Brooklyn Post Offices: Endless Bummer?
Is every single post office in Brooklyn a nightmare? Seems like it. There’s consistent bitching (that we hear, anyway) about three in particular. Here’s the latest on the most-loathed po’s: Kensington: Councilmember Bill De Blasio continues to work toward building a new post office for the neighborhood, which gained Internet fame via a You Tube…
Is every single post office in Brooklyn a nightmare? Seems like it. There’s consistent bitching (that we hear, anyway) about three in particular. Here’s the latest on the most-loathed po’s:
Kensington: Councilmember Bill De Blasio continues to work toward building a new post office for the neighborhood, which gained Internet fame via a You Tube vid last year. “We have been working closely with the Brooklyn Postmaster, Community Board 12 and the community,” says De Blasio. “There are still complaints regarding postal service in 11218 but I have also heard some positive feedback.We would love to see a new post office in the neighborhood or a commercial postal unit in one of the local retail stores. This community is growing at a rapid pace and business owners and residents at the very least deserve a functioning postal facility.”
Park Slope, 9th Street: The Brooklynian folks have a thread devoted to this place’s suckitude. Comments range from this observation, “The line to pick up a package that you missed because they can’t ring the correct bell is miles long. Usually 50 people waiting in the pick up line every weekend. Then it takes an average of 5-15 minutes for them to locate the package at the post office. How hard is it to have two people or more working the pick up line on Saturday’s.” to this one, “What do you expect from people who smoke too much crack (as i learned when i went to a party held by people who worked for the Brooklyn Post Office)?”
Boerum Hill, Atlantic near 4th Ave.: This is another neighborhood where there’s noise about replacing the post office. GL reported the latest complaints about the facility yesterday, with one person saying they “had a horrendous, Third World experience at the Times Plaza” and another writing, “I have never had a package or letter that needed to be signed for delivered by them!”
So. Are there any halfway decent post offices in this borough?
A Drive to Replace the Post Office [Brownstoner]
Return to the Times Plaza Post Office: Not Fixed [Gowanus Lounge]
9th St Post Office [Brooklynian]
yea, UPS has useless delivery hours if you actually work for a living.
Brooklyn PO’s are no different than anywhere else in the city or country for that matter.
except for Tucson; no lines there- you take a deli counter style number when you walk in and then take a seat and wait.
-J$
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The reason why the PO sucks is because the workers suck, its that simple.
Unfortunatly their is a segment of our society that is virtually un-hireable, use Fed-Ex (UPS is okay but what kind of service doesnt deliver on Sat) and think of the Post Office as a WPA project for the 21st century.
I once went to the post office on Fulton (I thinks it’s the Adelphi one) and handed the lady my slip for two packages. She brought one and then disappeared. After 15 minutes another post office worker asked me if I needed anything. I told her I was waiting on my second package, and she called to the first lady to ask if she was getting my second package. “What package?” Then she waddled over, looked at my slip and said, “oh, he does have a second package.”
I’m from New Orleans though, where I can assure you that EVERYTHING in government (local, state, fed) is run this way, so it just seemed like I was back home.
omg Brenda, I was wondering if anyone would mention that PO on church ave. I was just there on saturday after managing to avoid it for years. it is the absolute worse. I guess its safe to assume that all the POs suck royally.
10:12 you don’t know what you’re talking about.
Sure UPS itself is unionized – but the UPS stores are independently owned business franchises. The employees there are not unionized. However, depending on the owner, the staff can be great. I use them all the time near my office in Jersey City and the people there are the best.
I lived on 3rd ST. between 6th and 7th ave for 11 years and our mailman, Paul, was great. He really knew everybody on the block and when things went to a wrong address was careful enough to get it to you.
when we finally broke down and moved to the burbs he held all of our mail and forwarded when the change of address finally went through. He even emailed us to check on it.
He’s the best.
The GPO service at Cadman Plaza is still terrible, even after the renovation. I’ll take UPS or Fedex any day over dealing with those lazy jerks.
10:12 said…
“FYI, UPS is a unionized workforce. They’re TEAMSTERS, you big fat pussy.”
However the UPS stores are franchises, and the workers are not unionized.
And 10:21, the PO is not a drain on the nat’l budget. It is self-supporting.
And all the Brooklyn POs suck.