NEW YORK – In the interest of safety and security, postal officials will temporarily seal or remove Postal Service collection boxes on Saturday, May 6, in New York City.

The familiar blue collection boxes will be inaccessible on Saturday, May 6. Impacted collection boxes will be reopened on Monday, May 8.

US Mail Collection Boxes impacted at the following locations:

MANHATTAN:

1. Both sides of Trinity Place between Battery Place and Church Street.
2. Both sides of Church Street from Trinity Place to 6th Avenue.
3. Both sides of 6th Avenue between Church Street and West 59th Street.
4. Both sides of West 59th Street between 6th Avenue and 5th Avenue.
5. Any/All collection boxes in Central Park between West 59th Street along East Drive and ending at Central Park North.
6. Both sides of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd between Central Park North and West 135th Street.
7. Both sides of West 135th Street between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd and Madison Avenue Bridge.
8. Both sides of East 63rd Street between FDR Drive and 2nd Avenue.

BRONX:

1. Both sides of East 138th Street (Off Madison Avenue Bridge) to 3rdAvenue.
2. Both sides of 3rd Avenue between East 138th Street and the 3rd Avenue Bridge.

QUEENS:

1. Both sides of 21st Street between Queens Plaza South and Hoyt Avenue North.
2. Both sides of Hoyt Avenue North between 21st Street and 19th Street.
3. Both sides of 19th Street between Hoyt Avenue North and 23rd Street.
4. Any/All collection boxes in Astoria Park.
5. Both sides of Shore Blvd between Ditmars Blvd and Astoria Park South.
6. Both sides of 14th Street between Astoria Park South and 31st Avenue.
7. Both sides of 31st Street between 14th Street and Vernon Blvd.
8. Both sides of Vernon Blvd between 31st Street and 44th Drive.
9. Both sides of 44th Street between Vernon Blvd and 11th Street.
10. Both sides of 11th Street between 44th Drive and Pulaski Bridge.

BROOKLYN:

1. Both sides of McGuiness Blvd between Pulaski Bridge/Newtown Creek and Greenpoint Avenue.
2. Both sides of Greenpoint Avenue between McGuiness Blvd and Franklin Street.
3. Both sides of Franklin Street between Greenpoint Avenue and Kent Avenue.
4. Both sides of Kent Avenue between Franklin Street and Williamsburg Street West.
5. Both sides of Williamsburg Street West between Kent Avenue and Flushing Avenue.
6. Both sides of Flushing Avenue between Williamsburg Street West and Navy Street.
7. Both sides of Navy Street between Flushing Avenue and York Street.
8. Both sides of York Street between Navy Street and Gold Street.
9. Both sides of Gold Street between York Street and Front Street.
10. Both sides of Front Street between Gold Street and Old Fulton Street.
11. Both sides of Old Fulton Street between Front Street and Furman Street.
12. Both sides of Furman Street between Front Street and Atlantic Avenue.
13. Both sides of Atlantic Avenue between Furman Street and Columbia Street.

STATEN ISLAND:

1. Both sides of Bay Street between Fort Wadsworth and Hylan Blvd.
2. Both sides of Hylan Blvd between Bay Street and Edgewater Street.
3. Both sides of Edgewater Street between Hylan Blvd and Front Street.
4. Both sides of Front Street between Edgewater Street and Hannah Street.
5. Both sides of Hannah Street between Front Street and Bay Street.
6. Both sides of Bay Street between Hannah Street and Richmond Terrace.
7. Any/All collection boxes within the public area of the Saint George Ferry Terminal.

For additional locations to deposit mail, customers are directed to usps.com and to 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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