It may be time to say goodbye.  The Magnolia Park Station Post Office at 3810 W. Magnolia Boulevard will not likely be renewing their lease.

Magnolia Station

By: Shelley Rizzotti

This post office is often referred to as a Burbank landmark, and the absence of the post office will have a negative effect on individuals and businesses in the surrounding community. Many independent shops in the Magnolia Park area such as Bell Cottage, and Atomic Records depend greatly on the traffic that comes through to visit the post office. This will mean a dramatic decrease of everyday business for local stores, the same stores that make Burbank so unique.

Aside from storefront businesses taking a downfall, this will be a major inconvenience for disabled and elderly residents. Many of these people depend on the Magnolia Park Station Post Office being available to them while they are unable to make the drive or  seek proper transportation to the Hollywood Way branch which is 1.5 miles away. On  top of this, the Hollywood Way and Olive Avenue branch, being the closest two now, on an average have a twenty to  thirty minute waiting  time. Sadly, the Magnolia Park Post Office will likely be closing mid-January, 2010. Many Burbank Patrons are shocked and in disagreement about this change. This will have a major impact on Burbank, an impact that no one is happy about.

Another neighborhood post office, Glenoaks Station Post Office located on San Fernando, may have a similar fate.

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