NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The holiday season means it’s peak mailing season and as a result, post offices are in full swing.

One post office on the Upper West Side, however, isn’t accepting any packages, putting deliveries in jeopardy.

Paper signs posted all over the Park West post office on Columbus Avenue warned customers their station is unable to accept large envelopes or packages due to “Elevator Inoperable.”

Judicial appraiser Tsadik Kaplan was trying to mail his books to clients last week so they would arrive in time for Chanukah.

“Now is the time to mail packages for everybody, and to have this post office shut down now it’s not fun for a lot of people especially seniors,” he said.

The signs suggest customers instead use alternate post offices, both of which are ten blocks away. Fern McBride mailed a large envelope from the Park West location last week, right before it stopped accepting them. More at CBS NYC