So, (Almost) Everyone in Brooklyn Says Their Mail Sucks

Yesterday, we posted an item about the crappy nature of postal service in Boerum Hill--mass misdeliveries of mail, never being able to get a package delivered to your door, etc. The comments left by readers are as fascinating as the original emails, so here's a furhter sampling of Brooklyn Postal Horrors. We'll start with this:

Add to your list the Red Hook post office, serving 11231. Truly abysmal. In five years, they have never succeeded in delivering a package successfully to our door. They never ring the bell; I would know since I work at home. We never get a first notice, or second notice slip—only the FINAL notice. They ignore messages I leave for them on the door. ("Please ring! I am home!") And when you make the long trek to the post office, they are slothful and inattentive and always have trouble finding a package.

Then, we'll sample this:

as a resident of 11217, I can verify all of these complaints and more. I was just at the post office this morning at 8:50 AM to pick up a package that I received a slip for even though I was home. Of course the package pickup window wasn't open so I had to stand on the line, already 8 people deep with only two windows open. After their periodic disappearances and reappearances, all 8 customers were waited on and it was my turn.

We'll have a taste of this:

I want to second the complaint leveled against the post office in Red Hook. In addition to going days without mail (typically followed by one day of 15-20 letters), I have only had one package delivered successfully. I was home sick at the time and watched the mailman leave the missed package slip without ringing. After running downstairs and knocking on the window of his van, he begrudgingly handed me my mail and informed me that it was a good thing he decided to "chill" there for a few minutes or I would have missed him.

This tasty bit:

Add another disgruntled 11231 to the fray. I don’t actually mind that the mail person just leaves packages outside the door without ringing the doorbell because I’d rather risk someone stealing my boxes than having to deal with the Red Hook P.O. pickup in person. When I first moved into my building three years ago, most of the mail would just end up in a pile on the floor inside the non-locking front door.

Although, to end on a positive note, it seems the Dogshit Queen of Greenpoint has a good carrier:

My postman is AWESOME! Sometimes he'll even leave packages at my apartment door (on the 2nd floor) so I do not have to go to the P.O. and pick them up.

So, there you have it, you can get your mail in 11222.

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