STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — As snow conditions deteriorated across Staten Island on Sunday morning, residents rushed to stock up on essentials as restaurants, schools and transit services including ferry operations adjusted to worsening weather.
At Royal Crown Bakery in Dongan Hills around 10 a.m., Kitty Giambertone stopped in after services at St. Ann’s R.C. Church with her husband, John, and neighbor James DiMaio, joining a small but steady stream of customers preparing for the storm. The bakery remained open through the morning but planned to close early at 2 p.m.
“We had to come and get our bagels,” Kitty Giambertone said, calling it a “beautiful day,” even as she acknowledged conditions were expected to worsen later on.
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