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Before the Great Recession in 2009, the Farley Post Office was the only New York City post office that was open 24/7, [67] but as a result of the recession, its windows started closing at 10:00 p.m. [68] [69] During the 2010s, the event venue operator Skylight Group used the Farley Building as an event venue.
34th Street is a major crosstown street in the New York City borough of Manhattan.It runs the width of Manhattan Island from the West Side Highway on the West Side to FDR Drive on the East Side. 34th Street is used as a crosstown artery between New Jersey to the west and Queens to the east, connecting the Lincoln Tunnel to New Jersey with the Queens–Midtown Tunnel to Long Island.
The area south of 34th Street is in 10001 and the area north of 34th Street is in 10018. [158] The United States Postal Service operates the RCU Annex Station post office at 340 West 42nd Street. [159] In addition, the James A. Farley Station, the main post office for New York City, is located at 421 8th Avenue. [160]
In the early 1990s, U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan proposed building a new station in the James A. Farley Building, the city's former main post office across the street which was designed by the same firm as the original Penn Station; Moynihan had shined shoes in the original station as a boy.
The United States Post Office Old Chelsea Station, originally known as "Station O", is a historic post office building located at 217 West 18th Street in Chelsea, Manhattan, New York City. It was built in 1935, and designed by consulting architect Eric Kebbon for the Office of the Supervising Architect .
New York Herald Building and Herald Square, circa 1900. The area around Herald Square along Broadway and 34th Street is a retail hub. The most notable attraction is Macy's Herald Square, the flagship department store for Macy's, the largest Macy's store in the United States.
34th Street–Penn Station is an express station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of 34th Street and Eighth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. It is served by the A and E trains at all times, and by the C train at all times except late nights.
The nearest New York City Subway stations are the 23rd Street and 28th Street stations at Park Avenue South, served by the 6 and <6> trains. The Second Avenue Subway is expected to eventually expand south to Lower Manhattan and pass through the neighborhood. [75] New York City Bus routes include the M9, M15, M15 SBS, M23 SBS, M34 SBS and M34A ...