The office of Councilmember Kshama Sawant reports the new post office is set to open in the coming weeks, although Rupert says USPS cannot confirm a specific date at this time. At the beginning of 2019, USPS had to vacate from its Central District location in Midtown Center and redirect services to the Broadway Post Office as the shopping center prepared for a large-scale redevelopment. Meanwhile, USPS is moving forward with plans to open a new Central District post office in the space formerly home to electric bike shop Electric Lady at 2207 E Union. “This process is one of the many ways the Postal Services makes adjustments to our infrastructure to match our resources to declining mail volumes,” Rupert said. This process will be on hold, however, for 90 days while USPS evaluates “recent customer concerns,” Rupert said. Three Capitol Hill mailboxes have fully been removed according to USPS records - at 1101 E Pike, 900 E Pine and 1400 Broadway - while a few others remain locked and sealed because of vandalism and “civil unrest” amid protesting, according to Rupert.Īlthough not the case here, Rupert says it is routine for USPS to evaluate dropbox density and remove redundant boxes. “It’s nothing new, we do this with other civil unrest and sometimes we’ll do it for parades,” USPS spokesperson David Rupert said, adding that “we’ll evaluate their replacement in the future.” Is there an explanation why mailboxes are disappearing on Capitol Hill? Are they leaving? The box on 15th E & E Republican is gone,” one of several recent notes to CHS reads.Ī United States Postal Service spokesperson confirmed to CHS that some mailboxes have been locked or removed from Pike/Pine and Broadway due to security concerns in the area. “The removal of USPS Mailboxes is trending nationally. Thanks to for helping in the mailbox headcountĪs worry over locked and missing mailboxes spreads across the internet ahead of the November presidential election, the paranoia has run even more deeply through Capitol Hill after weeks of protest in the neighborhood stirring the anti-establishment vibe and a greater distrust of authority.