NEW YORK, NY – In the interest of safety and security, postal officials will seal or remove Postal Service collection boxes on Saturday, June 10, in New York City.

The familiar blue collection boxes will be inaccessible after the final scheduled collection of mail on the evening of Saturday, June 10.

Impacted collection boxes will be reopened on the morning of Monday, June 12.

US Mail Collection Boxes impacted at the following locations:

• Both sides of 5th Avenue – between 42nd Street and 86th Street
• Both Sides of Lexington Avenue – between 50th Street and 53rd Street
• Both Sides of Lexington Avenue – between 59th Street and 61st Street
• Both Sides of Lexington Avenue – between 67th Street and 70th Street
• Both Sides of Lexington Avenue – between 84th Street and 88th Street
• Both Sides of 42nd Street – between - Vanderbilt Avenue and 8th Avenue
• Both Sides of 43rd Street between – Vanderbilt Avenue and 7th Avenue
• Both Sides of 44th Street between – Vanderbilt Avenue and 7th Avenue
• Both Sides of 45th Street between – Vanderbilt Avenue and 7th Avenue
• Both Sides of 46th Street between – Vanderbilt Avenue and 7th Avenue
• Both Sides of 80th Street between – 5th Avenue and Park Avenue
• Both Sides of 81st Street between – 5th Avenue and Park Avenue

  For additional locations to deposit mail, customers are directed to usps.com and use Quick Tools to Find Locations. Use the dropdown for collection boxes or post offices to find alternate locations for secure mail deposits in the immediate area.

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