NEW YORK, NY — In the interest of safety and security, postal officials will seal or remove Postal Service collection boxes on Friday, December 22, in New York City.
The familiar blue collection boxes will be inaccessible after the final scheduled collection of mail on the evening of Friday, December 22.
Impacted collection boxes will be reopened on the morning of Tuesday, December 26.
US Mail Collection Boxes impacted at the following locations:
- Both sides of 5th Avenue – between 47th Street and 55th Street
- Both sides of 50th Street - between Madison Avenue and 5th Avenue
- Both sides of 51St Street – between Madison Avenue and 5th Avenue
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