Karsten Moran for The New York Times The scene on West 186th Street in Manhattan.Good morning on this frigid, whiteout Friday. New York City public schools are closed.
Five inches of snow had fallen on Central Park by 4 a.m. with more coming down. Temperatures are in the teens, with wind chills well below zero.
Here’s what else you need to know:
- The worst of the snow is over, and by late morning it should stop entirely. Eight to ten inches are expected for the city, more in parts of Long Island. See 4 a.m. totals.
- Many other schools around the region are also closed. Here’s a list.
- Subways: all trains running local, not express, through the morning rush. Check latest status.
- Roadways: The Long Island Expressway and Interstate 84 are closed until 8 a.m. Conditions are treacherous throughout the region. Please do not drive unless you must. Check traffic map or radio report on the 1s or the 8s.
- New York City buses: all lines, running, but systemwide delays and about 15 percent fewer buses than normal. Check latest status.
- Long Island Rail Road: weekend schedule. Check latest status.
- Metro-North: Saturday schedule. See details. And check latest status.
- New Jersey Transit: Enhanced weekend schedule.
- Air Travel: Airports are open but many flights are delayed or canceled. Check with your airline.
- Amtrak: Reduced service to Boston and Washington. Near normal service to Albany. See alert.
- Staten Island Ferry: operating every 20 minutes.
- Alternate-side parking is suspended in New York City.
- Track the progress of city plows here.
- City College of New York is also closed. Many colleges have canceled classes.
- Power: mostly intact, with about a thousand homes without power scattered throughout the region.
- A state of emergency is in effect in New York state. New York City’s new mayor, Bill de Blasio, said Thursday that the city was “ready for whatever hits us.â€
- Weather: brutally cold. A high of just 17 today with winds of up to 25 miles an hour and wind chills as low as minus 13. Down to 2 degrees tonight. Up to 28 tomorrow, and into the 40s on Sunday.
- Did you try to commute to work this morning? How was it? Let us know in the comments or on Twitter, with #nytoday.
DE BLASIO WATCH
From David W. Chen of the City Hall bureau of The Times:
- The new mayor made a last-minute stop late Thursday at a Brooklyn garage to praise sanitation workers.
- He is scheduled today to visit more workers, and deliver the latest news on the storm, at 10 a.m. in Woodside, Queens.
- On Thursday, friends of his son Dante took to social media to ask him to convince his father to close schools because of the snow.
- The first lady, Chirlane McCray, posted a photo to Twitter suggesting what Dante would be doing if schools are closed: it showed a shovel and salt for sidewalks.
Annie Correal and Joseph Burgess contributed reporting.
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