Little Neck Parkway Partially Blocked By Snow... Again

Update 12:10 p.m.: Douglaston Civic Association president Eliott Socci had this to say about unplowed snow on Little Neck Parkway: "No one, except for the few houses on Sandhill Road, should be using that road," he said. "They should be traveling down Douglaston Parkway."

Though the city got relatively high marks for its response to Wednesday night's storm, some Little Neck residents are over an oft-overlooked section of roadway.

"Every time it snows, it's the same," said Little Neck resident Larry Sheehan last night.

The situation Sheehan refers to is the right thru-lane of Little Neck Parkway going southbound at 39th Road, which at 10 this morning was completely blocked with about a foot of snow.

That has some residents concerned about backups from motorists making left turns onto 39th Road into Westmoreland during rush hour — a situation which has led to vehicles occasionally getting "stuck" at the Long Island Railroad at-grade crossing. 

According to Community Board 11 district manager Susan Seinfeld, sanitation crews were working in the area. "I'm not sure why they aren't clearing that section of road," Seinfeld. "We haven't received any complaints."

Across CB11, Seinfeld reported a low number of calls regarding the pace of snow removal — a marked difference from last month's blizzard, which prompted of an intentional slowdown and a .

For Erik Tielis, a Little Neck small business owner with his own snowplow, the unusual string of significant winter storms made him perhaps the busiest man or woman in the neighborhood. Since last month's blizzard, Tielis said he's been fully booked running plows from Westmoreland to Williamsburg in Brooklyn.

"There's a lot of snow, and the city can't keep up with it," Tielis said. "For me, it's 'white gold.'"