Three Manhattan post offices could be shuttered this year, making life miserable for snail-mail dependents.
The possible closures come as the US Postal Service attempts to cope with a double whammy of the recession and people’s increased use of the Internet.
The lease on the Columbus Circle office at 27 W. 60th St. expires May 30, and no decision has been made whether to renew, relocate or close it down.
“We are currently exploring all of our options,” said USPS spokesman George Flood. “Certainly, the economy does play a part of it.”
The lease on the post office at 103 Prince St. will expire July 31 and the lease of an office at 555 W. 180th Street will expire June 30.
“Those customers will have to go elsewhere, and it will be that much more of an inconvenience to everyone else,” said Clarice Torrence, president of the New York Metro Area Postal Union.
She said internal Postal Service documents show all three will close.
The Postal Service lost $2.8 billion last year.