tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post8039492149706243360..comments2024-03-28T09:48:01.838-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: Reader mailbag: What has happened to the Cooper Station Post Office?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-56666574588196898532016-07-30T21:37:15.961-04:002016-07-30T21:37:15.961-04:00The longest I have ever waited in a PO line was la...The longest I have ever waited in a PO line was last year, a couple of days before Christmas. Almost 20 minutes! Of course, there was hot cider and cookies, Christmas muzak, and everyone you've ever known shouting Hello and Merry Christmas to me. When I got to the window, the older gentleman who always waits on me asked about my wife and family before taking care of my business. Fairly typical, albeit a considerably longer wait, for PO service in our small town in western Arkansas. I am so sorry for you good folks stuck in New York. Charley O'Roarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-25564447238546235792015-10-21T18:02:41.778-04:002015-10-21T18:02:41.778-04:00Wow. Hostile. Yes, it's been bad forever, and ...Wow. Hostile. Yes, it's been bad forever, and of course it's busier now with the other closing, But do you need to be shitty too?bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18105024711310421859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-5211327928994013122015-10-21T17:58:02.685-04:002015-10-21T17:58:02.685-04:00Wow. Harsh. Wow. Harsh. bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18105024711310421859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-73361848497774378792014-06-10T22:50:01.450-04:002014-06-10T22:50:01.450-04:00in my building we get mail about 2-3 days a week. ...in my building we get mail about 2-3 days a week. many letter and packages get returned to sender saying "undeliverable". I also don't receive about half my magazines; the others vanish and I believe the mailman is tossing them out. they also never leave package slips until the final notice, and claim that they did. they are totally unreliable in my opinion.Maggie Dubrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01750403187063168980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-20499282392181125502014-05-18T10:56:47.935-04:002014-05-18T10:56:47.935-04:00I found your article when I tried to verify the br...I found your article when I tried to verify the brand new, shorter hours at Cooper Station, my PO. (The USPS station locator link was not working, and Google showed an intriguing link to your page.) I didn't know that the horrible Stuyvestant station had closed. No wonder things have gone south at Cooper in recent months! I can attest to all of the complaints registered here in readers' comments. Also, they post notices about additional free services for box holders and, despite repeated requests, never actually implement them. I closed my PO box at Stuyvesant because I didn't want to kill or be killed, and I enjoyed a good number of years with Cooper's service and the friendliness of the staff. But I'm thoroughly disgusted with the service there now. I feel sorry for the staff; they now seem stressed out, and I don't really blame them. But this has got to be corrected.Eva Yaa Asantewaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08673851887585753232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-57567941602931215502014-02-11T13:50:24.852-05:002014-02-11T13:50:24.852-05:00I used to go to the Cooper Station Post Office fro...I used to go to the Cooper Station Post Office from Brooklyn, it was so good. Now I live in the neighborhood and I have noticed it has gotten much worse over the past few months. People seem less friendly, more inept, and less enthused to do their job. Also, things have been getting lost...Joshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-48996025922254742002014-02-10T21:54:43.393-05:002014-02-10T21:54:43.393-05:00Cooper Square has been stealing my mail and claimi...Cooper Square has been stealing my mail and claiming it was delivered for two years now. Small packages mostly, some of them quite valuable, and also greeting cards (obviously thinking they contained birthday cash, which some did). And I have never ever been in there when the line was not at least a dozen people or more, so no change there really.HippieChicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-69703922610780745922014-02-08T19:23:50.124-05:002014-02-08T19:23:50.124-05:00I got an inside scoop on the Cooper Station situat...I got an inside scoop on the Cooper Station situation from an employee. I live close to the 14th St. post office but like many others on this thread, I also prefer to patronize Cooper Station. As I was finally being served after waiting 30 minutes in line, I asked the employee what was up with the recent drop in service. The employee told me that two workers have been absent for a while with illnesses and that management refuses to provide temporary replacements for them. Also, the nice woman who used to help people in line retired. Hopefully things will improve as one of the absent employees (they were in a car accident) is returning soon. As for the 14th St. station, I hope that all of those employees are fired once it closes. :)Karimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05200367533279782418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-52394807341801708542014-02-07T22:41:45.475-05:002014-02-07T22:41:45.475-05:00In defense of Stuy PO... Yeah, the place was awful...In defense of Stuy PO... Yeah, the place was awful awful, really awful. BUT I have a good story, too. <br /><br />A few months ago, a caring worker tracked down my passport for me, a day before its scheduled delivery, because I needed it urgently. And she gave me a call to let me know she's holding on to it and to just come straight to her window! Some of the workers, despite the horrible management and work environment, do care. I wish the good woman job security for life, hopefully in a less miserable place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-52899327066262540342014-02-07T18:02:25.818-05:002014-02-07T18:02:25.818-05:00I go to the Cooper Station Post Office at least fo...I go to the Cooper Station Post Office at least four times a week. Over the past decade I have waited in many different lines there. I can count on one hand the number of times when the wait was more than twenty minutes, even when it was a long, long line. At the moment the hard working people there are besieged by work and staff has been cut terribly - in particular the staff that would sort through packages. Imagine their work load in December! They are still digging themselves out of that hole, I think. They were not able to hire extra help to replace employees that transferred or retired. We don't usually think about how using the automated postal centers allows a "justified" reduction in human help, and then, when we miss that help, we tend to blame the overworked people who remain. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-24143461874585420692014-02-07T13:36:44.422-05:002014-02-07T13:36:44.422-05:00I just returned from there to use the Self Service...I just returned from there to use the Self Service machine to print a label for my package. It was a delight. Except I didn't see the helpful line lady. :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-66870915918345064672014-02-07T10:16:28.301-05:002014-02-07T10:16:28.301-05:00Would someone please send this entire comment stre...Would someone please send this entire comment stream to ALL of our elected representatives? And the head of the USPS? Please!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-46517470125588825212014-02-06T20:15:13.825-05:002014-02-06T20:15:13.825-05:00Misrahi Realty Misrahi Realty Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-53549793786721668862014-02-06T19:59:58.167-05:002014-02-06T19:59:58.167-05:00Bummer, this PO has always been a shining star. Th...Bummer, this PO has always been a shining star. They should fire anyone that worked on 14th, worst employee's, EVER.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-63582306327081684392014-02-06T18:50:21.539-05:002014-02-06T18:50:21.539-05:00The next time I go in I am going to try to get the...The next time I go in I am going to try to get the scoop from one of the employees. Sometimes they stand around out by the loading dock on 11th Street. They definitely cut staff, and the people who are left are clearly miserable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-36470149866643505292014-02-06T17:36:31.545-05:002014-02-06T17:36:31.545-05:00I'm the person who raised the initial question...I'm the person who raised the initial question with EVG and I'm glad to see that I hadn't imagined this while sad at the decline.<br /><br />People mentioned the nice lady who watched the line and helped with forms - she is long gone and there is no help to be found anywhere - even when old people have to sit on the floor (as I saw at christmas) or when the automated machines take your money and don't dispense postage (as happened to me last week).<br /><br />I used to be a big supporter of the PO - I was actually a temporary mail man back in College - but it's hard to have any sympathy with these folks. I don't blame the front line people, I blame management - which is why I believe that the Stuyvesant managers are now here and infecting the place.<br /><br />I understand the republicans and UPS / Fedex lobbyists are trying to destroy the PO and sell it off and I hate that. But the USPS in its current state, judging on my experience at this and other post offices in NYC, just needs to be put out of its misery. I can't mail gifts to my family in the UK any more because even after standing in line for an hour it will cost me more to mail than the gift cost (because they eliminated regular overseas airmail last year, now everything over 4 lbs has to go express).<br /><br />It's just sad - a functioning post office is a sign of a functioning society and right now we are failing that test. We are officially third world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-78299625260678642992014-02-06T17:25:14.021-05:002014-02-06T17:25:14.021-05:00DOB shows this for 302 Mott Owner Info:
SION MISR...DOB shows this for 302 Mott Owner Info:<br /><br />SION MISRAHI<br />BROWNSTONE MGT.CORP<br />88 RIVINGTON STREET NEW YORK NY 10002<br />212-979-8468<br /><br />http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JobsQueryByNumberServlet?passdocnumber=1&passjobnumber=120880779Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-42208474255662739122014-02-06T14:29:18.498-05:002014-02-06T14:29:18.498-05:00The Peter Stuyvesant PO lost my Christmas present ...The Peter Stuyvesant PO lost my Christmas present this year. It was sent 2 day priority, scanned in and LOST. Everyone was unhelpful. I never received ONE notice...they never found it and never bothered to follow up. After 10 phone calls and 3 visits waiting on 1 hour lines...to get dismissed...I gave up and told my parents to file an insurance claim. They suck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-43143612912186739592014-02-06T14:28:50.771-05:002014-02-06T14:28:50.771-05:00@anonymous 8:50AM
302 Mott is managed by Misrahi @anonymous 8:50AM<br />302 Mott is managed by Misrahi Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-64228095435681298882014-02-06T13:57:25.608-05:002014-02-06T13:57:25.608-05:00GETTING MAIL ON EAST 7TH STREET IS A JOKE ~ ITS A ...GETTING MAIL ON EAST 7TH STREET IS A JOKE ~ ITS A LONG ROUTE FOR THE DELIVERY PERSON BUT TO GET YOUR MAIL AT 4 IN THE AFTERNOON IS DISGRACEFUL. THEY ARE ON THE ODD SIDE NUMBERS OF THE STREET AT 12:30 AND THE ONLY PLACE THAT GETS MAIL ON MY SIDE OF THE STREET IS THE UKRAINIAN CHURCH. WHY NOT DO THE OTHER FEW BUILDINGS ON THE EVEN SIDE OF THE STREET SO WE DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT TILL THE END OF THE RUN. COMMON SENSE IS NT USED MUCH BY USPS THAT IS FOR SURE .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-90296228528577050742014-02-06T13:20:37.645-05:002014-02-06T13:20:37.645-05:00DrPop - You're only telling half the story. Wh...DrPop - You're only telling half the story. While home delivery *may* stop, you'll still get your mail delivered to one of the central locations located around your neighborhood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-68295202504750375332014-02-06T13:19:45.365-05:002014-02-06T13:19:45.365-05:00On the topic of the new Stuyvesant post office on ...On the topic of the new Stuyvesant post office on 14th: A worker the other day said they were aiming for opening the new office the middle of next week.Pinchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-9639469670329535322014-02-06T13:13:52.645-05:002014-02-06T13:13:52.645-05:00So people are annoyed that they have to wait on li...So people are annoyed that they have to wait on line for packages from Amazon but are willing to wait on line for hours for cronuts, brunch, cupcakes, Shake Shack, Apple iZombie products, sample sales, biscuits [cough]...1:13 pmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-33327921733605046942014-02-06T12:57:22.385-05:002014-02-06T12:57:22.385-05:00Oh, Stuyvesant PO... Both my husband and I still h...Oh, Stuyvesant PO... Both my husband and I still haven't received our tax documents, which we know for a fact were mailed over a week ago by our employers, all the way out in... Midtown. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-81969109724761782852014-02-06T12:51:42.444-05:002014-02-06T12:51:42.444-05:00For the last 20 years, ALL national postal deliver...For the last 20 years, ALL national postal delivery systems have been under attack throughout the world. Privatization is the name of the game. The MO is starve them to death, while de-regulating and killing off union power. And UPS, Federal, et al spend many, many, MANY MILLIONS of dollars on legislative lobbying groups annually for favorable regulations (or NO regulations if possible).<br /> <br />Just last month, our Conservabuck government here in Canada has said they are CANCELLING ALL home postal delivery over the next year.....NOT for businesses, mind you.....just HOME delivery. <br /><br />You're next.DrBOPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07179469265158025584noreply@blogger.com