United States Post Office (Cooper Station)

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United States Post Office
Cooper Station
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Location93 4th Avenue
Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates 40°43′55″N73°59′24″W / 40.73194°N 73.99000°W / 40.73194; -73.99000
Built1937 [1]
Architect William Dewey Foster
Architectural style Art Moderne [1]
MPS US 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.

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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]

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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