With snow piled high after New York City\u2019s latest winter storm, some Brooklyn residents are making the most of it – turning neighborhood hills into makeshift sledding slopes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re gonna head to Fort Greene Park to go sledding,\u201d said resident Alyssa, embracing the winter weather.<\/p>\n
But for others, the storm has been far less playful. Across the borough, residents are still digging their cars out from beneath heavy snowbanks and icy slush.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, it\u2019s not fun,\u201d said Jenn Filip as she shoveled around her vehicle. \u201cI had to shovel just to get this out of my car.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Brooklyn-based, community-driven cleanup crew has been keeping neighborhoods clean and passable for more than a decade. After this storm, one of the heaviest many have seen, they were back on the ground, clearing snow-packed steps and slick sidewalks for those who need it most.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the first snowstorm I\u2019ve done that\u2019s been this bad – about nine to twelve inches,\u201d said Kevin Robinson, lead technician with the Foot Soldiers. \u201cBut we help out people in need.\u201d<\/p>\n
The team focuses on assisting seniors and neighbors with mobility challenges, helping reduce the risk of falls, injuries, and even city violations.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis protects them from getting any tickets. It protects them from endangering themselves and others,\u201d said Takia Graves, the organization\u2019s logistics and operations chief. \u201cThis is how we give back and support our community.\u201d<\/p>\n
For Eric Nathaniel, the Foot Soldiers arrived just in time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was winded, felt lightheaded, had to go inside and sit down,\u201d he said. \u201cThey were here in the community, and since I\u2019ve had them, it\u2019s been a blessing.\u201d<\/p>\n
And even with snow still knee-deep in some areas, the Foot Soldiers say they\u2019re ready to take on whatever\u2019s next and continue their work for another 10 years. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With snow piled high after New York City\u2019s latest winter storm, some Brooklyn residents are making the most…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[4986,98,100,99,3012,9,24,63,35184,8555,48673,49679,50523,30712,19639,34018],"class_list":["post-113575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-bed-stuy","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-fort-greene","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-sledding","tag-snow","tag-snow-day","tag-snow-plow","tag-snow-shoveling","tag-snowfall","tag-snowplow","tag-snowstorm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}