NEW YORK, NY – In the interest of safety and security, postal officials will seal or remove Postal Service collection boxes on Friday, September 8, in New York City.

The familiar blue collection boxes will be inaccessible after the final scheduled collection of mail on the evening of Friday, September 8.
Impacted collection boxes will be reopened on the morning of Monday, September 11.

US Mail Collection Boxes impacted at the following locations:

• Both sides of Central Park West – between W 59th Street and West 65th Street
• All Collection Boxes at Columbus Circle

  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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