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

The familiar blue collection boxes will be inaccessible Tuesday, December 3.  

Impacted collection boxes will be reopened on Thursday December 5

US Mail Collection Boxes impacted at the following locations:

• Both sides of 48th Street – between Madison Avenue and 7th Avenue
• Both sides of 49th Street – between Madison Avenue and 7th Avenue
• Both sides of 50th Street – between Madison Avenue and 7th Avenue
• Both sides of 51st Street – between Madison Avenue and 7th Avenue
• Both sides of 5th Avenue – between 47th Street and 55th Street
• Both sides of 6th Avenue – between 47th Street and 55th Street
• Both sides of 7th Avenue – between 47th Street and 55th Street
• All exterior Blue Collection Boxes within the Rockefeller Plaza Complex – between 48th Street and 51st 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.

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