NEW YORK, NY — In the interest of safety and security, postal officials will seal or remove Postal Service collection boxes on Saturday, August 5, in New York City.

The familiar blue collection boxes will be inaccessible after the final scheduled collection of mail on the evening of Saturday, August 5.

Impacted collection boxes will be reopened on the morning of Monday, August 7.

US Mail Collection Boxes impacted at the following locations:

• Both sides of 38th Street – between 5th Avenue and Park Avenue
• Both Sides of Madison Avenue– between 38th Street and 23rd 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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