Eduardo Munoz/Reuters Roads were sometimes treacherous in New York on Friday. Updated, 2:34 p.m.
Happy Valentine’s Day. Happy Presidents’ Day weekend.
The snow, finally, has ended.
For now.
Here’s what’s going on:
- City public schools are, once again, open. Many schools around the region are closed or opening late. See list.
- Roads are a mixed and sometimes treacherous bag. There has been flooding in some places, ice elsewhere.
- Today will be warmer and sunny but blustery: a high of 40, with winds of 20 miles an hour, gusting to 40.
- Enough snow will melt to make black ice a threat for the evening commute.
- Railroads are on reduced schedules. Subways are running close to normal. Buses are subject to delays and detours. An Amtrak train was stuck in the snow south of Albany for five hours. For details see “Commute†section below.
- Navigating on foot: no fun. Ice, slush, iced-over puddles (surprise!). Dig out the hip waders.
- More snow is in store tomorrow â€" just a dusting, relatively speaking: three inches at most, in late morning and the afternoon.
- Followed, alas, by bitter cold: 16 degrees Saturday night, a high of 28 on Sunday, and down to 11 Sunday night.
- It will probably snow on Monday. But not much. Then comes a warm spell!
- New York City got another two inches overnight after the rain switched back to snow. Total in Central Park: 12.5 inches. Many places in the region topped 14 inches. Harriman, N.Y., in Orange County, got 20.5 inches. See chart.
- There are scattered power failures. About 4,000 homes in the region are dark.
- Blood supplies are low and donations are needed. Call (800) 933-2566 or go to nybloodcenter.org to donate.
Here’s what else you need to know for Friday and the weekend.
(By the way, we’re off Monday for the federal holiday. We’ll see you first thing Tuesday.)
COMMUTE
Subways: Check latest status.
Rails: An Amtrak train from Penn Station was stuck in the snow 50 miles from Albany for five hours before it got rolling again.
Metro-North began the day on a Saturday schedule. But the railroad has added trains to deal with crowding. L.I.R.R is on a reduced schedule.
Check L.I.R.R., Metro-North or N.J. Transit status.
Buses: City buses are running at 80 percent of their normal schedule.
Roads: Check traffic map or radio report on the 1s or the 8s.
Ferries: New York Waterway’s East River ferry to the Greenpoint terminal is suspended after a passenger ramp collapsed into the river.
Alternate-side parking is suspended through Monday. Meters are in effect.
Air Travel: Check with your airline. See map of delays and cancellations.
Weekend Travel Hassles: Check subway disruptions or list of street closings.
COMING UP TODAY
- Mayor de Blasio has canceled a storm update he had scheduled for 11:45 a.m. He has no public appearances today.
- Times Square belongs to lovers and zany promotions. Snuggle the fabric softener bear will co-officiate at a wedding at 10:30 a.m. Marriage proposals will be displayed on a big screen.
- And 175 couples will renew their vows at 6 p.m. as actors sing a song from the “Bridges of Madison County†musical.
- A couple will also be married at a White Castle on Fordham Road in the Bronx at 1 p.m.
- A Valentine’s Day classical concert at Bartow-Pell Mansion in the Bronx. 7 p.m. [$20]
- Documentary Fortnight kicks off at the Museum of Modern Art with “The Mother and the Sea,†a study of a coastal village in Portugal. 7 p.m. [$12]
- An opening party for “Beyond the Pale,†an art show about “twisted connections between affection and violence†and “the fervent agony of unrequited devotion.†At Con Artist on the Lower East Side. 8 p.m. [Free]
IN THE NEWS
- Second-guessing the mayor’s decision to keep schools open has become the city’s unofficial winter sport. [New York Times]
- Less than 45 percent of city public school students made their way in yesterday.
- A Staten Island high school student’s “Close NYC Schools During Snow Emergencies†Facebook page has garnered more than 46,000 likes. [DNAinfo]
- Mr. de Blasio is also still facing questions about his call to the police after a political ally was arrested. [Capital New York]
- A pregnant woman was fatally struck by a snow-clearing bulldozer in Brooklyn. Her baby is in critical condition. [New York Times]
- A woman texting while walking on a slippery subway platform fell in front of a train but survived. [New York Post]
- A shipment of Chobani yogurt intended for American Olympians but blocked by Russian authorities will be distributed to food banks in New York and New Jersey. [New York Times]
- Robbers who stole six cellphones in Fort Greene were arrested after they shot selfies on one of them and their victim saw the photos on iCloud, the police say. [Daily News]
- Struggling Brooklyn hospitals could get some of the $8 billion in Medicaid money that the federal government agreed to let New York State reallocate. [New York Times]
- Scoreboard: Bulls slam Nets, 92-76.
THE WEEKEND
Saturday
- The water’s fine: The Bronx Polar Bears go swimming at Orchard Beach at 11 a.m. [Free]
- Learn Tunisian crochet at Poe Park in the Bronx. 10 a.m. [Free, bring yarn and hook]
- Join the Queens Botanical Garden’s Backyard Bird Count. 11 a.m. [Free]
- Are you an athletic, charity-minded exhibitionist impervious to the cold? Get yourself to Cupid’s Undie Run and raise money for the Children’s Tumor Foundation. Festivities start at noon on West 48th Street.
- A Charlie Chaplin film festival at Brooklyn Lyceum. 3 p.m. [$5]
- The Times’s Weekend Miser recommends the weekend-long Charles Mingus High School Competition and Festival for jazz bands, at the Manhattan School of Music in Morningside Heights. [Free]
- The 3D Printshow at Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea features workshops for aspiring 3D printers at all levels. [$35 and up for adults, $10 and up for children]
Sunday
- A late winter bird walk at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. 10 a.m. [Free]
- Last day for the show of sculptures by the American artist Tony Feher at the Bronx Museum of the Arts. [Free]
- For more events, see The New York Times Arts & Entertainment guide.
- And if you seek fun outside the city, The Times’s Metropolitan section has suggestions for Westchester, Long Island, New Jersey and Connecticut.
AND FINALLY …
Sometimes, after a really rough week, what you need is to kick back and listen to a bunch of kids singing Phil Collins songs.
Fortunately, the Phil Collins Children’s Choir is there for you.
They will perform at Beach Church in the Rockaways at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday. The church is at 2-27 Beach 97th Street.
The formal concert is followed by a youth open-mike night.
See you next week.
Joseph Burgess and Barbara Graustark contributed reporting.
New York Today is a morning roundup that stays live from 6 a.m. till late morning.
What would you like to see here to start your day? Post a comment, email us at nytoday@nytimes.com or reach us via Twitter using #NYToday.
Find us on weekdays at nytoday.com.
