Post Is Terrified Of Ghostly FedEx Center In Bronx Warzone

Are you wondering what happened to that desperately-needed package of hygiene products your mom promised she sent you weeks ago? Well, if you live in a building in Manhattan without a doorman or neighbor to sign for your package, it's probably stuck in the Bronx at a massive FedEx storing facility. But that's not in just any old corner of the Bronx: it's in the Fallujah section of the borough.

At least that's what the Post would have you believe. The center, at 670 E. 132 St. in Port Morris, is located in the 40th Precinct, which has seen a minor spike in crime this year, with robberies up 13 percent compared with 2009. But the way the Post describes it, you'll be taking your life into your hands to try to venture there to retrieve your Christmas socks, and that's if you can even find it. If you take the subway, forget it: you'll have to face a "harrowing" 15 minute walk, at the end of an "unnamed access road that doesn't appear on Google Maps," if it even ever existed at all! Think driving there will be easier? Only if you enjoy "dark, derelict industrial parks populated by drug pushers and prostitutes hassling and harassing" you.

Maybe FedEx doesn't want you to find them; after all, they don't even post directions to the service center on their website. Or maybe there's some nefarious conspiracy afoot..."It's not like we're trying to hide it. If someone wanted to know, they could call our customer-service line. The operator will have a screen with the directions," FedEx spokeswoman Sally Davenport said. But that's exactly what a spooky ghost would want you to believe.

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By Ben Yakas in News on December 24, 2010 12:15 PM

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Tower18

There's nothing particularly awful about the neighborhood, but it is a terrible facility that is a good long walk down under the expressway and then down a loooooooongg, private road through empty fields. It is sure not convenient at all to get there without a car.

Also, the address of the facility appears much closer on Google Maps, etc., than it actually is. The address location basically points to the driveway entrance...the facility is no joke about half a mile farther.

Lally Singh

I've picked up packages there. It's not full of BMWs & Benzes, but it's full of normal people. Kids walking together down the street, people being friendly & familiar. Seesh. xenophobe much?

j44ke

I've been there. It isn't bad. It is in a light industrial section of the Bronx between the Deegan and the river. The building and parking lot are new and very open - no dark corners or whatever. There isn't any convenient way to get there, mind you, if you don't have a car. But the driver of the taxi I took knew exactly where it was. He even waited for me with the meter off, because we both knew that I wasn't going to be able to get a cab back if he left. I was slightly frustrated by the Fedex delivery guy who rang the door and left without even waiting for me to get to the intercom, but that's about it.

Ph

Its not nearly as bad as the bad old days. Actually its not bad at all compared to that.

Stop being so damn out-of-towner.

That goes for the Post too, but I expect that from them.

silver

Theres now condos for white people in the South Bronx.

http://www.lmdevpartners.com/n...

ohgodkillmenow

How will they get in/out? :-\

whitecastlerock

Fallujah section of the Bronx? Is that what brokers are calling that part of the Bronx now?

aspiringrapper

Well, of course. Everything should be in Brooklyn so white people feel safe!

shaun

the google maps in this post shows the state of Michigan and not New York City. Here is the correct google maps link:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=...