NEW YORK, NY — In the interest of safety and security, postal officials will seal or remove Postal Service collection boxes on Saturday, October 6, in New York City.
The familiar blue collection boxes will be inaccessible after the final scheduled collection of mail on the evening of Saturday, October 6.
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 5th Avenue – between 35th Street and 80th Street
- Both Sides of 43rd Street – between 5th Avenue and Madison Avenue
- Both Sides of 44th Street – between 6th Avenue and Madison Avenue
- Both Sides of 45th Street – between 6th Avenue and Madison Avenue
- Both Sides of 46th Street – between 6th Avenue and Madison Avenue
- Both Sides of 47th Street – between 6th Avenue and Madison Avenue
- Both Sides of 50th Street – between 6th Avenue and Madison Avenue
- Both Sides of 51st Street – between 6th Avenue and Madison 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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