Thursday, May 30, 2024 – TWO EYESORES REMOVED FROM MAIN STREET

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THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2024

ISSUE #1245

THE 

U.S.P.S.

WORKS FOR YOU

JUDITH BERDY

On May 14th I looked at these two USPS Relay Boxes in front of 510 Main Street.

They were in very poor condition, rusted and peeling paint.  I asked one of our postal carriers if the boxes were used. The answer was negative.    These boxes are used when more mail is delivered to a relay box and the carrier picks it up while on their route.  This is service is not needed now on Roosevelt Island.

The boxes were eyesores, I decided to e-mail the USPS and see if they could be removed.

I sent an e-mail to the USPS on their website on the 14th.  Three days later I got a call from Erica, the manager of our Post Office on Main Street.
She told me she would visit the site and see the boxes condition in person.

Yesterday the boxes were gone. All that remained were some nuts and bolts.

A clearing in the sidewalk with no more eyesores.

A few years ago the mailbox in front of 552 Main Street was removed by the USPS.
Try e-mailing the USPS and maybe you will have good luck and a box will be placed there again.

You never know, maybe one will be placed back, send an e-mail:

https://emailus.usps.com/s/postal-facility-inquiry

PHOTO OF THE DAY

CREDITS:

Judith Berdy
USPS

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