattan – FDR Station, 909 3rd Ave, New York NY 10022
Manhattan – Church Street Station, 90 Church St., New York NY 10001
Manhattan – Murray Hill Station, 205 E 36th St., New York NY 10016
Manhattan – Empire Station, 16 W 33rd Street, New York NY 10001
Manhattan – Ansonia Station, 178 Columbus Ave, New York NY 10023
Bronx – Bronx General Post Office, 558 Grand Concourse, Bronx NY 10451
Brooklyn – Cadman Plaza Post Office, 271 Cadman Plaza E, Brooklyn NY 11201
Staten Island – Staten Island Main Post Office, 550 Manor Rd., Staten Island NY 10314
Franklin Square – Franklin Square Post Office, 867 Hempstead Turnpike, Franklin Sq. NY 11010
Flushing – Fresh Meadows Post Office, 192-20 Horace Harding Exp., Flushing NY 11365
Using credit and debit cards, the APC enables customers to:

• Buy self-adhesive stamps.
• Weigh, calculate and purchase postage in amounts for items weighing up to 70 pounds.
• Send items via Express, Priority, and First-Class Mail, as well as by Parcel Post.
• Purchase insurance up to $500.
• Look up ZIP Codes and obtain Postal Service mailing information.
• Obtain Certified Mail, Delivery Confirmation and Return Receipts and mailings.

We’re everywhere so you can be anywhere: www.uspseverywhere.com

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A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 150 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes. The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations. We’re everywhere so you can be anywhere: www.uspseverywhere.com. With 32,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, usps.com, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $67 billion and delivers nearly 40 percent of the world’s mail. If it were a private sector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank 29th in the 2010 Fortune 500. Black Enterprise and Hispanic Business magazines ranked the Postal Service as a leader in workforce diversity. The Postal Service has been named the Most Trusted Government Agency six consecutive years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute.