NEW YORK, NY — In the interest of safety and security, postal officials will seal or remove Postal Service collection boxes on Friday, March 16, in New York City.

The familiar blue collection boxes will be inaccessible after the final scheduled collection of mail on the evening of Friday, March 16.  

Impacted collection boxes will be reopened on the morning of Monday, March 19.

US Mail Collection Boxes impacted at the following locations:

• Both sides of 5th Avenue – between 42nd Street and 86th Street
• Both sides of Madison Avenue – between 49th Street and 52nd Street
• Both sides of 42nd Street – between  6th Avenue and Park Avenue
• Both sides of 43rd Street – between 6th Avenue and Vanderbilt Avenue
• Both sides of 44th Street – between 6th Avenue and Vanderbilt Avenue
• Both sides of 45th Street – between 6th Avenue and Vanderbilt Avenue
• Both sides of 46th Street – between 6th Avenue and Park Avenue
• Both sides of 47th Street – between 6th Avenue and Park Avenue
• Both Sides of 48th Street – between 6th Avenue and Park Avenue
• Both Sides of 49th Street – between 6th Avenue and Park Avenue
• Both Sides of 50th Street – between 6th Avenue and Park Avenue
• Both Sides of 51st Street – between 6th Avenue and Park Avenue
• Both Sides of 53rd Street – between 6th Avenue and Park Avenue
• Both Sides of 56th Street – between 6th Avenue and Park Avenue
• Both Sides of 57th Street – between 6th Avenue and Park Avenue

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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