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What’s open, closed on Columbus Day in South Florida? Here’s what we know

Columbus Day is around the coroner. Here’s what’s open and closed for business, including beaches, parks and supermarkets.
Columbus Day is around the coroner. Here’s what’s open and closed for business, including beaches, parks and supermarkets. cjuste@miamiherald.com

Columbus Day, or Indigenous Peoples’ Day, is here, and with it comes a few business closures.

Columbus Day is a federal holiday, which means all federal offices are closed, including the U.S. Postal Service, and most banks, such as Chase, Wells Fargo and Bank of America.

As for supermarkets, shopping centers and schools, here is what is open and closed:

Malls: Open.

Grocery stores: Open.

Public schools: Open.

Banks: Most, if not all, are closed. You can still use the ATM.

Federal offices: Closed.

State offices: Open.

Miami-Dade County offices: Closed.

Broward County offices: Open.

Miami-Dade courts: Open.

Broward courts: Open.

Post offices: Closed.

UPS and FedEx: Open

Stock markets: Open.

Miami-Dade libraries: Closed.

Broward libraries: Open.

Tri-Rail: Regular scheduling

Miami-Dade and Broward transit: Regular scheduling

Miami-Dade garbage collection: Regular scheduling

Broward garbage collection: Regular scheduling

Devoun Cetoute
Miami Herald
Miami Herald Cops and Breaking News Reporter Devoun Cetoute covers a plethora of Florida topics, from breaking news to crime patterns. He was on the breaking news team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2022. He’s a graduate of the University of Florida, born and raised in Miami-Dade. Theme parks, movies and cars are on his mind in and out of the office.
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