Difference between revisions of "Bethpage Post Office"

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Central Park Post Office

Jeremiah T. Weaver was Bethpage's first postmaster operating out of his home on the corner of Central Avenue and Seaman Avenue.

The post office was also located on the corner of Broadway and Seaman Avenue (see picture below).

In 1949, 'at home' deliveries began, and mail was delivered twice daily. Robert Shackleton and Louis Podeswa were the first letter carriers at a yearly salary of $2500.00. Before the post office implemented home deliveries the people of Bethpage picked up their mail at the post office located on the south west corner of Broadway and Baldwin Place. By 1950, the post office was forced to limit mail deliveries to once daily.

In 1977, the post office was renovated, expanding window service and the box section to provide customers with better service. Bethpage was assigned the zip code number 11714.

The United States Government leased the Post Office building on Central Avenue from Dan Kellner who constructed the building in 1953. The District contained about 3,500 homes in the l950's; there are over 7,000 homes today (2000).

The new post office is located on Hicksville Road

Below information from the CPHS NEWSLETTER - July 1998

Construction of the new post office on Hicksville Road will begin in the fall and be opened by the end of 1998 or 1999. The need for a traffic light in front of the post office. A petition is being circulated around the community to address the need for a post office annex in our down town area. (The annex was never realized).

Below Information from the Bethpage Tribune - January 29 - February 4, 2010

Bethpage Post Office earns Postal Service's 5 Star Customer Service Award. Ratings are based on surveys by the Gallup Organization.