NEW YORK, NY – The Postal Service has announced that it is considering plans for a new Post Office for three Manhattan stations in the near future.  The plans would be to relocate post office operations, including where customers buy stamps and services and pick up their mail through a post office box, to a smaller space in the immediate area of each station.

On February 27, postal officials met with representatives from the Manhattan Borough, State, and Congressional offices to inform them of the plans and to reassure them that any proposed new post office will offer the community the same level of service customers have come to expect and deserve. This could be postal operations situated within the present building following a sale or moved to other nearby commercial space. 

Borough officials have placed the Postal Service on the agenda of their March 21, 2013 Borough Board meeting to present these plans publicly.  The meeting will be held at 1 Centre Street South, 19th Floor in Manhattan and is scheduled to begin at 8:30 am.

Discussion points will include the plans for the following post offices:

Old Chelsea Station	217 West 18th Street	NY, NY 10011
Triborough Station	167 East 124TH  Street	NY, NY 10035
Peter Stuyvesant Station	432 East 14TH  Street	NY, NY 10009

 

BACKGROUND: 
The needs of the Postal Service today call for it to look at all possible avenues that will reduce costs, consolidate operations, and increase efficiency.  As part of a national effort, the Postal Service has been engaged in re-evaluating its facilities.  This process is intended to analyze delivery and retail facilities infrastructure to assure optimal use of space.

There are no changes to local operations for postal customers during the review process.   If a decision to move forward with the relocation of postal services is approved, there are no changes until a sale of a building actually occurs or in the case of leased space in which the post office loses its lease.

Postal operations do not move until a search for the alternate quarters is complete and all needed renovations at the new location are complete.

Information concerning Postal Service properties presently for sale can be found at www.uspspropertiesforsale.com.