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Official Christmas Observance Brings Monday Closures and Schedule Changes

Carla Zanoni

By Carla Zanoni on December 26, 2011 11:17am

Government and city offices are closed Monday, Dec. 26, 2011, in observation of the Christmas holiday.

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MANHATTAN — Christmas Day may be over, but government and city offices, banks and public schools are closed in observance of the holiday on Monday. 

Garbage and recycling pickups and mail delivery resume Tuesday. Post offices are closed throughout Manhattan with the exception of the James A. Farley branch at 421 Eight Avenue. 

The New York Public Library is closed.

Alternate side of the street parking is suspended and Manhattan residents do not need to feed the meters. 

Subways operate on a Saturday schedule and buses are running on a Sunday schedule, according to the MTA website. 

Metro-North runs on a Saturday schedule. 

New Jersey Transit trains are running on an “enhanced weekend schedule, with extra “peak period” service on select lines,” according to the service's website. 

And the Long Island Rail Road is operating on a normal weekday schedule. 

 

Mail delivery is suspended on Dec. 26, 2011 in observation of the Christmas holiday, but the James Farley Post Office ac...

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