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US Post Office - Northtown

1.5 (114 reviews)
Open • 8:30 am - 6:00 pm

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Aesha E.

Post offices are terrible nowadays. I just made this point in a review from a few days ago. But, today at least, this as painless an experience as you could ever hope for at the USPS. It still has its problems; for instance, when I was here there was at least one other employee who was sitting at one of the customer windows throughout the time I was there, but wasn't helping anyone. When I got here there was really no one there--a large group (probably a family there for passports?) were leaving, so there were only two people in front of me in line. I was in and out within 5-10 minutes, with three sets of forever stamps in my possession. They didn't have the ones I had been hoping for (those lunar new year ones are hard to find now!) but they had some nice ones. This is a large post office and it can be a mess when it's busy, particularly during the holidays. There are a ton of post office boxes here. There are at least three post boxes outside directly in front of the post office, and one across the street. Street parking only in this location, though it's free and easy (and Whistler's across the street still doesn't seem to be sold as of May 2022, so the parking lot there is probably a safe place for parking as well).

Where do I even begin, I knew that office its constantly short on people constantly lines with dissatisfied customer but I want it to give it a try since I run into a bit of a problem myself with the niles location passport department.  I made appointment for Niles office a week or so in advance as per office rules, went to the office on time only to be turn away with the reason passport agent didn't show up to work, and instead of giving the people who missed the appointment due to employee beeing absent and rest of the office stuff unable to help they just told us to go again with the process of making appointment online again, which in my case I already lost a week and have to wait till next available time which would be really inconvenient due to me expediting my passport aplications. So I look the offices and found Devon office have a walk in options for passport related aplication once a week between 3-4 pm, because rest its only by appointment only. When I got to the post office around 3.05 pm. I had one lady in the line infront of me one by the passport agent cashier and line of about 12 people next to us with a regular people looking for post office needs. I had about 45 min to do my application since it takes about 15 min to process aplication. To our surprise the passport agent- employee of this office Indian speaking female she stated that she will not take passport aplication after she's finishing the client in front of her instead she will take care of 12 impatient people in the line because they shprt on people and someone on lunch, everybody got angry people to the left in line already been staring on the passport related customers since they taking to long and us looking at all this insanity dont understand what will happen next lady in front of me start flipping of since she took lunch brake came here early and now she's almost not making it? The manager came out and instead of helping possibly opening a side drawer and help the customer she just stood there listening to angry customer

Mango L.

This is a very outdated post office located in a nice community. The place is huge but so old, I mean old like breaking down old not vintage. But the most unpleasant experience is the attitude of the staffs. They work so slow and rude and arrogant. They act like I am there to ask for hand outs or something. In addition, there are only 2 working clerks at most of the time, sometimes just 1 clerk while there are more than 10 customers in line. Don't recommend this place at all.

Torturous wait....
Jacob J.

The wait is always torturous and tumultuous. Every single time there is a wait. Talk to anyone in line, any one of the many customers over the years that has done business here, it's absurd that nothing changes. It's not every counter employee and it's sad to say it's the one thing that has stayed the same with this location. Peep the photo, if you've been here there's a guy in the photo you'll remember. Man, that dude's been here for years! Still the same old attitude. Grouchy. Nowadays if I have time and don't mind the gas expenditure I'll travel to Skokie to mail my items. Isn't that crazy! Expect to stand in line for forty minutes even for something as small as picking up mail. The suck outweighs the good. I've probably only met (maybe) two counter employees that were awesome. (Over the years)

this is the most worst post office station in all of chicago

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11 months ago

Wait is quite long. The treatment by staff depends upon their mood that day. It varies from acceptable to foul.

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Employees are rude. Dirty, you can't find a single pen to use. 1 person in the front with line reaching to the street.

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7 years ago

Very well pOst office beside the parking situation But very knowledgeable staff and guide me through my passport process.

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I had the "joy" of visiting this post office last week, since receiving the dreaded notification…read morethat my package was being held here "at customer's request." I requested no such thing & figured I could get this sorted out prior to starting my work day. I quickly got dressed & headed off. There is very limited parking, despite arriving just an hour after opening & of course, the line was long. There was also a notable horde of less than enthused people standing near a blue door. The gentleman assisting the line, was very polite & handed me a green sheet to put my tracking info, phone number, & address on, which was then added to a large pile. You're told you'll be called when your package is ready. This is where it gets bad. After waiting 20+ minutes, a woman appears at the door, tells everyone they should leave as no more than 10 people can be in the lobby at once. I get it - we're in the middle of a pandemic. This did little to get people to leave & I could tell her patience was wearing thin. After waiting another 30+ minutes, she reappears & when I was asked what I was waiting for, I told her it was a package. At this point, I was told to go home & I would be called. Admittedly, this was not how I wanted to spend my morning, & even worse, waste time only to be turned away. I hate being late for work & having to stay later for reasons out of my control. Upon arriving home, I submitted a ticket online (as I have before for packages), & sulked. Do yourself a favor if you find yourself in my position & submit a ticket instead. My package was finally delivered the next day - by a postal carrier who was not wearing a mask, might I add. I am now considering things I order online & it may be worth just paying extra for service with UPS or FedEx.

This Post Office is the better of the 2 on Devon, but you're better off going to Evanston. There's…read moreone nice man who works here. Everything else about it is unwelcoming.

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US Post Office - The front door and usually the exit. Blocked off. Don't come in.

The front door and usually the exit. Blocked off. Don't come in.

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3.9 mi•North Center, Lakeview

My apartment gets a notice that mail can't be delivered due to the mail-person not being able to…read moreenter the building. All mail must be picked up in 10 days or they'll be sent back to the deliverer. You can pick up your mail during 8AM-5PM M-F or 8AM-2PM on Saturday. *Insert eye roll emoji* If you miss one chance to pick it up that Saturday, then you're forced to go during the hours that everyone works and can't possibly get there in time unless you have to go to work later or something. I came to the station, give my ID, and was told I needed a piece of mail with my address on it. Luckily I had a piece of mail with me or I would have been pissed and shiz out of luck. This was ridiculous since there was no where on the first notice that stated you had to bring something with your name AND address on it. Plus, they won't even let you pick up mail for your roommates. I DON'T SEE WHY NOT SINCE IT'S THE SAME DAMN ADDRESS. LIKE. WTF. If you had delivered it, I'd have access to it just the same. Their rules and policies are ridiculous. The person who helped me took 10 minutes to even find my 2 pieces of mail, and even went back to me once and said I didn't have anything. *Eyeroll

I walked in with a package, already ready to go with a label and everything, asked to drop it off…read moreand the woman was incredibly rude and just rolled her eyes. I guess scanning a package is even too difficult for USPS these days.

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USPS - The customer parking area. Thank you post office workers for taking all of the spots.

The customer parking area. Thank you post office workers for taking all of the spots.

USPS - USPS employees park in the customer parking lot.

USPS employees park in the customer parking lot.

USPS - USPS employees park in the customer parking lot.

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USPS employees park in the customer parking lot.

US Post Office - Northtown - postoffices - Updated November 2026

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