NEW YORK, NY – In the interest of safety and security, postal officials will seal or remove Postal Service collection boxes on Saturday, August 31, in New York City.

The familiar blue collection boxes will be inaccessible Saturday, August 31.  

Impacted collection boxes will be reopened on Tuesday, September 3.

US Mail Collection Boxes impacted at the following locations:

• Both Sides of Flatbush Avenue – between Grand Army Plaza and Empire Boulevard
• Both Sides of Empire Boulevard – between Flatbush Avenue and Brooklyn Avenue (Including Collection Boxes at James E. Davis Station)
• Both Sides of Nostrand Avenue – between Empire Boulevard and Winthrop Street
• Both Sides Eastern Parkway (Including Service Roads) – between Ralph Avenue and Grand Army Plaza
• Both Sides of Saint Johns Place – between Ralph Avenue and Grand Army Plaza (Including Collection Boxes at Saint Johns Place Station)
• Both Sides of Lincoln Place – between Ralph Avenue and Underhill Avenue
• Both Sides of Union Street – between Ralph Avenue and Classon Avenue
• Both Sides of President Street – between Buffalo Avenue and Classon Avenue
• Both Sides of Ralph Avenue – between East New York Avenue and Saint Johns Place
• Both Sides of Portal Street – between East New York Avenue and Eastern Parkway
• Both Sides of Buffalo Avenue – between East New York Avenue and Saint Johns Place
• Both Sides of Rochester Avenue – between President Street and Saint Johns Place
• Both Sides of Utica Avenue – between President Street and Saint Johns Place
• Both Sides of Schenectady Avenue – between President Street and Saint Johns Place
• Both Sides of Troy Avenue – between President Street and Saint Johns Place
• Both Sides of Albany Avenue – between President Street and Saint Johns Place
• Both Sides of Kingston Avenue – between President Street and Saint Johns Place
• Both Sides of Brooklyn Avenue – between President Street and Saint Johns Place
• Both Sides of New York Avenue – between Empire Blvd and Saint Johns Place
• Both Sides of Nostrand Avenue – between President Street and Saint Johns Place
• Both Sides of Rogers Avenue – between President Street and Saint Johns Place
• Both Sides of Bedford Avenue – between President Street and Saint Johns Place
• Both Sides of Franklin Avenue – between President Street and Saint Johns Place
• Both Sides of Classon Avenue – between President Street and Saint Johns Place
• Both Sides of Mary Pinkett Avenue – between President Street and Eastern Parkway
• Both Sides of Washington Avenue – between Eastern Parkway and Sterling Place
• Both Sides of Underhill Avenue – between Eastern Parkway and Saint Johns Place

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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