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NYC Collection Boxes in the Area Receive Temporary Seal / Removal

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

The familiar blue collection boxes will be inaccessible until reopened on Wednesday, July 5.

US Mail Collection Boxes impacted at the following locations:

Manhattan:

  • Both sides of 1st Avenue between 12 Street and 50th Street.
  • Both sides of 20th Street between 2nd Avenue and FDR Drive.
  • Both sides of 23rd Street between 2nd Avenue and FDR Drive.
  • Both sides of 34th Street between 2nd Avenue and FDR Drive.
  • Both sides of 42nd Street between 2nd Avenue and FDR Drive.

Brooklyn:

  • Both sides of Montague Terrace between Montague Street and Remsen Street.
  • Both sides of Montague Street between East River and Court Street.
  • Both sides of Remsen Street between Brooklyn Queens Expressway (BQE) and Court Street.
  • Both sides of Pierrepont Place between Montague Street and Pierrepont Street.
  • Both sides of Pierrepont Street between Pierrepont Place and Cadman Plaza West.
  • Both sides of Furman Street between Old Fulton Street and Atlantic Avenue.
  • Both sides of Old Fulton Street between Furman Street and Cadman Plaza West.
  • Both sides of Hicks Street between Atlantic Avenue and Old Fulton Street.
  • Both sides of Cadman Plaza West between Tillary Street and Old Fulton Street.
  • Both sides of Atlantic Avenue between Bridge Park Drive and Court Street.
  • Both sides of Columbia Heights/Everit Street between Old Fulton Street and Pierrepont Street.
  • Both sides of West Street between Eagle Street and Quay Street.
  • Both sides of Kent Avenue between Metropolitan Avenue and Meserole Avenue.

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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