Money problems for the U.S. Postal Service could mean a long list of post office closings in the city.
There are nearly 700 possible closures across the country, including 53 in the five boroughs.
The two hardest hit boroughs are Manhattan with 25 closures and Queens with 11.
“I have a lot of concern for the members who have to relocate as far as 125 miles away and also concern for the community who are used to going around the corner will now have to get a MetroCard to get on a subway to get to a post office,” said New York Metro Area Postal Union President Clarice Torrence.
The post office is trying to counter a potential loss of nearly $7 billion this fiscal year with staffing cuts and removal of collection boxes, in addition to the two-cent increase in the price of stamps.
Mail volume fell by 9.5 billion pieces last year with 28 billion expected this year.
The earliest any location is expected to close is October. There’s also a possibility 300 more locations could be added to the list.
Proposed USPS Station Closures
Bronx
• Botanical
• Bronx Hub
• Clason Point
• Crotona Park
• Hillside
• Melcourt
• Oak Point
• Van Nest
Brooklyn
• Cypress Hills
• Farragut
• Highlawn
• Halsey
• Newkirk
• New Lots
• Sunset
Manhattan
• 26 Federal Plaza
• Appraisers Store
• Battery Park Retail
• Cherokee
• Chinatown
• College
• Columbus Circle
• Dag Hammarskjold
• Empire State
• Greeley Square
• Hamilton Grange
• Inwood
• London Terrace
• Midtown
• Patchin
• Peck Slip
• Pitt
• Port Authority
• Port Authority Conv
• Tompkins Square
• Tudor City
• United Nations
• Wall Street Retail
• West Village
• Yorkville
Queens
• Astoria PP in Long Island City
• Broadway PP in Long Island City
• East Elmhurst
• Fresh Meadows Retail
• Fresh Pond
• Horace Harding in Flushing
• LaGuardia in Flushing
• LIC PP Annex in Long Island City
• Linden Hill
• Station B in Jamaica
• Whitestone
Staten Island
• Eltingville
• Rosebank
(Source: NY1)
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4 Responses
cant wait for this to happen its been long over due and a waste of money they haven’t tried to move on in the stage of technology or the current wave of ups style cheaper to close and pay of the pensions
I wouldn’t miss it at all. They should have postal delivery twice or trice a week. It is more than enough.
I only get garbage in the mail. Bills are forwarded to me paperless on the internet and paid electronically.
Important mail or packages are sent by FedEx or UPS.
Ever tried going in to the Post Office in Borough Park? That Post Office should be on top of the list to close down.
My local post offices aren’t on the list for closure. Can’t understand why, I have never seen such fat, lazy, abusive people. Obnoxious doesn’t come close & I can’t say they single out white Chassidic women. They treat all customers badly. Much like the DMV.
Something to be grateful for, I suppose.
and why no concern over the closing of ice houses and livery stables (and how does Boro Park function with a blacksmith)