NEW YORK – In the interest of safety and security, postal officials will temporarily seal or remove Postal Service collection boxes on Sunday, March 16, in New York City.

The familiar blue collection boxes will be inaccessible until reopened on Tuesday, March 18.

US Mail Collection Boxes impacted at the following locations:

• Both sides of 43rd Street between 6th Ave and Vanderbilt Ave
• Both sides of 44th Street between 6th Ave and Vanderbilt Ave
• Both sides of 45th Street between 6th Ave and Vanderbilt Ave
• Both sides of 46th Street between 6th Ave and Madison Ave
• Both sides of 47th Street between 6th Ave and Park Ave
• Both sides of 48th Street between 6th Ave and Park Ave
• Both sides of 5th Ave between 42nd Street and 86th Street
• Both sides of 50th Street between 6th Ave and Madison Ave
• Both sides of 51st Street between 6th Ave and Madison Ave

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.