NEW YORK, NY – In the interest of safety and security, postal officials will seal or remove Postal Service collection boxes on Friday, October 5, in New York City.
The familiar blue collection boxes will be inaccessible after the final scheduled collection of mail on the evening of Friday, October 5.
Impacted collection boxes will be reopened on the morning of Tuesday, October 9.
US Mail Collection Boxes impacted at the following locations:
- Both Sides of 6th Avenue – between 40th Street and 25th Street
- Both Sides of 38th Street – between 5th Avenue and Broadway
- Both Sides of 37th Street – between 5th Avenue and Broadway
- Both Sides of 35th Street – between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue
- Both Sides of 32nd Street – between 5th Avenue and Broadway
- Both Sides of 27th Street – between Broadway and 7th Avenue
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