United States Post Office (Cooper Station) Explained

United States Post Office
Cooper Station
Location:93 4th Avenue
Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates:40.7319°N -73.99°W
Built:1937
Architect:William Dewey Foster
Architecture:Art Moderne[1]
Added:May 11, 1989
Refnum:88002360
Designated Other1:New York State Register of Historic Places
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Designated Other1 Number:06101.001781
Designated Other1 Abbr:NYSRHP
Designated Other1 Date:May 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.

In popular culture

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.

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