Hudson Valley Post Offices Expanding Holiday Hours

HUDSON VALLEY, NY – The U.S. Postal Service is extending hours to help people get their holiday mailing done. Seven District Post Offices in Orange, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties are extending retail business and package pick-up hours to Sundays, and another 22 will have Sunday pick-up hours for customers with delivery attempt notices.

The District Post Offices offering Sunday hours from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Dec. 3, 10, and 17 are:

• Brewster, 3 Mount Ebo Rd North
• Middletown, 40 Fulton St.
• * Monroe, 787 State Route 17 M
• New City, 245 North Main Street.
• New Rochelle, 255 North Ave.
• Poughkeepsie, 55 Mansion St.
• White Plains, 100 Fischer Ave.
• Yonkers Main Post Office, 79-81 Main St.

* Monroe offers Sunday hours throughout the year.

Plus, 22 more Post Offices in Orange, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester will be open for package pick-up only on Dec. 3, 10, and 17 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. for those customers who received a delivery attempted notice.

Those are: Carmel, Larchmont, Mamaroneck, Mount Vernon, Monsey, Nanuet, Ossining, Pawling, Peekskill, Port Chester, Rye, Scarsdale, Tarrytown, Warwick, Yonkers - Bronxville, Yonkers - Centuck, Yonkers - East, Yonkers - Greystone, Yonkers – Hastings On Hudson, Yonkers –South, Yonkers – Tuckahoe, and Yorktown Heights.

The Postal Service will deliver more than 15 billion pieces of mail this holiday season, which includes 850 million packages. That is a 10 percent increase in package volume compared to the same period last year, officials said.

With an increase in early and online shopping for gifts, there is no longer a “busiest day” for holiday shipping. Instead, the Postal Service’s busiest time is now two weeks before Christmas.

Starting the week of Dec. 11, customer traffic is expected to increase, with the week of Dec. 18 - 24 predicted to be the busiest mailing, shipping, and delivery week. During this week, nearly 3 billion pieces of First Class Mail, including greeting cards, will be processed and delivered. The Postal Service also expects to deliver nearly 200 million packages per week during these two weeks.

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