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United States Post Office (Cooper Station)

Coordinates: 40°43′55″N 73°59′24″W / 40.73194°N 73.99000°W / 40.73194; -73.99000
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United States Post Office
Cooper Station
(2023)
United States Post Office (Cooper Station) is located in Lower Manhattan
United States Post Office (Cooper Station)
United States Post Office (Cooper Station) is located in New York
United States Post Office (Cooper Station)
United States Post Office (Cooper Station) is located in the United States
United States Post Office (Cooper Station)
Location93 4th Avenue
Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates40°43′55″N 73°59′24″W / 40.73194°N 73.99000°W / 40.73194; -73.99000
Built1937[1]
ArchitectWilliam Dewey Foster
Architectural styleArt Moderne[1]
MPSUS Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No.88002360
NYSRHP No.06101.001781
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 11, 1989[2]
Designated NYSRHPMay 11, 1989

The United States Post Office Cooper Station, located at 93 Fourth Avenue, on the corner of East 11th Street in Manhattan, New York City, was built in 1937, and was designed by consulting architect William Dewey Foster in the Art Moderne style for the Office of the Supervising Architect of the United States Department of the Treasury. It serves the 10003 ZIP code, which covers the neighborhood of the East Village. Its sub-station is located on East 3rd Street near Avenue C.

The post office is named in honor of Peter Cooper, the mid-19th century industrialist and philanthropist who founded the nearby The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[2]

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The fictional character Newman from the television sitcom Seinfeld supposedly worked here. A photo of the building was frequently used as an establishing shot for scenes involving him.

References

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  1. ^ a b White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot; Leadon, Fran (2010). AIA Guide to New York City (5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 162. ISBN 978-0-19538-386-7.
  2. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
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  • Media related to United States Post Office (Cooper Station) at Wikimedia Commons
  • Map and Business Hours – USPS website
  • Lombardi, Kristin (7 March 2006). "Not Subject to Review". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2024. Hudson [Companies, the Brooklyn developer, ] acquired St. Ann's Church from the New York archdiocese in December 2004. The next month, the company bought additional air rights for the Peter Cooper Station Post Office, on East 11th Street, from the United States Postal Service. The transfer of those air rights allows Hudson to erect a far larger building—with another 61,000 square feet, by neighbors' calculation an extra 62 percent of room—than the developer otherwise could.