CUNY Community College Expanding Into Historic Bronx Post Office
The move will bring CUNY students and new life to a long underused Bronx landmark. This article originally appeared in The City. THE CITY partners with Open Campus on coverage of the City University of New York. By Jonathan Custodio The City September 4, 2025 BRONX - The City University of New York ’s Hostos Community College will soon be delivering students to the long-abandoned post office building next door. Mayor Eric Adams and CUNY Chancellor Felix Matos Rodriguez announced on Wednesday afternoon that the university will lease the historic Bronx Post Office building on East 149th Street and Grand Concourse for an expansion of its allied health and natural sciences departments. Mayor Eric Adams and CUNY chancellor Felix Matos Rodriguez celebrate Hostos Community College taking over a historic shuttered post office along the Grand Concourse in the South Bronx, Sept. 3, 2025. More t...