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

The familiar blue collection boxes will be inaccessible until reopened on Monday, May 5.

US Mail Collection Boxes impacted at the following locations:

Manhattan:

• Both sides of Church Street between Canal Street and Rector Street
• Both sides of Trinity Street between Rector Street and Morris Street
• Both sides of Greenwich Street between Morris Street and Battery Place
• Both sides of Washington Street between Morris Street and Battery Place
• Both sides of Battery Place between Washington Street and Broadway
• Both sides of Worth Street between Broadway and Church Street
• Franklin Street at 6th Ave
• Both sides of 6th Ave between Franklin Street and 59th Street
• Both sides of Adam Clayton  Powell Blvd between West 110th Street and West 135th Street
• Both sides of East 63rd Street between FDR Drive and the Queensboro (59th Street) Bridge

Bronx:

• Both sides of East 138th Street between the Madison Avenue Bridge and 3rd Avenue
• Both sides of 3rd Avenue between East139th Street and 3rd Avenue Bridge ramp
• Both sides of Bruckner Blvd from Alexander Avenue to the 3rd Avenue Bridge ramp

Queens:

• Both sides of 21st Street between the Queensboro Bridge and Astoria Park
• Both sides of 19th Street between Hoyt Avenue South and Ditmars Blvd
• Both sides of Ditmars Blvd between 19th Street and Shore Blvd
• Both sides of Shore Blvd between Ditmars Blvd and 14th Street
• Both sides of 14th Street between Astoria Park South to 31st Avenue
• Both sides of 31st Avenue between 14th Street and Vernon Blvd
• Both sides of Vernon Blvd between 31st Avenue and 44th Drive
• Both sides of 44th Drive between Vernon Blvd and 11th Street
• Both sides of 11th Street between 44th Drive and the Pulaski Bridge

Brooklyn:

• Both sides of McGuiness Blvd between Pulaski Bridge/Newtown Creek and Greenpoint Avenue
• Both sides of Greenpoint Avenue between McGuiness Blvd and Franklin Street
• Both sides of Franklin Street between Greenpoint Avenue and Kent Avenue
• Both sides of Kent Avenue between Franklin Street and Williamsburg Street West
• Both sides of Williamsburg Street West between Kent Avenue and Flushing Avenue
• Both sides of Flushing Avenue between Williamsburg Street West and Navy Street
• Both sides of Navy Street between Flushing Avenue and York Street
• Both sides of York Street between Navy Street and Gold Street
• Both sides of Gold Street between York Street and Front Street
• Both sides of Front Street between Gold Street and Old Fulton Street
• Both sides of Old Fulton Street between Front Street and Furman Street
• Both sides of Furman Street between Front Street and Atlantic Avenue
• Both sides of Atlantic Avenue between Furman Street and Columbia Street
• Both sides of Columbia Street between Furman Street and Congress Street

Staten Island:

• Both sides of Bay Street between Fort Wadsworth and Hylan Blvd.
• Both sides of Hylan Blvd between Bay Street and Edgewater Street
• Both sides of Edgewater Street between Hylan Blvd and Front Street
• Both sides of Front Street between Edgewater Street and Hannah Street
• Both sides of Hannah Street between Front Street and Bay Street
• Both sides of Bay Street between Hannah Street and Richmond Terrace
• Any/all USPS 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.

# # #