This is the worst post office I have ever been to in NYC. They are extremely slow, short staffed and have a bad attitude in general toward the customers. The lines are almost always huge and slow. read more

Update 12/7/16: Failed to deliver package, failed to redeliver package, failed to field phone calls: complete fail.

The worst post office ever... they've lost 6 of my packages in the last 5 months... And every time I go in there to try and find out where my package is, I'm met with this awful attitude by some of the staff. If I remember correctly, the manager is probably the worst of them all. But I suspect there are some untrustworthy folks who work here as there are so many packages that go "missing"... IT'S REALLY FRUSTRATING!!! read more

Dealing with this post office is a kafkaesque experience. One orders a package unkowingly entering into a labrynth of pink slips, busy signals, lines that dont move, and sweltering offices only to find that the package you ordered has been lost. Its almost poetic how bad this postal service is. I am tempted to believe that it is a long performance art piece about the failure of communication in the modern era based on Tomas Pynchon's "The Crying of Lot 49". I have had problems with this post office since I moved to the neighborhood 3 years ago. From finding my mail strewn across my stoop to lost packages and false delivery notices to being SEXUALLY HARASSED by my mail man this post office has carfully and systematically broken me down. I have had to tell my family and friends not to send me mail because nearly every thing it get is damaged (letters left in the snow, or somehow ripped in half) or simply never shows up (It sucks to get a pink slip, but it is even worse when they dont even leave you a slip). I called the post office to check on a package which was never delivered to my address but that their tracking system says I have recieved, and I get a BUSY SIGNAL? Is it 1993? Do they only have 1 phone? read more

At least 15 minutes until closing on a Tuesday and nobody will pick up a simple phone call...

I would rather have coat hangers driven into my gums than deal with this P.O. location. It is the 8th circle of hell. It is where your coveted treasures go to die. As soon as you walk in, it is like crossing the event horizon of a black hole. I don't even live in this neighborhood, or anywhere near it. I was one of the "lucky' ones from Clinton Hill whose mail got re-routed to this location while the Pratt station temporarily closed. During that time, I had one package lost and another one stuck in a void for days before I was finally able to track it down myself. It started when, despite my having taken the day off to sign for the delivery, I got the little salmon colored slip of death with this address on it. I signed it and put it back in my mailbox. The mailman clearly took it, as it was no longer in my box, but the package never came. I filled out a redelivery request online. Still nothing. I called repeatedly. Customer service was useless and just filled out additional redelivery requests. I tried calling the location, but no one ever answers the goddam phone. Finally I realized the only way I'm getting my package is to go there myself, which involved taking the G train (already in a foul mood before I even get there), trying to figure out which overwhelming, snaking line to get on, and waiting for 45 minutes...only to be told that my package was in the *newly opened* Pratt Station. ...then why the hell did I get a slip with this address on it? Why did no one call me when they saw my MULTIPLE redelivery requests? Or write it down on the slip? Fuckers. So you can only imagine how my heart sank when I just checked on the tracking for another package, only to see the 11206 zip code. I already know I'm not going to get it. To put things in perspective, it was sent from DUMBO, about 20 minutes away, using 1-day Priority shipping. It is now 4 days later. The estimated delivery is Friday 4/10, while the tracking says it is out for delivery now. Nothing makes sense. Everything is wrong. I really, really feel for those who have to deal with this location as their regular P.O. It would be easier to just burn the place down and carve out out a pit from which the residents have to dig their mail. Everyone in the neighborhood should just pay up for Fedex and UPS, and the USPS should reimburse the difference. read more

If only I could give ZERO stars! This post office is terribly slow! There's always long lines and only one or two windows open. Not to mention parking is such a hassle. I hate missing packages over here. This office should really hire more staff or just shut down for good! read more

I had a package that was supposed to be delivered. And the tracking on USPS.com said it was delivered on EASTER SUNDAY, 3/27/16, 2:21PM at a "Garage or Other Location at Address." There are NO GARAGE in my apartment building. I called USPS on April 4th and said the package is actually sitting at the post office for the last 7 days at 47 DEBEVOISE ST. So, I asked they they redeliver it. They said it'd be redelivered tomorrow, April 5th. The package didn't come. I went to the post office on April 6th. I went to the pick up window & the guy who moves the line, said I had to go to the retail window. I took care of a few things at the retail window & the lady said I have to go to the pick up window (where NO ONE was there!). I waited 10-15 mins. More people came behind me. I told one of the ladies at the retail window but the pickup window lady came back. She took my tracking # & all the slips from everyone in line. She pulled me back in & told me that the package was in the truck getting redelivered & it's not on the shelf. And that my request didn't hit until April 5th. So she told me to call their supervisor Tiffany Martinez, at 718-388-8082 to contact the mailman to see if it's in the truck. I went home. NO PACKAGE on April 6th. Today is April 7th, I called the number they gave me. BUSY. I call 7 times more BUSY. They don't have call waiting. I call & finally get through on their main line. I was on hold for 2 hours & 15 minutes, at least 3 different people picked up the phone asking for my name, zip & address. The last girl who answered, I told her I was on hold for 2 hours & 15 minutes. Then another lady picked up the phone a few times & just didn't say anything. I tried calling with a different phone- BUSY SIGNAL the ENTIRE time. Can you imagine other people trying to get through?? I called USPS again & they thought it WAS VERY STRANGE that my package was not redelivered. I also filed a formal complaint against that post office. METROPOLITAN, 47 DEBEVOISE ST. I told her that the supervisor was not there yesterday at 4PM & also was not there when I called today. The complaint is going directly to consumer affairs & I should expect a follow up call in 48-72 hours. They are going to sweep the entire post office and truck to see if my package is there & why it wasn't redelivered on the 5th. If you are having issues, call: 800-275-8777. I just said "File a claim" then press 0. 1 is for yes & 2 is for no, if you don't want to speak your answers. Get a human person on the line & improve this postal office. WASTE OF TAX PAYER MONEY!!! (don't put your tracking # in or the system will disconnect you). read more

US Post Office - It was not actually delivered. And no garage at my apartment building!!! - Post Offices Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

By far the worst Usps i have ever been to. The staff was very rude and refused to assist me in tracking my package. I was provided a contact number and when i called i was asked to call back stop blocking the line and give a call back in 30 minutes. This is highly unprofessional and not the way you treat a customer. read more

I seriously wish I could give this place negative stars. This is the worst post office I have ever had to deal with. They always claim that they attempted to deliver my packages they never leave a delivery attempted notice. Multiple packages have been sent back to the shipper because I never knew that I supposedly missed deliveries. Because guess what no notice is ever left for me! They are causing me to lose money at this point. This place is ridiculous! It needs to be revamped and they need to hire a whole new crew! read more

While I don't hold the homicidal wishes of the previous reviewer, I do have to admit that this post office absolutely refuses to attempt to make deliveries outside of letters and magazines. Any time a client or vendor sends me a package, I get a pink note asking me to pick up the package. I know for absolute fact that the carrier never attempted to ring my bell because I work from home. If this happened once or twice, I'd figure it a matter of chance (in the bathroom or whatever), but this rant is based on an 8 year residence. Even on days that I get packages from FedEx and UPS who ring my bell and await my signature just fine, I pop open my mailbox to find a pink slip stating that they missed me and that I must pick up my package form the office. It's not that they rang the bell and I didn't get there soon enough - it's that they never bothered. One would think that such a task a minor annoyance since the office is just around the block, but every time I get there, I find myself at the tail end of a half-hour line - half of whom have that same pink slip dangling from their fingertips. A direct indication that the carrier didn't bother for anyone else either. I've no comment on the waiting time at this specific office, besides to say that the best time to visit is around 10:30am or 2pm, otherwise, the line stretches well beyond the maze ropes. The people behind the desk seem to do their job efficiently and politely, although the time to find whatever my pink slip designates tends to take a bit. If you need something delivered, go with a commercial carrier. After 8 years, the UPS guys knows me by name and we know each others' holiday plans. The USPS carrier would rather shove me off to the office any chance s/he gets. read more

There is no service here. The most absent minded, rude interaction with humans I've ever experienced. The teller on the phone was talking to other co workers while talking to me. Horrible. read more

Stop pretending to deliver my packages! Today is the latest where it says via tracking it was delivered an hour ago in my mailbox. I'm home. There's nothing in my box. I'm the only one with a key. This is the worst post office! I never get my mail when it's raining or super hot. Use UPS or FedEx if you can. read more

hands down the worst post office I've ever been in. can't figure out WTF they're doing behind the counter most of the time. I try to take it easy on the post office. but this is always an unreasonable ridiculous experience. read more

This post office is disgusting the way the workers treat people and the long time you have to wait on a line just to pick something up its crazy I was standing for 45 minutes without the line moving once more than 15 people and only one person taking her sweet time I hate this location do not recommend you come here they are horrible read more

Waiting in line at a Post Office is always going to be hell; this place is even worse if you can imagine it. The workers move like snails and act like incompetent buffoons. The thing that tipped the scale to 2 star status was that I just called this location in fear of not getting through, and not only did the USPS customer rep pick up the phone after two rings, but they were able to find my package ordered from India on Amazon in their location. I had assumed it was stolen or the USPS messed up because it had been almost a month since they claimed to have "delivered" to my apartment. (Those tracking notices are bullshit.) Thankful they found it. Other reviews said the phone just rings and no one picks up, so I was really concerned, but I am proof that this location has clearly improved. read more

I try to never use my address for things, just too avoid this post office. I've never experienced anything like it. In the 6 years that I've been living in the district, I can confirm everything mentioned in the comments left before me. Packages are never delivered. Sometimes when you go pick them up, the post office "can't find them." If you find the time to go back a few days later and wait another 1-2 hours, sometimes they will find the package. Sometimes your shipment just vanished (magic!) I've also gone in for a certified letter and been told "the woman who knows how to do that isn't hear today." This is especially helpful when the PO is only open when I'm at work. Today I went to try and pick up a delivery, but the line was OUT THE DOOR. Yes, thankfully it is warm because people had to start waiting outside. This was at 9:10am. I don't even want to know how long that takes, and can't be that late to work. I think I may never be able to get my delivery. Is there any way to log a complaint against this facility? Specifically for generally horrific service? read more

Had to come pick up 2 packages that got sent back. Despite me coming in 5 minutes before closing, both the lady at the window and another man, Webster, were friendly and courteous and found my packages. Offered me tape to keep my packages together and easier to carry and even told me to get home safe while walking me out of the building. Was honestly shocked at how friendly they were! read more

So why is it that its after 1pm and you are supposed to be able to pick up packages and there is not an employee in sight.Then a pregnant employee finally comes from break yelling to the back to get in and no one comes.Its now 2:22pm I have been standing in an empty post office since 1:35pm smh now the same employee gets in only to come to the window smfh where is the manager that runs this location.That person obviously needs some insight on their employees.smh read more

This has got to be the worst post office in the country. Long lines, misplaced items...don't even try to call them, they put you on hold immediately and leave you there. read more

This post office is horrible. It took for people to almost riot for management to send employees from the back to help on the package pick up line. There were 50 people and yes I counted in total on line.I arrived at 9am to be the 10th person then the line didn't move for an hour. It took a man to yell and almost start a riot for management to come out and ask what the problem was. Really??! Then the Black lady that works the packages with the infamous attitude arguing with all the customers.Very rude. If you don't fancy your job then quit. This post office needs to shut down because they lie about delivering. To top this off I was 2 hours late to go to work. A total waste of time for a package that could have fit into my mailbox. read more

Look, I can't speak for anyone else's experience here, but I've been using the same post office to deliver records and goods sold on discogs and ebay for years, sometimes making 2 trips a week, and never did I receive any customer complaints about not receiving a record or having it delivered late or mishandled. My discogs is 100% positive feedback, so this place definitely gets my 5 stars. Also, the staff has always been super friendly and helpful. Just don't trip and be patient when there's a problem, because most of the time, it's not the teller's fault. So, if you blow up in their face about something they can't help you with, they will stand their ground like any other human being should. Understanding takes two, y'know? read more

The worst post office ever. They don't attempt to deliver packages, they don't leave notices, waiting in line generally takes an hour or more. They say they don't have your package when they do. They leave your mail on the ground in the hallway. They deliver other peoples mail to you. Am I missing something? I'm sure there are more horror stories, but I've only lived here a year. They have to be the most inept institution in brooklyn. If you want slow, stupid, angry, incompetence, it is a real must see. read more

as i stare at one of those godforsaken pink slips knowing a trip here is imminent, let me tell you: this has been my post office for the better part of 8 years, and and i can attest that it is truly the mouth of hell. i lived in one apartment for 4 years that was on the border of post office assignment zones. literally the buildings on the other side of the street were assigned to a different, better and closer post office. when i moved into my current place 3.5 years ago, i rejoiced because finally i was free of this shithole! except, no joke, i was in the same fucking position AGAIN. literally across the street from me is a completely different zipcode with a different post office assignment. my side of the road? you guessed it. stuck with 47 debovaise. oh cruel mistress of fate, why have you forsaken me? read more

For those of us who have to currently go through this post office because gentrification forced the Pratt/11205 post office out of its building: If you try to reschedule a delivery you missed, they will not redeliver. Just go pick up your package. Count on standing in line for at least 45 minutes. The package pickup line was easily twice as long as the regular line. If you call the 1800 number about your package, they will give you 2 phone numbers to call. Both will have an eternal busy signal. Just go pick up your package. If you want to file a complaint at the 1800 number. But it won't do any good. This post office is simply overworked, having to handle all of the redirected 11205 mail. There are no solutions until our post office opens up again. Just go pick up your package. read more

I've never been so appalled by the US postal service. I was home when a package "was attempted to be delivered" but a slip was left anyway. I've been trying for a week now to get it redelivered because I work during the wonderful 9 to 5 business hours. This place is a joke. read more

I arrived at this post office at 9 a.m. to try to pick up my package or figure out what was going on with my package. After waiting in line for ten minutes with just one person in front of me, I walked up to the window because this clerk at the window didn't tell me to step up to the window and was just staring at me. I don't know the name of this worker. He didn't greet me or anything. He wasn't wearing a name tag. He was extremely rude. When I got to the window I started explaining to him what was going on with the status of my package, because the status said there was an attempted delivery on Tuesday, December 24th at 7 p.m. However, I was home so I don't understand what happened with that. The package never came and the status never said that it was out for delivery again, so that's why I was at the post office today. Anyway, while at the window, the clerk cut me off while I was explaining the issue. He then proceeded to say, "You don't know the process? You must not know the process." I said,"I lived around here for years." Apparently, he thought I was going to try to give him my phone to locate the tracking number, but I wasn't. I just had my phone in my hand so I can write the tracking number down on a piece of paper and give it to him. I asked, "What do you mean?" He then got very rude and said, "I'm not taking your phone." I said, "I'm not giving you my phone. Normally, when I come to the post office and don't have the tracking number, they allow me to write it down on a paper. I didn't receive a slip so that's what I'm trying to do." Then, he began arguing with me in front of all the customers because I said, "You haven't given me a chance to explain what's going on. You don't do that to customers." Then he kept arguing with me and dismissed me and told the clerk in the next window to handle me like I'm an object. The next clerk was very kind and nice. However, she didn't know what was going on with the package, so she called for her supervisor. The supervisor didn't come for a while. When she came, she didn't greet me or even ask what was going on first. She didn't even know what was going on. She made me write the number down again. While I was doing so, she was speaking with the same rude employee about me in front of my face, which I asked her not to do so. I clearly told her that I wanted to speak to her about his behavior. Then she walked away for another few minutes. When she came back, she still didn't ask me anything and said she doesn't know what's going on with the package and that she has to call the driver and carrier. She made a comment in which she said, "I don't understand this generation." She told me to move to the side and wait. She never came back to follow up with me after that, although she was walking around in the back. Finally, a driver came to me and told me he didn't know where my package was, but that he will be on the lookout for it today and tomorrow and will ask his co-worker who also delivers to my location. He told me to come back on Monday if it isn't delivered. However, I will not come back and will see if I can be reimbursed for the items I bought. I ended up leaving the post office at 10:03 a.m. with no full-proof resolution and no way to express myself with management or put in a complaint in-person. This post office is and has always been very unprofessional ever since I moved to this area. Today, they lost me as a customer for good. I will not be back at this location if I can help it. Also, I left this same review on Google and it seems they removed it because I no longer see it. read more

Avoid this place as much as you can. The lobby is so dirty, the waiting lines are sooo long, I had to wait 1:25 minutes to see an agent. I had to run out put money into the meter and come back inside. read more

Mailing anything in NYC is so hard & stressful. As someone trying to mail things on a deadline plus everyone else who has to mail things (especially when the lines are long & everyone has to get to there job or appointments). The postal workers aren't put in an easy position at all too. Today I had a very large mailing & the man behind the counter who helped me was very nice in helping me get the job done. Even with wait in between he was helping as much as he could. read more

Yes, it's 5000 degrees. Yes, there are multiple lines. And yes, you could spend an hour there. It's incredibly understaffed, and certainly not big enough for the volume of people who use it, but the staff are so calm, so nice and so patient, that they deserve 5 stars! (and a raise!) Thank you to everyone who works there for not letting our collective over-heating, impatient, demanding selves get to you. read more

Who is the manager for the location? I went to the Post Office to ask a question regarding a new building, had to wait for 1.5 hour to speak to the manager, she comes out and in 2 mins she went back inside. While I was waiting on the long line, heard extremely bad reviews re: this Post Office. Everyone had bad experiences with this post office. After meeting with the manager, she was scheduled to inspect the building but of course she did not. Have been going back and forth for over a month and we are still waiting for mail to be delivered to the building. I called the Post Office, either the phone is forever busy or no one picks it up. I have called the Post Office and have been on hold for 40 mins waiting to speak to the manager. If the Post Office has been raising their prices in postage, can we get some decent human service at this location????????? read more

This post is not the greatest but all so convenient just come early on Monday around 9:30 you should be out in an hour or less....

I now understand why this place is the seventh layer of hell. Today while waiting in a package line that stretched the length of the post office, I met the manager. While first in line, he asked me "Have you been helped?" I replied, "no, still waiting." He simply said "okay" and walked away! No apology, no action taken, nothing. If a manager doesn't even know how to provide customer service, how would his employees? read more

It's been 52 minutes to pick up a package that usually is dropped off between my buildings locked doors, metered parking is 1 hour and still nothing. Guessing they won't pay my ticket. There are people who have been waiting since before I got here and the outgoing mail line is empty, yet sitting employees are not helping. They constantly lose mail and deliver to wrong addresses (143 to 141 etc). I realized the magnitude of NYC mail and I'm sure they're under staffed, but place is the absolute worst. read more

My passport took 10 days to arrive. Avoid the long lines at the other USPS locations to get your passport. Just call 718-348-3800 to make an appointment, then obtain your passport photo and fill out the passport application. Take these items with you for your appointment and that is it. I paid for the express processing and overnight shipping (no credit cards). Ms. Jamilah Milton of the USPS was very friendly and made the process easy for me, thank you for your outstanding service - the entire process took less than 10 mins. read more

As awful as everyone says. I'm now consistently having packages lost (but the tracking shows "delivered," and I routinely get mail for people at addresses many blocks away. In any organization that believed in accountability, my letter carrier would be beaten to death. read more

When I tell you this place is the biggest dogshit of an establishment I've ever had the dishonor to deal with, it's not a joke. I've lived the same place my entire life and the nonstop bullshit coming from this place. Excuse after excuse. I get they have a lot but if they can't handle to job, let someone who can take over. So many times if caught the mail man sitting in front of the mailbox filing out "sorry we missed you" slips. So many "attempted to deliver" and they claim no one is home on days I'm home all day with two dogs that let me know when someone is at the door. Today 6/3/2021 a package was supposed to be delivered, it was marked as "Delivery Attempted - No Access to Delivery Location" but yet somehow UPS delivered a package to me, no issue accessing location. They're get a one star purely for the fact i can't post without giving it at least that. This place is absolute dogshit and i feel like I'm disrespecting dogshit by comparing it to this place. read more

Oh man do I hate this damn place, Carriers never seem to get the packages out to folks(seen a few in nearby Projects smoking weed when the weather is nice) then lie saying they attempted delivery of course no slip......how convenient. You go to this awful place no matter the time its busy. one line for packages while all others just sit at their windows staring off into space. The little boy/girl at the window had me mad enough to swear.....after waiting 45m on line was told my packages were not there when i tried to explain that it clearly says to pick up at the office it was very dismissive with a wave of the hand like my issues werent shit!!! The problem is the staff is very young, lazy & ghetto. I suggest a mandatory drug test.....Clean house and start from scratch before an irate blogger torches the place one day. read more

I have to come here so I do. The staff is cranky. The clients are rude. The lines are long all the time and it gives me anxiety. People without fail stand too close to me and sigh the whole 30 or 45 minutes we all have to suffer together. And if you have to pick up a package - good friggin luck with that. Barf. read more

Now that Richard is gone the new guy from what I heard is called Richard too, does not go to our doors with our package. He hangs out in the mail room with his iPhone and plays his music. Then he attempts to press the intercom for our apartments. What he doesn't know is that they are broken. So instead of making the delivery attempt to the door he drops the slip and leaves. One time I was tracking and it said slip left. When there was none. The next day he comes and delivers it. I'm sure he was slacking off and didn't have time or something. The post office is another story. It's always hot here. The lines are long and we all move like snails. The manager which is an dark skinned lady shows no smiles when working here. She almost reminds me of number 1 the snail lady from Monsters Inc. read more