NEW YORK—The blizzard that bombarded the East Coast Sunday into Monday morning dropped an average of 15 to 20 inches of snow in the New York metropolitan area, making this the fifth largest snowstorm in the city’s history according to Sanitation Commissioner John Doherty.
Service for Tuesday “will not be a walk in the park. It will be a tough day, [and] we’ll have limited service,” said Metropolitan Transportation Authority chairman Jay Walder on Monday.
As of 10 p.m. Monday, flights resumed to and from JFK, LaGuardia, and Newark airports, though long delays are expected at all three, according to the Associated Press.
New York City Transit expects to restore service to all portions of the subway system for Tuesday morning’s rush hour except for the Q train, the A line between Euclid Avenue and the Rockaways, the N line in Brooklyn, and the L line from Myrtle Avenue to Canarsie, according to a Metropolitan Transportation Authority statement Monday night.
Bus routes were still being evaluated on a route-by-route basis.
The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) resumed very limited service Monday night from Penn Station to stations on four of its largest branches, Port Washington, Huntington, Ronkonkoma, and Babylon. The railroad expects to run limited service on those four branches for Tuesday morning and continuing throughout the day.
“Hundreds of LIRR employees continue to work around the clock to clear snow and ice from tracks, switches, and the third rail,” said the MTA. “The LIRR also expects to be able to gradually resume very limited service on other branches throughout the day.”
For Tuesday, Metro-North Railroad is expected to run a full Saturday schedule on all of its lines.
Limited service on the Staten Island Railway was restored as of 6:15 p.m. Monday.
Commuters are advised to go to MTA.info for the latest service updates.
