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Snow Advisory For Tomorrow: No Outdoor Dining, ASP Suspended & All Remote Learning

Snow squall on Cortelyou, December 18, 2020. Liena Zagare/BklynerBROOKLYN – Get ready for lots of snow! New York City is expected to get up to a foot of snow tomorrow, Wednesday, December 16, and is supposed to last until Thursday. Outdoor dining on city streets will be suspended at 2

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Snow Takes: Photos Of The Snowstorm In Brooklyn

Espo on 4th Avenue (Photo by rosellapix via Instagram)Brooklyn is pretty photogenic to begin with, but cover it in a blanket of fluffy, white snow and suddenly the camera phones come out and the Instagrammers go wild. Below is a selection of some great pics documenting Brooklyn’s first

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Luna Park’s March 20 Opening Day Postponed Due To Nor’easter

Source: Luna Park/FacebookSay it ain’t so! Luna Park’s opening day this Sunday has been postponed due to a snowstorm headed for New York City this weekend. According to weather reports, the storm currently barreling up the East Coast is expected to hit New York City on Sunday,

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Feeling the Cold? Special Ditmas Drinks Will Warm Your Soul

Winter drinks at Sycamore. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)With a blizzard on the way, it may seem like you should hibernate at home and pray for spring. Don’t do that. Venture out to the neighborhood watering holes and partake in the great winter tradition of cold weather libations.

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Flashback Friday: Snowy ’47 At 6th Avenue And Berkeley Place

Photo via Brooklyn Public LibraryWe’re not sure what 6th Avenue and Berkeley Place will look like tomorrow (1 inch? 8 inches? 18 inches?), but this is how it looked in 1947. Taken in 1947, the photo caption reads: “Three men clearing snow with shovels on street and sidewalk at

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Blizzard Watch For Saturday: Here’s What You Need To Know

Photo by Ditmas Park CornerThere’s a potential blizzard headed our way on Saturday and Mayor de Blasio has issued a Hazardous Travel Advisory, so grab a good book or binge-watch your favorite show on Netflix this weekend instead of heading out into the cold. If you must go out,

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20 Ways To Entertain Your Kids On The First Snow Day Of The Year

Photo courtesy of loosvelt.So Winter Storm Juno turned out to be a bit of a let down — nowhere near the state of emergency forecasters initially predicted, with most of the snowfall hitting eastern Queens and Long Island — but kids in New York are still having their first snow day

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Greenfield Wants City To Clear Snowed-In Walkways Quicker

City Councilman David Greenfield is putting forward legislation designed to help alleviate the treacherous commute seniors face after snowstorms, according to a report by Metro. Greenfield has received numerous complaints from seniors who lament the state of pedestrian walkways that go un-shoveled after snowstorms and blizzards, limiting their ability to

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Hurricane Sandy Victims Brace For Nor’easter

Source: Google MapsAfter bearing the brunt of Hurricane Sandy, New York is yet again preparing for a storm. Though meteorologists say that the nor’easter may be weaker than first expected, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has still decided to close city parks and beaches. He’s also stated that he will

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City Parks Closed Until Further Notice

This is probably the most sternly worded alert we’ve ever received from Notify NYC. Please take it seriously. ALERT issued 10/29/11 at 8:00 PM. No one should enter any City Park until further notice. Heavy snow and strong wind gusts, combined with full leaves still on

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Shopping Cart Series: Stuck In The Snow

This past weekend, someone dragged me here in front of the P.S. 254 playground and just abandoned me during the blizzard. I tried pleading with the person, but to no avail. They just coldheartedly left me in the cold, while the snow was coming down. By Sunday morning, when