NEW YORK, NY – In the interest of safety and security, postal officials will seal or remove Postal Service collection boxes on Friday, November 1, in New York City.

The familiar blue collection boxes will be inaccessible Friday, November 1.  

Impacted collection boxes will be reopened on Monday, November 4.

US Mail Collection Boxes impacted at the following locations:

Bronx

• Both Sides of Willis Avenue Bridge - between Harlem River and East 135th Street
• Both Sides of East 135th Street– between Willis Avenue Bridge and Alexander Avenue
• Both Sides of Alexander Avenue – between East 135th Street and East 138th Street
• Removal of the Collection Box located at the corner of East 138th Street and Alexander Avenue
• Both Sides of East 138th Street – between Alexander Avenue and .Madison Avenue Bridge (Harlem River)
• Both Sides of Morris Avenue – between East 138th Street and East 140th Street
• Both Sides of East 140th Street – between Morris Avenue and Rider Avenue
• Both Sides of Rider Avenue – between East 140th Street and East 138th Street

Brooklyn

• Both Sides of Gatling Place – between 86th Street and 92nd Street
• Both Sides of Dahlgren Place – between 90th Street and Fort Hill Place
• Both Sides of Fort Hamilton Parkway – between 90th Street and 95th Street
• Both Sides of Fort Hamilton Parkway – between 82nd Street and 79th Street
• Both Sides of Gelston Avenue – between 88th Street and 94th Street
• Both Sides of 92nd Street – between Dahlgren Place and 3rd Avenue
• Both Sides of 94th Street – between Fort Hamilton Parkway and 3rd Avenue
• Both Sides of 5th Avenue – between 86th Street and 95th Street
• Both Sides of 4th Avenue – between 86th Street and Flatbush Avenue
• Both Sides 7th Avenue – between 79th Street and 74th Street
• Both Sides 74th Street – between 7th Avenue and 6th Avenue
• Both Sides of 6th Avenue – between 74th Street and Bay Ridge Parkway
• Both Sides of Bay Ridge Parkway – between 6th Avenue and 4th Avenue
• Both Sides of Flatbush Avenue – between 4th Avenue and Lafayette Avenue
• Both Sides of Lafayette Avenue – between Flatbush Avenue and Bedford Avenue
• Both Sides of Bedford Avenue – between Lafayette Avenue and Nassau Avenue
• Both Sides of Nassau Avenue – between Bedford Avenue and Manhattan Avenue
• Both Sides of Manhattan Avenue – between Nassau Avenue and Greenpoint Avenue
• Both Sides of Greenpoint Avenue – between Manhattan Avenue and McGuiness Boulevard
• Both Sides of McGuiness Boulevard – between Greenpoint Avenue and Pulaski Bridge (Newtown Creek) Brooklyn/Queens Line

Manhattan

• Both Sides of East 138th Street – between Madison Avenue Bridge (Harlem River)and 5th Avenue
• Both Sides of 5th Avenue – between East 138th Street and West 124th Street
• Both Sides of West 124th Street – between 5th Avenue and Mt. Morris Park West
• Both Sides of Mt. Morris Park West – between West 124th Street and West 120th Street
• Both Sides of West 120th Street – between Mt. Morris Park West and 5th Avenue
• Both Sides of 5th Avenue – between West 120th Street and East 90th Street
• Both Sides of East Drive – between East 90th Street and East 60th Street (Grand Army Plaza)
• Both Sides of Grand Army Plaza – between East 60th Street and West 59th Street (Central Park South)
• Both Sides of Central Park South (West 59th Street) – between 5th Avenue and Central Park West
• All Collection Boxes in the area around Columbus Circle
• Both Sides of Central Park West – between West 59th Street (Central Park South) and West 92nd Street
• Both Sides of 5th Avenue – between 39th Street and 50th Street
• Both Sides of 39th Street – between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue
• Both Sides of 40th Street – between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue
• Both Sides of 42nd Street – between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue

Queens

• Both Sides Pulaski Bridge (Newtown Creek) –  between Brooklyn/Queens Line and 48th Avenue
• Both Sides 48th Avenue – between Pulaski Bridge (Newtown Creek) and Vernon Boulevard
• Both Sides Vernon Boulevard – between 48th Avenue and 10th Street
• Both Sides 10th Street – between Vernon Boulevard and 44th Drive
• Both Sides 44th Drive – between 10th Street and Hunter Street
• Both Sides of Hunter Street – between 44th Drive and Crescent Street
• Both Sides of Crescent Street – between Hunter Street and Queens Plaza South
• Both Sides of Queens Plaza South – between Crescent Street and 23rd Street
• Both Sides of 23rd Street – between Queens Plaza South and Queens Plaza North

Staten Island

• All Boxes in the vicinity of the Staten Island Yankees Baseball Park
• Both Sides of Richmond Terrace - between Jersey Street and Bay Street
• Both Sides of Bay Street – between Richmond Terrace and Fort Wadsworth Entrance/Exit Gate  (Including collection boxes located on the exterior of the St. George Post Office)
• Both Sides of School Road – between Tompkins Avenue and Bay Street
• Both Sides of Fingerboard Road – between Tompkins Avenue and Bay Street.
• Both Sides of Tompkins Avenue – between Fingerboard Road and School Road
• Both Sides of McClean Avenue – between Lilly Pond Avenue and Fort Wadsworth
• Both Sides of Lily Pond Avenue – between School Road and Ocean Avenue
• Both Sides off Major Avenue – between Lilly Pond Avenue and Tompkins Avenue
• Any Boxes located within Fort Wadsworth.

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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