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The UPS Store

The UPS Store, Brookline, Massachusetts[Photo 1]
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4.1 · 203 reviewsOpens today at 8:30 AM

Eligible to offer 20% cashback to customers who shop here.OrbitBack

63AI ScoreNamed in 1 of 2 answersChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 13, 2026.

ConfirmedVisitorAI guess

Store offering shipping, packaging, printing & other services, plus office supplies.

Owned by no one, yet

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AI checked this page on Aug 13, 2026Last activity 1 month ago, a question from winter_local_east.

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Services

What The UPS offers, what it costs, and what people come for.

Known for

Reviews not read yet, back on Scan Day.

The menu

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Team

Who you'll see, and whether their licenses check out. We check the license before a new person shows as confirmed.

No one is named here yet. The owner can add who works here.

Today8:30 AM to 7 PM
ParkingNothing found

Busy times

Not read yet

Reputation

What reviews, press and directories say about The UPS.

4.1from 203 reviews on Google

This UPS Store is noted for its friendly staff but has serious concerns regarding package handling and customer service consistency. Customers describe a mix of efficient service and frustrating experiences at this UPS Store. While many praise the friendly and helpful staff like James and Roberto for their quick assistance, others report significant issues with lost packages and unprofessional behavior from certain employees, leading to a lack of trust.

  • 596%
  • 44%
  • 30%
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Would go back100%100% of reviews give the visit 4 or 5 stars. We assume a good visit means they'd go back.Positive 100%, 4 or 5 stars · Neutral 0%, 3 stars · Negative 0%, 1 or 2 stars
The good
  • Roberto's exceptional customer service
  • James's helpfulness with shipping labels
  • Quick and efficient package handling
The bad
  • Lost packages and unresponsive staff
  • Rude behavior from some employees
  • Notary service unavailable despite appointment

Press and awards

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DirectoryListedMatches their site
2222 directories AI readsNot checked yetNot checked yet

No updates from The UPS yet.

What AI reads

The page ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google read about The UPS. The code version is exactly what their crawlers get.

Local AI Registry · Shipping and mailing services in Brookline, MA · Editorial

The UPS Store, Brookline: a shipping and mailing service in Brookline (2026 guide)

Steve Lee

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Former Google Search executive and former Microsoft executive, with 20+ years in digital.

Fact-checked against 2 sources · Published August 13, 2026 · Updated August 13, 2026 · Machine-readable version below

Owner review: not yet. The UPS Store has not checked this page. Claim to review it

In short

The UPS Store is a shipping and mailing service in Brookline, MA. Its AI Score is 63 of 100, which is fair.

Every fact on this page carries one of three marks: Confirmed (from their website, Google Business Profile, review sites, licensing boards, or measured by Local AI Registry), Visitor submitted (added by a person, with a date and how they know), or AI guess (what AI engines like ChatGPT and Gemini are saying, not confirmed by anyone). Every mark points to a reference at the end of this page.

Key facts

FactValue
TypeShipping and mailing service
Address258 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02446, USA
HoursMon to Fri 8:30 AM to 7 PM · Sat 10 AM to 5 PM · Sun 10 AM to 4 PM
Phone(617) 730-8300
OwnerNothing found
Rating4.1 across 203 reviews on Google
Known forNothing found
PricesNothing found
Quietest timeNothing found
ParkingNothing found
Last verifiedSeptember 18, 2026, 9:16 PM

All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

GroupFactValueMarkEvidence
Location infoNameThe UPS StoreConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026
Location infoAddress258 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02446, USAConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026
Location infoPhone(617) 730-8300ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026
Location infoHoursMon to Fri 8:30 AM to 7:00 PM · Sat 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Sun 10:00 AM to 4:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026
Location infoDescriptionStore offering shipping, packaging, printing & other services, plus office supplies.ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026
HoursMonday8:30 AM to 7:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026
HoursTuesday8:30 AM to 7:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026
HoursWednesday8:30 AM to 7:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026
HoursThursday8:30 AM to 7:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026
HoursFriday8:30 AM to 7:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026
HoursSaturday10:00 AM to 5:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026
HoursSunday10:00 AM to 4:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026
ServicesServiceOffice suppliesAI guessNothing found
ServicesServicePackaging servicesAI guessNothing found
ServicesServicePrinting servicesAI guessNothing found
ServicesServiceShipping servicesAI guessNothing found
LinksWebsitehttps://locations.theupsstore.com/ma/brookline/258-harvard-st?utm_source=Yext&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=ListingsConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026

Services and prices

Services not read yet, back on Scan Day.

Known for

Reviews not read yet, back on Scan Day.

The team

Nothing found

Visiting The UPS

Address: 258 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02446, USA. Phone: (617) 730-8300. Hours: Mon to Fri 8:30 AM to 7 PM · Sat 10 AM to 5 PM · Sun 10 AM to 4 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile, checked August 13, 2026 at 3:07 AM.)

Location info from Google Business Profile

Business description, written by The UPS on its Google Business Profile: "Store offering shipping, packaging, printing & other services, plus office supplies."

When to go

Busy times not read yet, back on Scan Day.

Parking and getting in

Nothing found

Nearby

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MAGURO Sushi Thai RamenRestaurant1 min walk
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Coolidge CornerBus stop1 min walk

Reputation

4.1 average across 203 reviews: Google 25. (Confirmed, read August 13, 2026.)

This UPS Store is noted for its friendly staff but has serious concerns regarding package handling and customer service consistency. (AI guess, from 203 reviews.)

What people like

  • Quick and efficient package handling

What people do not like

  • Lost packages and unresponsive staff
  • Rude behavior from some employees
  • Notary service unavailable despite appointment

Press

No press story about The UPS found yet.

Awards

None named yet.

Directories

Directory listings not read yet.

Recent updates from The UPS

The UPS hasn't posted an update here yet.

Questions people ask

walk ins, or is it booked solid

No answer yet

Somewhere to park near The UPS?

No answer yet

prices round here, anyone got a number

No answer yet

bad experiences at The UPS, anyone?

No answer yet

Booking here, how does it work?

No answer yet

what else is on Harvard around The UPS?

No answer yet

people keep recommending The UPS, what for?

No answer yet

do regulars get anything here

No answer yet

walking in for a first visit, what happens

No answer yet

opening hours at The UPS in Brookline, what are they these days?

No answer yet

is there a socials account worth following

No answer yet

services here, what do people go in for?

No answer yet

best shipping and mailing service in Brookline

No answer yet

Why do people rate The UPS?

No answer yet

anywhere cheaper than The UPS in Brookline that is still good?

No answer yet

which one, this place or FedEx Office Print & Ship?

No answer yet

What AI gets wrong about The UPS

We ask ChatGPT and Gemini about The UPS. These are the answers that disagree with the record.

ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 13, 2026.

No capture has disagreed with the record yet.

The AI Score: 63 of 100

The AI Score measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Shipping and mailing services on the registry run 22 to 71. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. The UPS scores 63. The same method scores every business on the registry.

SignalWeightScoreWhat it measuresThe UPS
Retrieval grounding2670Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.Good
Off-property attestation2040Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.Poor
AI visibility1450Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.Named in 1 of 2 answers that recommended anyone.
Reviews & response1287The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.Good
Backlink & citation authority867Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.Good
Google Business Profile884Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.Good
Speed & mobile782Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.Good
Content freshness & schema579Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.Good

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to tell you about a shipping and mailing service

When you ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Google about a local business, the AI doesn't visit it. It reads what's already written about it: the business's website, its Google Business Profile, review sites, news stories and directories like this one. Then it repeats what those sources agree on.

That's why AI gets small facts wrong. If Yelp says a place is open Mondays and the website says it isn't, the AI has to pick one. The table above shows the answers that disagree with the record today.

The more sources agree, and the more specific they are, the more confidently AI recommends a business. A review that names who helped and what they did tells an AI far more than one that says "great place."

How to choose a shipping and mailing service in Massachusetts, with or without AI

A few checks take ten minutes and tell you more than any rating.

  • Check that the hours and phone number match on Google, Yelp and the business's own website. Mismatches are how people end up at a locked door.
  • Read reviews that name a person and what they did. Vague praise is easy to fake.
  • Look for recent reviews and recent posts. A page nobody has touched in a year may not match the business today.
  • Ask for the price before you go, and ask what it includes.
  • Where the work needs a license, ask whose license it is and look it up with Massachusetts.

How to read the marks on this page

  • Confirmed (solid circle): from a known source. The business website, its Google Business Profile, review sites like Yelp, Healthgrades and RealSelf, a licensing board, or measured by Local AI Registry.
  • Visitor submitted (hollow circle): added or corrected by a person, with the date and how they know, like a phone call or a visit.
  • AI guess (hollow triangle): what AI engines are saying right now. Nobody has confirmed it.

About the author

Steve Lee is the founder and CEO of Local AI Registry and sets its editorial standards. He is a former Google executive in Search and a former Microsoft executive, with more than 20 years in digital: search, local discovery, and how people find businesses online. He is based in Irvine.

  • Expertise: search at Google and Microsoft, AI search, answer engine optimization, generative engine optimization, local SEO, structured data and entity mapping.
  • Industry: medical aesthetics, injectables, med spa operations and marketing.
  • Disclosure: Local AI Registry sells services to business owners, including The UPS if it claims this page. That does not change what this page says. Every fact carries its source.

Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

EntityTypeID on this pageSame asRelationship to The UPS
The UPS StoreLocalBusiness#businesshttps://locations.theupsstore.com/ma/brookline/258-harvard-st?utm_source=Yext&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=ListingsSubject of this page
Brookline, MassachusettsCity#cityNothing foundCity The UPS is in
Local AI RegistryOrganization#publisherhttps://localairegistry.comPublisher of this page
Steve LeePerson#authorhttps://localairegistry.com/teamAuthor of this page

Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the shipping and mailing services in Brookline, linked to the lists and towns around it.

Lists

  • Best shipping and mailing services in Brookline: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/brookline/shipping-and-mailing-service
  • Best businesses in Brookline: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/brookline

Nearby

  • /boston: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/boston
  • /cambridge: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/cambridge
  • /newton: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/newton
  • /somerville: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/somerville
  • /waltham: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/waltham
  • /wellesley: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/wellesley

Every list

  • Every leaderboard in Massachusetts: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma

Frequently asked questions

What is AI search optimization for local business?

Getting a business named when a neighbor asks ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity for a recommendation. Some call it AI SEO, some call it generative engine optimization. Traditional SEO fights for ten blue links; this fights for the one answer an assistant says out loud. The AI Score on this page measures the eight signals that drive it.

What is Local AI Registry?

The public record of how AI sees local business. We score every business we list by one published method, we keep the questions people ask about it in one place, and we never sell rank. Looking up any business here is free.

Assistants read public pages before they answer. This one states what the business does, what people ask about it, and what the Record answers, in one place a machine can read. Correcting what is wrong here changes what an assistant repeats next.

Who writes the answers here?

Registry AI writes the first answer under every question, from the Record and the public sources named beneath it. Neighbors write the rest under pseudonyms. A registered owner can reply as the business, and their reply says so.

I own The UPS Store. How do I fix something or rank higher?

Register the page. It is free, it takes about five minutes, and it lets you correct the Record and reply as the business. Nothing on this page is for sale, so the only thing that moves the score is the work.

References

Sources cited

  • [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJEbDaKr5544kRmoOsa7fBAok (accessed Aug 13, 2026)
  • [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 13, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)

The code behind this page

This is exactly what this page sends to Google, Bing, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini. We publish it in the open for two reasons: so you can see nothing here is hidden or made up, and so any business or developer can copy it. Being a good local AI steward means the machine version says exactly what the human version says.

1. HTTP response headers

Sent before the page. They tell crawlers the canonical address and that a plain markdown copy exists.

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Title, description, canonical, robots and Open Graph tags. This is what shows in search results and link previews.

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One connected graph. Every person and service has its own @id and links to the business, and a licensed person links to the license and the board that issued it.

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        },
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        },
        {
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          "name": "How does this page help a business get recommended by AI?",
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            "text": "Assistants read public pages before they answer. This one states what the business does, what people ask about it, and what the Record answers, in one place a machine can read. Correcting what is wrong here changes what an assistant repeats next."
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        },
        {
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        {
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            "@type": "Answer",
            "text": "Register the page. It is free, it takes about five minutes, and it lets you correct the Record and reply as the business. Nothing on this page is for sale, so the only thing that moves the score is the work."
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          "@type": "ListItem",
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          "@type": "ListItem",
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        {
          "@type": "ListItem",
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        },
        {
          "@type": "ListItem",
          "position": 16,
          "name": "which one, this place or FedEx Office Print & Ship?",
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4. robots.txt

Invites every major AI crawler by name. Many sites block them. We want this page read and cited.

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User-Agent: Applebot-Extended
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Sitemap: https://localairegistry.com/sitemap.xml

5. sitemap.xml

Lists this page with the day it last changed, the same day the page says it was updated.

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6. llms.txt

A plain index for language models: what the site is, which pages to read first, and where the markdown copies live.

# Local AI Registry

> The public record of what AI assistants say about local businesses. Every entry checked, scored, and kept current.

Local AI Registry is the editorial, never-sponsored record of what local
businesses are known for, and whether AI assistants actually recommend them.
We score every local business the same way and rank them: website, reviews,
AI visibility, and more. Eight signals, one number from 0 to 100. The heaviest
is whether AI can retrieve you at all.

## Read these first

- [Local AI Registry](https://localairegistry.com): AI assistants now decide which local business to recommend.
- [Methodology](https://localairegistry.com/methodology): Eight signals, one number from 0 to 100.
- [Leaderboards](https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards): Browse AI Score leaderboards by state, city, and category.
- [About](https://localairegistry.com/about): The honest record of who AI recommends.
- [Pricing](https://localairegistry.com/pricing): Four levels of presence, from a free registry entry to being the answer AI gives first in your market.
- [Journal](https://localairegistry.com/journal): How AI assistants decide which local businesses to recommend, and what owners can do about it.

## Business pages

- [Sitemap](https://localairegistry.com/sitemap.xml): Every business page on the registry, with the day each was last updated.
- Every business page has a markdown copy at its own address with `.md` on the end. The copy holds the same facts, marks and sources as the page, in the page's order: the photos with their captions, the team and their licenses, the reviews summary, and the questions locals asked with the replies. The page names it in its head and its HTTP `Link` header.

7. Markdown copy of this page (the-ups-store-brookline-ma.md)

The article as plain text: the same headings, facts, marks and sources.

# The UPS Store, Brookline: a shipping and mailing service in Brookline (2026 guide)

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ma/brookline/the-ups-store-brookline-ma. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Fact-checked against 2 sources. Updated 2026-08-13. Owner review: not yet.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ma/brookline/the-ups-store-brookline-ma

## Photos

- ![Photo 1](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmsr6eqku05qnyecilibn5n96%2F0.jpg)
- ![Photo 2](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmsr6eqku05qnyecilibn5n96%2F1.jpg)
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## In short

The UPS Store is a shipping and mailing service in Brookline, MA. Its AI Score is 63 of 100, which is fair.

Every fact on this page carries one of three marks: Confirmed (from their website, Google Business Profile, review sites, licensing boards, or measured by Local AI Registry), Visitor submitted (added by a person, with a date and how they know), or AI guess (what AI engines like ChatGPT and Gemini are saying, not confirmed by anyone). Every mark points to a reference at the end of this page.


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Shipping and mailing service |
| Address | 258 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02446, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Fri 8:30 AM to 7 PM · Sat 10 AM to 5 PM · Sun 10 AM to 4 PM |
| Phone | (617) 730-8300 |
| Owner | Nothing found |
| Rating | 4.1 across 203 reviews on Google |
| Known for | Nothing found |
| Prices | Nothing found |
| Quietest time | Nothing found |
| Parking | Nothing found |
| Last verified | September 18, 2026, 9:16 PM |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Name | The UPS Store | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 |
| Location info | Address | 258 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02446, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 |
| Location info | Phone | (617) 730-8300 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 8:30 AM to 7:00 PM · Sat 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Sun 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 |
| Location info | Description | Store offering shipping, packaging, printing & other services, plus office supplies. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 |
| Hours | Monday | 8:30 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 |
| Hours | Tuesday | 8:30 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 |
| Hours | Wednesday | 8:30 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 |
| Hours | Thursday | 8:30 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 |
| Hours | Friday | 8:30 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 |
| Hours | Saturday | 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 |
| Hours | Sunday | 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Office supplies | AI guess | Nothing found |
| Services | Service | Packaging services | AI guess | Nothing found |
| Services | Service | Printing services | AI guess | Nothing found |
| Services | Service | Shipping services | AI guess | Nothing found |
| Links | Website | https://locations.theupsstore.com/ma/brookline/258-harvard-st?utm_source=Yext&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=Listings | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 |


## Services and prices

Services not read yet, back on Scan Day.


### Known for

Reviews not read yet, back on Scan Day.


## The team

Nothing found


## Visiting The UPS

Address: 258 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02446, USA. Phone: (617) 730-8300. Hours: Mon to Fri 8:30 AM to 7 PM · Sat 10 AM to 5 PM · Sun 10 AM to 4 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile, checked August 13, 2026 at 3:07 AM.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

Business description, written by The UPS on its Google Business Profile: "Store offering shipping, packaging, printing & other services, plus office supplies."


### When to go

Busy times not read yet, back on Scan Day.


### Parking and getting in

Nothing found


### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Michael's Deli | Sandwich shop | 1 min walk |
| Lan Feast 宴蘭 | Chinese restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Arwa Yemeni Coffee | Coffee shop | 1 min walk |
| MAGURO Sushi Thai Ramen | Restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Lee's Burger | Hamburger restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Coolidge Corner | Bus stop | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

4.1 average across 203 reviews: Google 25. (Confirmed, read August 13, 2026.)

This UPS Store is noted for its friendly staff but has serious concerns regarding package handling and customer service consistency. (AI guess, from 203 reviews.)


### What people like

- Quick and efficient package handling


### What people do not like

- Lost packages and unresponsive staff
- Rude behavior from some employees
- Notary service unavailable despite appointment


### Press

No press story about The UPS found yet.


### Awards

None named yet.


### Directories

Directory listings not read yet.


## Recent updates from The UPS

The UPS hasn't posted an update here yet.


## Questions people ask


### walk ins, or is it booked solid

No answer yet


### Somewhere to park near The UPS?

No answer yet


### prices round here, anyone got a number

No answer yet


### bad experiences at The UPS, anyone?

No answer yet


### Booking here, how does it work?

No answer yet


### what else is on Harvard around The UPS?

No answer yet


### people keep recommending The UPS, what for?

No answer yet


### do regulars get anything here

No answer yet


### walking in for a first visit, what happens

No answer yet


### opening hours at The UPS in Brookline, what are they these days?

No answer yet


### is there a socials account worth following

No answer yet


### services here, what do people go in for?

No answer yet


### best shipping and mailing service in Brookline

No answer yet


### Why do people rate The UPS?

No answer yet


### anywhere cheaper than The UPS in Brookline that is still good?

No answer yet


### which one, this place or FedEx Office Print & Ship?

No answer yet


## What AI gets wrong about The UPS

We ask ChatGPT and Gemini about The UPS. These are the answers that disagree with the record.

ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 13, 2026.

No capture has disagreed with the record yet.


## The AI Score: 63 of 100

The AI Score measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Shipping and mailing services on the registry run 22 to 71. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. The UPS scores 63. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | The UPS |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 70 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Good |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 50 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Named in 1 of 2 answers that recommended anyone. |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 87 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 67 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Good |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 84 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 82 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Good |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 79 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology


## How AI decides what to tell you about a shipping and mailing service

When you ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Google about a local business, the AI doesn't visit it. It reads what's already written about it: the business's website, its Google Business Profile, review sites, news stories and directories like this one. Then it repeats what those sources agree on.

That's why AI gets small facts wrong. If Yelp says a place is open Mondays and the website says it isn't, the AI has to pick one. The table above shows the answers that disagree with the record today.

The more sources agree, and the more specific they are, the more confidently AI recommends a business. A review that names who helped and what they did tells an AI far more than one that says "great place."


## How to choose a shipping and mailing service in Massachusetts, with or without AI

A few checks take ten minutes and tell you more than any rating.

- Check that the hours and phone number match on Google, Yelp and the business's own website. Mismatches are how people end up at a locked door.
- Read reviews that name a person and what they did. Vague praise is easy to fake.
- Look for recent reviews and recent posts. A page nobody has touched in a year may not match the business today.
- Ask for the price before you go, and ask what it includes.
- Where the work needs a license, ask whose license it is and look it up with Massachusetts.


## How to read the marks on this page

- Confirmed (solid circle): from a known source. The business website, its Google Business Profile, review sites like Yelp, Healthgrades and RealSelf, a licensing board, or measured by Local AI Registry.
- Visitor submitted (hollow circle): added or corrected by a person, with the date and how they know, like a phone call or a visit.
- AI guess (hollow triangle): what AI engines are saying right now. Nobody has confirmed it.


## About the author

Steve Lee is the founder and CEO of Local AI Registry and sets its editorial standards. He is a former Google executive in Search and a former Microsoft executive, with more than 20 years in digital: search, local discovery, and how people find businesses online. He is based in Irvine.

- Expertise: search at Google and Microsoft, AI search, answer engine optimization, generative engine optimization, local SEO, structured data and entity mapping.
- Industry: medical aesthetics, injectables, med spa operations and marketing.
- Disclosure: Local AI Registry sells services to business owners, including The UPS if it claims this page. That does not change what this page says. Every fact carries its source.


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to The UPS |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The UPS Store | LocalBusiness | #business | https://locations.theupsstore.com/ma/brookline/258-harvard-st?utm_source=Yext&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=Listings | Subject of this page |
| Brookline, Massachusetts | City | #city | Nothing found | City The UPS is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the shipping and mailing services in Brookline, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best shipping and mailing services in Brookline: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/brookline/shipping-and-mailing-service
- Best businesses in Brookline: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/brookline


### Nearby

- /boston: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/boston
- /cambridge: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/cambridge
- /newton: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/newton
- /somerville: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/somerville
- /waltham: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/waltham
- /wellesley: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/wellesley


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in Massachusetts: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma


## Frequently asked questions


### What is AI search optimization for local business?

Getting a business named when a neighbor asks ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity for a recommendation. Some call it AI SEO, some call it generative engine optimization. Traditional SEO fights for ten blue links; this fights for the one answer an assistant says out loud. The AI Score on this page measures the eight signals that drive it.


### What is Local AI Registry?

The public record of how AI sees local business. We score every business we list by one published method, we keep the questions people ask about it in one place, and we never sell rank. Looking up any business here is free.


### How does this page help a business get recommended by AI?

Assistants read public pages before they answer. This one states what the business does, what people ask about it, and what the Record answers, in one place a machine can read. Correcting what is wrong here changes what an assistant repeats next.


### Who writes the answers here?

Registry AI writes the first answer under every question, from the Record and the public sources named beneath it. Neighbors write the rest under pseudonyms. A registered owner can reply as the business, and their reply says so.


### I own The UPS Store. How do I fix something or rank higher?

Register the page. It is free, it takes about five minutes, and it lets you correct the Record and reply as the business. Nothing on this page is for sale, so the only thing that moves the score is the work.


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJEbDaKr5544kRmoOsa7fBAok (accessed Aug 13, 2026)
- [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 13, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)

For developers: what makes this page machine-readable

  • One source of truth. The page, the HTML, the JSON-LD and the markdown copy are generated from the same record, so they cannot disagree.
  • People are linked to their credentials, and credentials to the board that issued them (recognizedBy).
  • Answers come first. The page opens with a one-paragraph summary and a key facts table, marked speakable.
  • Wrong AI answers are published as ClaimReview, so engines can see the correction and its source.
  • The FAQ holds the questions this page answers. The questions locals asked are listed as an ItemList, each pointing at its own page, where its replies are the QAPage.
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  1. walk ins, or is it booked solid Question by winter_local_east, Sep 14, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ma/brookline/the-ups-store-brookline-ma/q/does-the-ups-store-ever-have-last-minute-openings
  2. Somewhere to park near The UPS? Question by hopeful_on_harvard, Sep 11, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ma/brookline/the-ups-store-brookline-ma/q/is-there-parking-available-at-the-ups-store-in-brookline
  3. prices round here, anyone got a number Question by harvard_fern, Sep 10, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ma/brookline/the-ups-store-brookline-ma/q/what-does-a-shipping-and-mailing-service-actually-cost-in-brookline
  4. bad experiences at The UPS, anyone? Question by picky_on_harvard, Sep 7, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ma/brookline/the-ups-store-brookline-ma/q/the-reviews-look-glowing-what-are-the-real-complaints
  5. Booking here, how does it work? Question by reunion_lurker_west, Sep 4, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ma/brookline/the-ups-store-brookline-ma/q/does-the-ups-store-in-brookline-accept-reservations
  6. what else is on Harvard around The UPS? Question by researching_on_harvard, Sep 4, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ma/brookline/the-ups-store-brookline-ma/q/what-is-around-the-ups-store-on-harvard
  7. people keep recommending The UPS, what for? Question by brookline_sage, Sep 3, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ma/brookline/the-ups-store-brookline-ma/q/what-is-the-ups-store-in-brookline-known-for
  8. do regulars get anything here Question by autumn_local_west, Aug 26, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ma/brookline/the-ups-store-brookline-ma/q/does-the-ups-store-take-rewards-points-or-membership-pricing
  9. walking in for a first visit, what happens Question by wedding_bride_south, Aug 18, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ma/brookline/the-ups-store-brookline-ma/q/what-should-i-know-before-a-first-visit-at-the-ups-store
  10. opening hours at The UPS in Brookline, what are they these days? Question by reading_reviews_on_harvard, Aug 14, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ma/brookline/the-ups-store-brookline-ma/q/what-are-the-operating-hours-of-the-ups-store-in-brookline
  11. is there a socials account worth following Question by march_walker_west, Aug 7, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ma/brookline/the-ups-store-brookline-ma/q/what-has-the-ups-store-been-posting-lately
  12. services here, what do people go in for? Question by june_bride_west, Aug 4, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ma/brookline/the-ups-store-brookline-ma/q/does-the-ups-store-in-brookline-offer-any-special-features
  13. best shipping and mailing service in Brookline Question by spring_parent_east, Jul 28, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ma/brookline/the-ups-store-brookline-ma/q/best-shipping-and-mailing-service-in-brookline
  14. Why do people rate The UPS? Question by spring_local_north, Jul 23, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ma/brookline/the-ups-store-brookline-ma/q/what-do-people-actually-like-about-the-ups-store
  15. anywhere cheaper than The UPS in Brookline that is still good? Question by harvard_lou, Jul 17, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ma/brookline/the-ups-store-brookline-ma/q/is-there-anywhere-cheaper-than-the-ups-store-in-brookline-that-is-still
  16. which one, this place or FedEx Office Print & Ship? Question by summer_walker_north_02446, Jul 10, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ma/brookline/the-ups-store-brookline-ma/q/the-ups-store-or-fedex-office-print-and-ship-center-for-shipping-and
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  1. [1]VisitName, address, phone, hours and 2 other detailsGoogle Business Profile.Primary source · Accessed Aug 13, 2026 · https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJEbDaKr5544kRmoOsa7fBAok · No archived copy yet
  2. [2]Services4 servicesAI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 13, 2026.AI engine output · Accessed Sep 18, 2026 · https://localairegistry.com/methodology · No archived copy yet