Location and Directions

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Public Transportation:

Metro: Take the Red Line to Union Station. Leave through the 1st Street, N.E. exit. As you leave the station, the visitor's entrance to BLS will be across the street. For a detailed Metrorail map, please visit the Metro website.

 

DC Circulator Bus: For inexpensive and convenient bus service through downtown Washington, DC, with a stop adjacent to the National Postal Museum at North Capitol Street and Massachusetts Avenue, try the DC Circulator Bus. For a detailed route map and schedule information, visit www.dccirculator.com.

Airport ground transportation websites:

• Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)
• Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)
• Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI)

 

Driving:

From Maryland Arriving from the East

Follow New York Avenue (west) into the city.
Turn right onto Florida Avenue, N.E., and then left onto 1^st Street, N.E.
Drive about 12 blocks to the BLS Postal Square Building.
The BLS Postal Square Building will be on your right at the corner of Massachusetts
Avenue and 1^st Street, N.E.
The visitor's entrance to BLS is on the left side of 1^st Street, N.E.

From Maryland Arriving from the West or North

Take the Capitol Beltway
Exit on New Hampshire Avenue (south)
Follow New Hampshire Avenue and merge onto southbound North Capitol Street just after entering the District of Columbia.
Keep driving south on North Capitol Street to Massachusetts Avenue. The BLS Postal Square Building will be on your left at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and North Capitol Street.
The visitor's entrance to BLS is on the west side of 1^st Street, N.E.

From Virginia

Follow I-395 north
After entering the District of Columbia, take exit 6 for I-395 north toward D Street Northwest/U.S. Senate/C Street Southwest/U.S. Capitol
Keep right after the fork
Take the Massachusetts Avenue exit (exit 10)
Turn right onto Massachusetts Avenue (going east)
The BLS Postal Square Building will be on your left at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and North Capitol Street.
The visitor's entrance to BLS is on the west side of 1^st Street, N.E.

Parking

Street parking is available near the BLS Postal Square Building and all-day paid parking is available at Union Station, located next to BLS.