North Buckhead Area Mailboxes and Post Offices

Don't leave letters in your home's mailbox for the letter carrier to pick up.  Drop them in a USPS box or take them to the post office.

On the nights of August 15/16 and August 18/19, mailboxes and some unlocked cars were hit by thieves on the following cul-de-sac streets in North Buckhead:

• Emma Lane
• Glengary Court/ Glengary Lane
• Haven Oaks Ct
• Olde Mill Lane
• Stevens Mill Run

Safer mailing sites than your mailbox in front of the house: 

• North Buckhead

  • 4411 Roswell Rd (by Tuxedo Pharmacy at Roswell & Wieuca) - Drive-up Mailbox

  • 4279 Roswell Rd (by the UPS store near Publix) – Walk-up Mailbox

  • 3840 Roswell Rd – Post Office only (no Mailbox)

  •   3655 Roswell Rd (by Roswell Rd in front of Party City) - Drive-up Mailbox

  •   3500 Peachtree Rd (Phipps Plaza to the left of the Tavern when viewed from P'tree) – Walk-up Mailbox   
    

• Southbound (Buckhead)

  •   3637 Peachtree Rd NE (at Kinko's, south of Peachtree near Circuit City) – Walk-up Mailbox

  •   3172 Peachtree Rd NE (near White House Restaurant) – Walk-up Mailbox

  •   3155 Roswell Rd NE (near Cotton Exchange building) – Walk-up Mailbox 

  • 575 Pharr Rd NE (off Piedmont Road) – Drive-up Mailbox & Post Office
    

• Eastbound (Brookhaven)

  • 3851 Peachtree Rd NE (Cherokee Plaza near Kroger) - Drive-up box & Post Office

  •   3954 Peachtree Rd NE (at Kroger near Brookhaven MARTA) - Walk-up Mailbox
    

• Northbound ( Sandy Springs )

  • 5299 Roswell Rd - Walk-up Mailbox

  •   5400 Glenridge Dr NE (off Roswell Road) – Drive-up Mailbox & Post Office

If you know of other mailboxes in helpful locations, please let us know.

Warning: If the USPS box you find is nearly full and your letter would not drop completely out of sight, take it elsewhere.

Comments by neighbors: 

• For what it is worth when I called USPS to report the theft they said their policy was to "discourage people from posting mail in their own mailboxes owing to nationwide mail theft" - Edward
  

• Thanks for the info. I never put any outgoing mail in my own box anymore, even without a check. - Susan
  
• I had a similar situation occur to me 3-4 months ago in my house (on Carmain) - Lee
  
• The same thing happened on Stephens Mill Run that same night. One person lost an outgoing check in the process. Everyone's mailbox was left open. The bank told the victim this happens about once per month (or week?) in this zipcode. The thief "washes"(?) the check and in some way uses it to quickly clean out the account. - Bill
  
• I remember at one neighborhood meeting, the police said if you DO put outgoing mail in your mailbox (which I never do), DO NOT RAISE THE FLAG .... the postman will stop anyway, to deliver mail, and people should not "advertise" that things are in their mailbox. - Jackie
  
• I don’t mean to be a pain, but you might recommend that people take mail only to a post office, not just a box. There have been instances in which id thefts have gotten mail out of exterior USPS boxes by reaching in with tools, etc. - Karin
  
• Our mail with checks enclosed was stolen on Sunday night. We realized it immediately on Monday morning and had to stop payment on the check, cancel the credit card, and order new checks. The Wachovia bank people said it has been happening at least once a week in the 30342 ZIP code. The thieves try to "wash" the check and use it...Anyway, it is the last time we will put outgoing mail with checks in the box...
  
• There was also a car broken into on our street last night, Haven Oaks Court. They stole a purse, video equipment, gameboys, etc. I am forwarding this to our neighbors. - jfw
  
• FYI, I had incoming mail stolen out of my mailbox last year. To avoid the increasing problem of stolen mail/identity theft issues, I opened a post office box and directed all mail to that address. You might want to include in your future alerts the option of opening a P.O. box. Although there is a cost associated with that, it's much cheaper than having your identity "stolen" or your bank account wiped out. - Lindy
  
• People should also be careful about leaving incoming mail in their mailboxes too long. A couple of years ago (just after we moved to N. Stratford), we had a new box of checks stolen out of our mailbox (well, either our mailbox or at the check printing company) and didn't realize it until the bank notified us that someone was going to our bank's branches around town and cashing checks for just under $700 each time. (Usually signature cards aren't checked until a check is for at least $700.) It was a huge pain to rectify, needless to say. - Jennifer
  
• We had the same experience over a year ago, and now we lock our mailbox. We post no outgoing mail in it, so the postman locks it when he places the incoming mail in it, and we keep the key to it. - Carole