Gary Post Office Sets Summer Hours

Gary, IN—Most Gary Post Office retail counters will adjust their hours for the rest of the summer. The temporary “summer hours” of operation take effect on July 13. Mail delivery will be unaffected by the change. The summer retail counter hours will be:

Main Post Office, 1499 Martin Luther King Drive
No changes

Downtown Finance Station, 115 W. 5th Avenue
Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Closed Saturday

Miller Station, 518 S. Hancock
Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Tolleston Station, 2407 W. 11th Avenue
Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon

Lake Station Branch, 2901 Central Avenue
Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon

Brunswick Station, 5325 W. 5th Avenue
Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon

15th Avenue Station, 1490 Broadway
Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, Closed

Glen Park Station, 320 E. 40th Avenue
Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon

Merrillville Branch, 303 W. 80th Place
Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

According to acting Postmaster Judy Thomas, adjusting retail hours during the summer will allow supervisors greater flexibility for scheduling staffing to adjust to fluctuating lobby traffic, which will increase operational efficiency and reduce operating costs.

“The ongoing decline in mail volume means fewer customers in our lobby,” said Thomas. “It makes business sense for us to adjust staffing to the declining workload.”

Thomas says customers who wish to buy stamps or mail and ship packages after hours can use the Automated Postal Center (APC) in the outer lobby of the Merrillville Post Office. APCs provide access to postal service 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. “80 percent of the transactions available at the retail counter are available at an APC,” Thomas says. “Just follow the prompts on the touch screen and pay with a major credit or debit card.”

Thomas adds that there are many ways to purchase mailing and shipping services from the U.S. Postal Service without making a trip to the Post Office. “Alternate access to postal products and services has never been greater,” Thomas says. “Customers can buy stamps at Walgreens, Wal-Mart, CVS, Costco, Office Depot, Sam’s Club and Staples. They can buy stamps, mail packages, or ship items by Express or Priority Mail at the Meijer store in Merrillville. Best of all, they can go to our website, usps.com , to buy stamps or send packages with Click-N-Ship and even request to have their letter carrier pick up their package the next business day at no charge.”

Retail counter hours at the stations and branches of the Gary Post Office will return to the previous schedule on September 8, 2009.

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