Officials push USPS on Allston, Fields Corner

• The city of Newton, which is about the same size, has 10.

State of play: USPS closed Allston's branch in 2019 over structural problems.

• It told Mayor Michelle Wu in June 2025 that it would reopen.
• Residents received letters in September saying USPS may close it permanently.
• Fields Corner's Adams Street office closes Oct. 26 when its lease expires.
• USPS calls the Dorchester shutdown temporary but gave no reopening timeline.

Between the lines: USPS told lawmakers in July it must weigh multimillion-dollar spending carefully given its finances.

• A regional spokesperson said no final Allston decision has been made.

Wu says the city is prepared to pursue legal action to reopen the locations.

• Rep. Ayanna Pressley called the closures part of a "coordinated campaign" to privatize USPS.
• Pressley, Sen. Ed Markey, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rep. Katherine Clark and Rep. Stephen Lynch called the closures "unacceptable" in a letter to Postmaster General David Steiner.