Midwood Residents ‘Ardently Oppose’ USPS Plan to Relocate Decades-Old Post Office
The United States Postal Service lease for the decades-old Coney Island Avenue post office expires in June, after the building was purchased by the adjacent Yeshiva of Flatbush.
A decades-old post office that Midwood residents have relied on to pick up their mail, ship packages, handle passport applications, get money orders and more is set to close in the coming months, and reopen at a new location more than a mile away.
The plan to move the branch that’s been on Coney Island Ave. off of Ave. J since 1968, has enraged Midwood residents, who’ve implored the USPS to reconsider the relocation. A letter sent by two local community boards to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Dec. 5 called the move “beyond irrational.”
In postcards mailed to people who live in the 11230 zip code in recent weeks, the USPS had warned of the site’s imminent closure due to the “loss of leasehold,” and sought feedback on a new proposed location. From Coney Island Avenue near Avenue J, the USPS is eyeing a location that would be two train stops or a 30-minute walk south at the intersection of Coney Island Ave. and Kings Highway.