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Mailboxes of Park Slope?

milu
milu
edited November -1 in Prospect Heights
Apologies if this is already covered territory, but does anyone know the story behind the demise of Mailboxes of Park Slope (on Flatbush Ave)?

This freelancer will miss it!

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  • worldwide trader
    worldwide trader
    Yes, they charged too F@#&king much.
  • milu
    milu
    Thanks for the link to the whole story, Mamacita. What a shame...
  • fancy
    fancy
    Mail Boxes of Park Slope closed 10/17/08 due to eviction. For more info, call the city marshal's office 718-423-7500 George Essock badge # 58.
    The Staionery/copy store on 7th & Flatbush will be doing Fedex. The landlord's office is in manhattan, Landlord is...312 Flatbush Avenue LLC.
    No one knew it was coming, but the owner Adam Williams didn't have the decency to inform the customers or his workers.
    Shame on Adam Williams, however I still wish him well.
  • pureistheword
    pureistheword
    the copy store around the corner started Fed Ex already or its confirmed they will? Hopefully so.
  • unclejunior
    unclejunior

    Subject: mail boxes of park slope

    how can I get in touch with the owners? My stuff is there. Found a new place in Fort Greene on South Oxford Street.
  • renoqueen
    renoqueen
    Now that FB is gone on Washington and Flatbush Mailboxes too, I have converted to Away We Go Postal on Washington. They are lovely people and give excellent service. I like that you can pay $10/year plus $2/package for them to accept deliveries.

    Away We Go Postal
    (718) 483-9325
    790 Washington Avenue,
    Brooklyn, NY 11238
  • poppet
    poppet
    Does anyone have new info on how we can get stuff back? I left a box with those guys to be posted a couple of days before they closed and it never made it to the destination, so I'm now thinking it's still stuck in their back room and really want it back! I called the marshal's office but they said they can't do anything without knowing the eviction number which doesn't seem to be posted there. Anyone else have a similar problem?
  • newheights
    newheights
    There's a sign in the Adelphi station post office on Fulton that says packages from Mailboxes of Park Slope can be picked up there until Dec 6. It wasn't clear whether they meant packages sent to or from Mailboxes.
  • old time brooklyn
    old time brooklyn
    I used Away We Go and they were pretty good. Complicated media mail/customs form thing and they did a good job with it.

    I see that the one dude from Mailboxes now works at the stationery store.
  • rhodamine
    rhodamine
    worldwide trader wrote: Yes, they charged too F@#&king much.
    lol! :lol:
  • silverager
    silverager
    What is the cross street for Away We Go? I trid the number lited here but it is a fax number. I do a lot of ebay sales and I need a new place that will ship media mail for me. Thanks!
  • sweet tea
    sweet tea
    if this is the place i'm thinking of, it's near shane's -- so, st. johns?

    i was there last week. everyone was very nice and helpful, but i was surprised by how much the whole thing ended up costing. also, i believe the rate they quoted me for accepting packages was something like $25/year.
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    sweet tea wrote: if this is the place i'm thinking of, it's near shane's -- so, st. johns?

    i was there last week. everyone was very nice and helpful, but i was surprised by how much the whole thing ended up costing. also, i believe the rate they quoted me for accepting packages was something like $25/year.
    No, this was the one on Flatbush near Natural Land.

    http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=11238&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=44.069599,99.404297&ie=UTF8&ll=40.676358,-73.967021&spn=0.01035,0.024269&z=16&layer=c&cbll=40.677,-73.972327&panoid=JTT78O0ntUlkRoV3cznU4g&cbp=12,241.6837828158817,,0,5
  • sweet tea
    sweet tea
    renoQueen wrote: Now that FB is gone on Washington and Flatbush Mailboxes too, I have converted to Away We Go Postal on Washington. They are lovely people and give excellent service. I like that you can pay $10/year plus $2/package for them to accept deliveries.

    Away We Go Postal
    (718) 483-9325
    790 Washington Avenue,
    Brooklyn, NY 11238
    i was talking about this place.