This post office, which once supported 16,000 workers, is now the office of less than 200 people. The building is filled with abandoned rooms and offices!
This station's namesake, Postmaster & politician James A. Farley, received The Hundred Year Association's 1962 Gold Medal Award "in recognition of outstanding contributions to the City of New York."
You will never get this time back.
Use automated
BYOP - Bring your own pen.
Packaging materials like envelopes are cheaper at FedEx location in union square.
Most helpful staff that I have err dealt with at a post office. No appt necessary for passport applications.
Sit on the Stoop of America
Customer service windows are open late. M-F 8a-10p. Building is open 24 hrs but NOT for postal services. Come check out the postal artifacts and the paintings
Give yourself extra time to do anything. Like, a lot of extra time.
Longest windows hours of any NYC post office yahiiiii! M/F 7a to 10p - Sat 9a to 9p - Sun 11a to 7p.
Bring a pen! They never have any that are working
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.
Biggest. Post Office. Ever. Nice steps fronting 8th Ave for lunch.
Turn this place into a train station already! There would be much better service.
Check for the shortest lines. Usuaaly the southern end of the building
Get a money order on a Sunday.
Robert Sullivan witnessed “the end of the era of the twenty-nine-cent stamp” at a midnight party here in 1991.
Grab a (non-alcoholic) drink, sit on the steps and just chill. Also a nice place for stamps.
Lunch on the steps with the sun shining. People watching is fun too.