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Snow day turns to slush as sun comes out

March 4, 2019 By Lore Croghan Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Every time it snows in this town, we always see at least one runner wearing shorts. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan
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As snowstorms go, the kind that leave slush behind are the easiest to deal with.

Just ask Isidro Frias, a worker at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Sunset Park.

After the snowfall of Sunday night and early Monday morning subsided, Frias was outdoors at 6 a.m. shoveling the vast sidewalks on Fifth Avenue and 60th Street.

An early-morning Mass was scheduled, so the walkways needed to be safe.

A fellow worker brought out a snowplow and helped him. By 7 a.m., the sidewalks were almost clear.

“News reports said it was going to be so much worse than this,” Frias said with a smile.

Isidro Frias smiles while he shovels the sidewalks outside Our Lady of Perpetual Help.
Isidro Frias smiles while he shovels the sidewalks outside Our Lady of Perpetual Help.

Across the street from Our Lady of Perpetual Help, workers from JCDecaux were clearing snow from a bus shelter — one of 34 stops on their Monday work list.

Down 60th Street, Joseph Balut was scraping the sidewalk clean outside his rowhouse.

“I’m glad it wasn’t worse,” he said. “The snow is heavy because it’s so slushy, but it is easier to get off the sidewalk.”

No school today, you lucky kids

In anticipation of the storm, Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza had announced on Sunday night that the city’s public schools would be closed on Monday.

The Diocese of Brooklyn shuttered Catholic academies and parish schools throughout the borough, too.

Lucky kids. The snow is perfect for making dense, drippy snowmen.

Brooklyn Public Library pushed back the opening time at its branches to noon on Monday.

Early in the morning, there were delays on some Brooklyn buses.

Con Ed said that as of 7 a.m. Monday, about 390 customers were without power in Brooklyn. Another 2,500 customers in New York City and Westchester County had lost power but had it restored by that time.

There's Joseph Balut outside his 60th Street rowhouse in Sunset Park.
There’s Joseph Balut outside his 60th Street rowhouse in Sunset Park.

Up on the Brooklyn Bridge, snow-cleaning crews came and went on the pedestrian and cycling path before morning commuters arrived.

Down below, near the East River shoreline, a red neon sign on the former Watchtower headquarters said the temperature was 33 degrees.

Clouds obscured the top of the World Trade Center, which is one of the sights that tourists seek out on the famed bridge.

The wood planks were very wet and a bit slippery, so everybody walked and cycled slowly.

We hope the walkway dries out fast — because Weather.com says it’s going to be sunny but 22 degrees on Tuesday morning.

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