Five Houston post offices off chopping block, Energy Corridor facility still under review Potential changes part of massive USPS downsizing effort

Sue Gibson wrestles with two packages at Houston's Fleetwood Station post office on Dec. 17, 2004. Sue Gibson wrestles with two packages at Houston's Fleetwood Station post office on Dec. 17, 2004. Photo: Buster Dean/Houston Chronicle Photo: Buster Dean/Houston Chronicle Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Five Houston post offices off chopping block, Energy Corridor facility still under review 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

The fate of the U.S. Postal Service's Fleetwood Station at 315 Addicks Howell along the Katy Freeway in the Energy Corridor is still being considered for possible closure.

"The Fleetwood Station is still being evaluated, but no final decision has been made at this time," USPS spokeswoman Kanickewa "Nikki" Johnson said in a statement this week.

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The Postal Service has been shuttering and moving stations for the last few years in a massive downsizing effort. Possible impacts on several Houston neighborhood post offices have been looming for more than three years.

In 2013, the agency unveiled plans to move or consolidate six Houston stations: Memorial Park at 10505 Town And Country Way; Julius Melcher at 2802 Timmons; Greenbriar at 3740 Greenbriar; University at 1319 Richmond; Medical Center at 7205 Almeda; and Southmore at 4110 Almeda.

Johnson said Memorial Park, Julius Melcher, Greenbriar, University and Medical Center "are no longer being considered for relocation and, at this time, the Postal Service has no plans to make any changes."

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In 2014, consumers, activists and two Houston members of Congress successfully advocated to spare the Southmore station from relocation.

The former downtown post office at 401 Franklin – built in 1962 and renamed in 1984 for pioneering Houston Congresswoman Barbara Jordan – was moved to a remodeled annex on Hadley Street in Midtown. The agency sold the complex on Franklin in 2015 to a developer who had plans for mixed use.

The Yale Street station was moved in 2016 to an annex repurposed for counter service near the former location.