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COURIER LIFE, F 12 EBRUARY 19-25, 2021
Up in fl ames!
No power at Sheepshead Bay
ENVELOPED IN FLAMES: The second fl oor of the post offi ce on fi re on Feb. 12. Citizen App
BY JESSICA PARKS
A Friday morning inferno that
ripped through the building above
the Sheepshead Bay Post Offi ce
knocked out power in the structure
— sending the mail emporium into
an ongoing state of darkness.
The second fl oor of the E. 18th
Street building burst into fl ames at
around 7 am on Feb. 12, and fi refi ghters
spent around 45 minutes quelling
the blaze, according to the FDNY.
Yet, the damage caused the post
offi ce serving Brooklyn’s 11235 zip
code to temporarily halt deliveries
for a day — and it remains unclear
when mail currently inside the damaged
building will be delivered.
No mail was harmed during the
fi re, according to USPS spokesperson
Amy Gibbs, but it won’t be delivered
until post offi ce employees can safely
reenter the building.
Use of retail services and post offi
ce boxes are also suspended until
further notice while mail carriers
work out of a nearby USPS post offi
ce, Gibbs told Brooklyn Paper.
The fi rst-fl oor post offi ce itself did
suffer some damage from both the
blaze and the water used to douse it,
and as of Feb. 13, debris blocked any
path to the building’s front door, according
to the area’s community
board head.
“I was there Saturday and there
was debris all over that was thrown
out from the top fl oor,” said Community
Board 15 Chair Theresa Scavo.
“You couldn’t get near the door, you
couldn’t get near it.”
However, Scavo said she has not
heard any complaints from the community
in regard to mail delays.
“I have not a word about how it’s
affecting people, whether the mail is
being delivered,” she said.
Has your mail delivery been impacted
by the post offi ce fi re? Contact
Brooklyn Paper reporter Jessica Parks
at jparks@schnepsmedia.com.
Call: 311
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