NEW YORK, NY – In the interest of safety and security, postal officials will seal or remove Postal Service collection boxes on Saturday, June 24, 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 24.

Impacted collection boxes will be reopened on the morning of Monday, June 26.

US Mail Collection Boxes impacted at the following locations:

• Both sides of 5th Avenue – between 42nd Street and 8th Street
• Both Sides of 8th Street – between 5th Avenue and Christopher Street
• Both Sides of Christopher Street– 8th Street and Greenwich Street

 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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