NEW YORK, NY – In the interest of safety and security, postal officials will seal or remove Postal Service collection boxes on Tuesday, July 9, in New York City.

The familiar blue collection boxes will be inaccessible after the final scheduled collection of mail on the evening of Tuesday, July 9.  

Impacted collection boxes will be reopened on the morning of Thursday, July 11.

US Mail Collection Boxes impacted at the following locations:

• Both Sides of Battery Place – between Broadway and West Thames Street
• Both Sides of Little West Street – between Third Place and Battery Place
• Both Sides of Chambers Street – between Church Street and Centre Street
• Both Sides of Reade Street – between Church Street and Lafayette Street
• Both Sides of Park Row – between Brooklyn Bridge and Broadway
• Both Sides of Centre Street – between Brooklyn Bridge and Chambers Street

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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