According to the Postal Service, there is only one post office (probably that means in Brooklyn but it's not completely clear) that is currently being considered for closing but no decision has yet been made. If a decision is made to close a post office, elected officials will be advised and a public forum will be held before the closing is final. The post office is being considered for closing is probably not in the 11th Congressional District (that's Congresswoman Clarke's district), which includes the 7th Avenue Post Office.
All this information comes from correspondence between Rami Metal, Community Liason of Council Member David Yassky's office, who contacted the office of Congresswoman Yvette Clarke in response to an inquiry from RK Dillion, a constituent, about the possible closing of the Post Office on 7th Avenue between 2nd and 3rd Streets. Deanna Bitteti of Congresswoman Clarke's staff passed along Congresswoman Clarke's response. That chain of correspondence is below:
[From Rami Metal]: Hello Mr. Dillon. Thank you
for writing to us regarding the potential closure of the post office on
reached out to Congresswoman Yvette Clarke's office for some
clarification. Deanna Bitteti forwarded her response to me and I've
attached it here for you:
Please let constituents know that our
office has been in touch with USPS and they are conducting a feasibility study
to determine if any post offices should be closed (based upon revenue streams,
foot traffic and other criteria) but USPS has told me that the number is grossly
overstated and that as of now they are looking at only ONE post office for
closure (but would not release the name as the decision has not been finalized,
however they do not believe it is located in the 11th Congressional
district). Also, once a decision is made they will notify electeds and the
public and a public forum must occur to garner feedback from the community
before anything is done or any closure takes place.
I have asked that as soon as any
decision is made for USPS to call me and fax over the decision letter and I will
keep in touch with them on this issue. I know I have received calls regarding
Newkirk Station and I have received calls regarding Prospect Park West Retail
station and have made inquiries but been told the same thing by usps on several
occasions. The Letter Carrier Union is publicizing this to local news media and
constituents and asking them to call their Congress Members, and we are aware of
these concerns and are watching this with great
attention.
Please feel free to pass along my email
and contact if people would like to reach out to me to discuss this further. I
know the member will do all she can to prevent this from occurring for our
constituents and the letter carriers that could potentially lose their jobs if
this occurs.
Best,
Deanna
If you have any further question
please feel free to reach out to either myself or Deanna. She can be
reached at Deanna.Bitetti@mail.house.gov.
From: RK Dillon
Sent: Fri 7/31/2009 5:15 PM
To: Yassky, David
Can you make noise about the
proposed closing of the post office on 7th Av. between 2nd & 3rd St.s?
I can't believe it's not a profit center: the queue is out the door almost every
time I go & there can't be many employees since so few windows (often only
one) stay open. The little storefront gets traffic from both 11217 &
11215 & it's a long trek to either Plaza Station or Van Brunt just to mail
parcels or buy stamps if you don't have parcels to pick
up.
Thanks,
R. K. Dillion