NEW YORK, NY – In the interest of safety and security, postal officials will seal or remove Postal Service collection boxes on Wednesday, July 3, in New York City.

The familiar blue collection boxes will be inaccessible after the final scheduled collection of mail on the evening of Wednesday, July 3.

Impacted collection boxes will be reopened on the morning of Monday, July 5.

US Mail Collection Boxes impacted at the following locations:

• Both Sides of South Street – between Jackson Street and Whitehall Street
• Both Sides of Water Street – between Brooklyn Bridge and Whitehall Street
• Both Sides of Broad Street – between Water Street and South Street
• Both Sides of Old Slip – between Water Street and South Street
• Both Sides of Market Slip – between Cherry Street and South Street
• Both Sides of Montgomery Street – between Henry Street and South Street
• Both Sides of Montague Terrace – between Montague Street and Remsen Street
• Both Sides of Montague Street - between East River and Court Street
• Both Sides of Remsen Street – between BQE and Court Street
• Both Sides of Pierrepont Place – between Montague Street and Pierrepont Street
• Both Sides of Pierrepont Street – between Pierrepont Place and Cadman Plaza West
• Both Sides of Furman Street – between Old Fulton Street and Atlantic Avenue
• Both Sides of Old Fulton Street – between Furman Street and Cadman Plaza West
• Both Sides of Hicks Street – between Atlantic Avenue and Old Fulton Street
• Both Sides of Cadman Plaza West – between Tillary Street and Old Fulton Street
• Both Sides of Atlantic Avenue – between Bridge Park Drive and Court Street
• Both Sides of Columbia Heights/Everit Street – between Old Fulton Street and Pierrepont Street
• Both Sides of West Street – between Eagle Street and Quay Street
• Both Sides of Kent Avenue – between Metropolitan Avenue and Meserole 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.

The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.

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