United States Post Office
US Post Office-Kensington is a historic post office building located at Kensington in Brooklyn, New York, United States. It was built in 1935, and designed by consulting architect Lorimer Rich for the Office of the Supervising Architect.Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
- Type: Post office
- Description: government building in Kensington, Brooklyn, New York
- Also known as: “US Post Office” and “USPS”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church Avenue station and East Fourth Street Garden.
Church Avenue station
Metro station
Photo: Tdorante10, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Church Avenue station is an express station on the IND Culver Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Church and McDonald Avenues in Kensington, Brooklyn, it is served by the F and G trains at all times, and by the <F> train during rush hours in the reverse peak direction.
East Fourth Street Garden
Park
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
East Fourth Street Garden is a park.
Kensington Dog Run
Dog park
Photo: Wil540 art, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kensington Dog Run is a dog park, which is situated 2,900 feet northeast of United States Post Office.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kensington and Windsor Terrace.
Kensington
Neighborhood
Kensington is a neighborhood in the central portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, located south of Prospect Park and Green-Wood Cemetery. Kensington and Parkville are bordered by the Prospect Park South and Ditmas Park subsections of Flatbush to the east; Windsor Terrace to the north; Borough Park to the west; and Midwood to the south.
Windsor Terrace
Neighborhood
Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Windsor Terrace is a small residential neighborhood in the central part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bounded by Prospect Park on the east and northeast, Park Slope at Prospect Park West, Green-Wood Cemetery, and Borough Park at McDonald Avenue on the northwest, west, and southwest, and Kensington at Caton Avenue on the south.
Prospect Park South
Neighborhood
Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Prospect Park South is a small neighborhood in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City, located south of Prospect Park. It is included within the Prospect Park South Historic District, which was designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1979 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
United States Post Office
- Category: building
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.64388° or 40° 38′ 38″ northLongitude
-73.97925° or 73° 58′ 45″ westElevation
59 feet (18 metres)Height
37 feet (11 metres)Branch
Kensington StationOperator
United States Postal ServiceOpen location code
87G8J2VC+H8OpenStreetMap ID
way 249616343OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=post_officeOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q7890984
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In Other Languages
“United States Post Office” goes by many names.
- French: “bureau de poste de Kensington”
- French: “Bureau de poste de Kensington”
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