NEW YORK—Local elected officials came through on Monday, persuading the United State Postal Service to keep its branch office on York Avenue, between 78th and 79th Streets, known as the Cherokee Post Office.
This summer, the USPS revealed that it was studying the possibility of closing Cherokee Station and moving the services offered there to several other post offices—the closest of which, according to the USPS, was the Roosevelt Island Station, about a half mile away.
It is unclear if the USPS took into account the swift-moving current of the East River that separates Manhattan’s Upper East Side from Roosevelt Island.
“Since New Yorkers can’t walk on water, I am delighted that the Postal Services won’t be closing the Cherokee Station and moving its operations across the East River,” Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney said. “I thank the Postal Service for hearing our concerns and keeping this vital post office, which has become an important part of the community.”
In August, Maloney and other elected officials wrote to the USPS urging the agency to save Cherokee Station.
In their letters, the officials emphasized how Cherokee Station is a busy, crowded station that would be counterintuitive to close. Maloney secured larger facilities for the post officer herself in 1994.
“By all accounts, this new facility is crowded by residents of this large and growing community. Closing a well-used facility in a dense urban community is a bad idea that would lead to overcrowding at already burdened neighboring facilities and poor service for local residents,” reads the original letter.
This summer, the USPS revealed that it was studying the possibility of closing Cherokee Station and moving the services offered there to several other post offices—the closest of which, according to the USPS, was the Roosevelt Island Station, about a half mile away.
It is unclear if the USPS took into account the swift-moving current of the East River that separates Manhattan’s Upper East Side from Roosevelt Island.
“Since New Yorkers can’t walk on water, I am delighted that the Postal Services won’t be closing the Cherokee Station and moving its operations across the East River,” Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney said. “I thank the Postal Service for hearing our concerns and keeping this vital post office, which has become an important part of the community.”
In August, Maloney and other elected officials wrote to the USPS urging the agency to save Cherokee Station.
In their letters, the officials emphasized how Cherokee Station is a busy, crowded station that would be counterintuitive to close. Maloney secured larger facilities for the post officer herself in 1994.
“By all accounts, this new facility is crowded by residents of this large and growing community. Closing a well-used facility in a dense urban community is a bad idea that would lead to overcrowding at already burdened neighboring facilities and poor service for local residents,” reads the original letter.
