NEW YORK, NY – In the interest of safety and security, postal officials will seal or remove Postal Service collection boxes on Friday, November 10, in New York City.
The familiar blue collection boxes will be inaccessible after the final scheduled collection of mail on the evening of Friday, November 10.
Impacted collection boxes will be reopened on the morning of Monday, November 13.
US Mail Collection Boxes impacted at the following locations:
- Both Sides of 5th Avenue – between 20th Street and 59th Street
- Both Sides of 26th Street - between Park Avenue and Broadway
- Both Sides of 27th Street– between Park Avenue and Broadway
- Both Sides of 28th Street – between Park Avenue and Broadway
- Both Sides of 41st Street – between Park Avenue and 5th Avenue
- Both Sides of 50th Street – between Madison Avenue and 5th Avenue
- Both Sides of 51st Street – between Madison Avenue and 5th Avenue
- Both Sides of 52nd Street –between Park Avenue and 7th Avenue
- Both Sides of 53rd Street – between Park Avenue and 7th Avenue
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