About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, as a delivery driver was sorting mail in Brooklyn Post Office, he heard an odd announcement over the intercom: ‘Attention everyone—your letters are now talking back!’ Curious, the driver picked up a letter and asked gently, ‘What’s that you’re saying?’ The letter replied, ‘I’m late for work!’ Everyone burst into laughter. From then on, whenever someone had a delayed package or missed mail, they’d joke, ‘It must be talking again.’ It became a friendly neighborhood tradition.
2. Early one autumn morning, when the sun barely lit up Brooklyn streets, an old man walked into the post office with a mysterious package wrapped in brown paper. As he approached the counter, the clerk asked curiously, ‘What’s inside that package, Mr. Johnson?’ With a twinkle in his eye, the old man replied, ‘Why, it’s just a letter from my pen pal in Ireland.’ The whole room burst out laughing—except for the delivery driver who had been listening closely and muttered under his breath, ‘I’ll bet it was another batch of those famous Irish cookies!’
3. Late one night, while the Brooklyn Post Office was almost empty, a delivery driver heard a strange humming sound coming from behind the counter. Curious but cautious, he approached it only to discover... nothing. Curious but cautious, he approached it only to discover… an old radio tuned to some distant station. Turns out, every now and then, a neighbor would accidentally leave their radio on in the basement apartment above the post office. The delivery driver smiled, shook his head, and decided that maybe Brooklyn’s postal service had its own unique way of keeping things interesting after hours.
4. One foggy afternoon, a postal worker was sorting letters when the intercom crackled with an unusual announcement: ‘Attention, everyone! We’ve just received a package from Russia that weighs exactly 1984 grams.’ Curious, the worker opened it and found inside a letter addressed to no one in particular, simply saying: 'Dear Friend, please deliver this package back to sender.' Everyone laughed, realizing it was some prankster’s joke—until a delivery driver arrived with another identical package the next day.