NEW YORK, NY — In the interest of safety and security, postal officials will seal or remove Postal Service collection boxes on Friday, July 20, in New York City.

The familiar blue collection boxes will be inaccessible after the final scheduled collection of mail on the evening of Friday, July 20.  

Impacted collection boxes will be reopened on the morning of Monday, July 23.

US Mail Collection Boxes impacted at the following locations:

• Both Sides of Central Park West – between 65th Street and 59th Street (Columbus Circle)
• All Collection boxes located in Columbus Circle
• Both Sides of 59 Street (Central Park South) - between Columbus Circle and 7th Avenue
• Both Sides of 7th Avenue - between 59th Street (Central Park South) and 48th Street
• Both Sides of 48th Street - between 7th Avenue and 2nd Avenue
• Both Sides of 2nd Avenue – between 48th Street and 46th Street
• All Collection boxes located in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza

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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