standing in astoria queens. in any case, winter made its presence felt in a big way. >> i have a lot of layers on, and i think mother nature finally woke glop and that means new yorker -- finally woke up. >> and that means new yorkers finally woke up. >> it's freezing. i don't like it. >> reporter: bundled up people filled the streets of queens as mortgage temperatures and the -- morning temperatures in the teens. >> it's terrible. we finally got our winter now. >> reporter: a good set of windows can keep the cold out but as for these guys who install them? >> it's harder and slower to do the work on the outside. as long as the weather isn't bad, we walk outside. if it's snowing or raining, we have to shut it down. >> reporter: even for people who didn't mind the low temperatures, there was another issue. >> i like the weather cold but i do not like the wind. >> reporter: as the wind >> this is beautiful right now, it's crisp, dry, no wind. i'm going to go to rock away beach right now. you want to come? come on.

right now relatively calm here in astoria queens. it was cold nonetheless, today, but hay it's new york, and guess what it's january. >> old man winter woke up and said, you know what, here i come. >> every hat, scarf and coat reminded us today that the dead of winter is on our doorstep. >> it's ridiculous. this is crazy. no, no, no, no. i want the warmer air to come back. >> a far cry from that december warmth, temperatures in the climbed into the 20s even with wall to wall sunshine. subzero windchills added to the misery. >> it hurts. >> it hurts. >> you've got to cover the ears up right? >> i need to buy one. >> not everyone is suffering. for this hardware store in astoria cold means cash. >> shovels, plumbing, nobody's, you know, air valves for the heat. nobody's changing anything. >> so the really cold weather is going to help you guys out. >> absolutely, monetarily, yes. >> even the prospect of what may lie ahead helps to clear some inventory. >> two cold days in a row, that's the first day the phone starts rings, you got any s

our camera in astoria queens, to the south of the triboro bridge. the weather this morning, kind of calm. clear skies, look at this glass on the east river. really quiet. cold with a calm wind and clear sky the temperature has dropped off. 33 degrees the temperature. 18 carmel. 20 poughkeepsie. this is what we are talking about with the situation with freezing overnight. a lot of melting. the temperature was 47. after some of that melting you get temperatures in the teens and 20s and that creates black sunshine. the snow comes our way tomorrow morning. we will talk about that next. anyone that would know about the black ice situation on roadways is right here with us this morning. heather o'rourke mainly because she caused it. >> i did. >>> let's go over here. 495 on to 495 trying to get to the lincoln tunnel right here, you have this disabled tractor trailer. here is the eastern spur of the new jersey turnpike. you can see how much it's bunching up getting to 495. disabled vehicle is eastbound near kennedy boulevard. past that into the tolls you ha

monday into tuesday, we head outside right now and a look over to midtown from the camera in astoria queens, that temperature 35 and mostly clear skies. that wind coming in from the west around 7 miles per hour. i think temperature is pretty much stopped falling for the night as you can see the next seven hours our computer not els showing. thes at -- models showing at temperatures actually staying at 35 right through 6:00 in the morning. that southwest wind coming in about 5 to 10. highs today got up to 40 in the park and average high is around 39. so despite the fact that it felt so much colder than it has been, it was kind of a shock to the system after the warmest december on word. still a -- record. still a little bit above average. where you have now fallen into the upper 20s in places like middletown and andover, new jersey and 27 in monticello. 29 at caramel right now. you're down the 26 wrightstown now middle part of long island at islip. clear skies from southwest to northeast. but the big story during the next several days will be the arctic air arriving. the coldest air since la

she's in astoria, queens. >> today's settlement is big news because it helps to resolve two out of three longstanding cases on this issue. it also reinstates this civilian oversight. this person who will look more closely at how the nypd conducts its counterterrorism surveillance. it's become pretty controversial here at the mosques around the city. >> reporter: in communities like this one, life inside the mosques has changed dramatically since 9/11 and some say the amount of counterterrorism surveillance today is truly encroaching on religious freedom. that innocent emoms >> it's raising the flag for

we look from the camera in astoria queens south to one world trade. big alice, the power plant at rosedale queens. right there before that is the socrates sculpture park. today is a great day to go there and walk through there. the temperatures will be more comfortable. we are starting at 32 and colder north and west. that is chilly. by afternoon it will be nice and comfy. sunshine back to the great lakes. today and tomorrow a couple of great days of weather. 33 by 9:00. 35 at 10:00. the 45 this afternoon. that's about 7, 8 degrees warmer than normal for this time of the year. kiddos at the bus stop dress warmly. after school it will feel great 45 degrees. we have the best traffic reporter around. >> we have the best meteorologist around. >> what time do they get here. i was out looking for them. >> how is the commute? >>> let's talk about what is going on here, long island railroad, new jersey transit, metro north on or close. one and 3 trains fire department activity at columbus circle cleared. stall george washington bridge lower level at the tolls

this is from our camera in astoria, queens. that temperature is 23. it's actually down to 18 degrees. that is a mistake. 17 in the city. the other was a mistake, too. wind from the west at 10 gusting up to 26 miles per hour. it's colder than what i initially told you. just after midnight last night. bitterly cold air persists during the day today. winds gusting 30 miles per hour plus during the day. it will feel like near or below zero during the morning hours. around 10 for a windchill this afternoon. then all eyes turn to late friday night into the day on saturday. that's the possibility of a major winter storm, the first significant snowfall of the season for much of the region. 16 morristown. down to 10 at monticello. relatively mild 21 poughkeepsie and 22 montauk. those are the warm spots. feels like 8 up to the midhudson valley. monticello. goose egg at newark and belmont. through today. a wind advisory for western parts of ulster county through 7:00 p.m. highs 10 to 20 below normal for this time of the year. potential late in the week. friday m

service on the n and the q lines between manhattan's time square station and the astoria debt mar boulevard station in queens both directions thanks to a broken where we are, 59th street and 5th avenue. the alternative for so many people, the e or the 7 out to astoria. that's what you see folks doing there here at this particular station. they caught the 6 train a couple of stops down to grand central and would pick up the 7 to head out to astoria. let's look at the graphic to summarize it. no service on the n and the q lines both directions between manhattan and queens.

astoria. as we look from queens southward, look at the camera bouncing around. a little wind here. our camera on the building south of the rfk triboro bridge about 27 stories up. it's kind of really -- a west wind coming around. that is bouncing our camera a bit. looking from brooklyn to wall street and around one world trade. 44 degrees. temperature will drop a bit then warm back up. showers are here from nassau, suffolk county to the east end down the jersey shore. a couple sprinkles here. those are ending later on today. sunny breaks. the temperature cools down from this point out to 38 at 8:00. 39 10:00. 44 to 45 this afternoon. way warmer than normal for this time of the year. at the bus stop, here are the said huckleberries with their ring leaders and the temperature 45 later on today. debbie duhaime not susceptible >> they are cut. >> how is it going? >>> good morning bill and everybody. problems with metro north. 10 to 15-minute delay into grand central parkway on the harlem, hudson and new haven lines because of ongoing signal tunnel. l.i.r.r., new jersey transit on time.

queens. that's right. from astoria, we look south of the rfk triboro bridge. what a beautiful visibility we have. looking from 432 park avenue to the metlife building to one world trade. on the left side, that is big alice. the steam is going straight up and a calm wind out there. we have a temperature of 26 degrees. it will be a cold start to the day. we are going to be looking at quite cold. the reason being, well, because the skies are clear and the winds are calm now. off to the west the winds will pick up out of the southwest and get windy, blowing snow this afternoon and this evening from this clipper that dies down and turns up to new england. the trailing arctic front comes through and we get snow showers starting after lunch today. a nice morning commute. it's fine. this afternoon the snow starts after school. slippering up the afternoon and tonight. heather will tell you to take mass transit. she operates the whole gaining at the bus stop. >> that's right. beware of the gal in the green hat. cold morning out there. after school they will be standing

queens here. flushing, astoria down to jamaica bay sliding eastward from st. albans to long island showers. sunny breaks today. a lot of sunshine later on today. and temperatures will get to about 42 by noontime. 45 later on this afternoon. >>> debbie duhaime is in the traffic center for heather. >> a problem in edison, exit 10 an accident on the ramp. car flipped over. take it slowly on the ramps with the wet pavement. 28 is blocked at chestnut in rosedale park. inbound george, lincoln and holland okay. broken water main. g trains back on time. staten island expressway moving okay now on the staten island expressway. at the goethals bridge overnight construction completely cleared out of the way. alternate sides are suspended through next monday. back to you, ken, lori. >> all right, debbie, thank you. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news this morning," help is pouring in to flint michigan as the city struggles to deal with a toxic water crisis. who is stepping in to help. >>> naacp leaders presented a 15 point plan to help flint, michigan as the city recovers leaders crafted the plan with

- i went today driving around, i lewent through parts the upper east side, west side, then queens, sthen astoria people walking the streets. i understand why, a lot of sidewalks have not been cleared. but people have to be very careful when you walk in streets, remember traffic is starting up again. a lot of o emergency vehicles around. keep an eye out. don't walk in the streets if you don't have to. if you do, you have to be very, very vigilant. i'd like to see people not use the streets as much as they are now because i don't want to see people in harm's way. obviously especially with young children, be very, very careful if you're walking in the street. let me give you some updates related to the plowing situation. i'll say at the outset, department of sanitation has done an absolutely outstanding job. no two ways about it. we've no you seen the storm that's literally the second in our history, this close from being the worst, biggest we've ever had. sanitation did an extraordinary job even though the snow came early and was in some ways greater than anyone expected, and the accumulation was

astoria ditmar boulevard. you can expect delays on the b, d, f and r trains. we'll keep you posted. a couple criminals responsible for burglarizing nine apartments in queens. take a look at this. the break-ins happened between october and december. in each case the suspects would pick the door locks, making off with electronics, jewelry, bikes and thousands of dollars. the most recent break-ins was on december 22nd. in that incident, a woman came home while they were actually in her apartment. they took off using the fire escape. if those men look familiar to you, police want to hear from you. >>> police are also looking for your help to find a missing pregnant woman in the bronx. family said they last saw caruth in her home on sunday. she's about 5 feet tall, weighs 107 pounds. >>> the restaurant on 37th and sixth voluntarily closed after the city cited these stores for six violations. fruit flies in the restaurant, keeping cold food at a lower temperature. this was their first stand-alone location in manhattan. >>> the new study out of denmark found that high doses of fluconazole raised the risk of pregnancy by 60%. doctors are told to use caution when p

show you the grand central parkway eastbound astoria boulevard, stop-and-go traffic with an accident blocking the right lane. volume l.i.e. westbound to the queens midtown tunnel. reports of an accident on 1 and 9 by communipaw. john del giorno is high above linden. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, debbie. we are watching the snow removal. big dig. three days into this. heavy construction on route 1 and 9 northbound in linden. this is in front of the linden airport. what the crews are doing is trying to get the right lane reopened. left and center lanes, very tall snow drifts out here trying to get the right lane open. we will see a lot of this throughout the tri-state area as the crews try to find the real estate to get the extra lanes and shoulders and exit ramps reopened. allow extra travel time. there are slick spots. we are live over linden, new jersey, john del giorno, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. >>> right to breaking news on the east side of manhattan. one man recovering after being shot by a police sergeant inside an apartment building. eyewitness news reporter kristin thorne is live in the east village. >> ken, poli

queens this morning that troubled you? >> i saw it was really two different realities as i said i went first into long island, 59th street bridge, long island city in astoria and they look pretty good. in wood side and sunny side i wasn't satisfied. >> as we traveled back towards the snowiest block he made this pledge. >> give us today and we'll get those neighborhoodets up and running. >> then he got out and looked at trees that hadn't seen a plow. this street to say where's the plow? >> yeah. fair to say. and the plow has to show up today and we get the job done. >> a different complaint, she did get a plow, and it buried her car. >> but it pushes it back and then people do need their vehicle, can't because we've got to come back down and dot hard work. >> just remember the this is for emergency vehicles. >> you dent have it move the car. alternate side suspended. >> you can see black top, that's great. the street we were just on up ahead, great. this needs work. my view is this has to be done by the end of the night going into the morning hours. >> despite the plowing challenge ahead, the mayor praised residents like elizabeth for proper shoveling. her

queens, heading into manhattan and the bronx. two lanes shut down, delays go back past 31st street in ast to r -- astoria. one lane is getting by. otherwise, the roads are not so bad. that's certainly the worst of it. back to you. >> thanks so much, lauren. >>> 6:48 right now. the mexican fast food chain chipotle now at the center of a criminal investigation. the fda and u.s. attorney's office want the company to turn over all documents related to last year's norovirus outbreak. more than 180 customers and 18 employees were sickened at a this comes as chipotle reeled from an e. coli outbreak in late october, followed by another norovirus outbreak in boston. >>> uber is tightening its security after a settlement. uber employees and executives had realtime access to riders' locations through an aerial view. it also found driver information was hacked. uber is going to pay a $20,000 fine. employees will have very limited access to rider locations. >>> 6:49 right now. coming up next, what happened when a stage crasher interrupted last night's people's choice awards. >>> don't forget, follow us on facebook and

queens. there's our live view camera. lots of stuck cars we found this morning as we're driving around. we were in throgs neck, to astoria, east elmhurst. the scene looks very familiar throughout the five boroughs this morning. >> unfortunately, so. check these pictures out. these are from a viewer, dawn, in jersey city. so many of you are tweeting us and sending pictures. this is casper court. not far from autobahn park. she says her street is never plowed. it would appear so. we're hearing a lot of stories like that. people that are completely >> that is insane. >> coming up on 6:44. certainly a lot of snow to clear, chris. you mentioned earlier, it's all about where to put it. but i think if this is your neighborhood and your street, you don't feel like you want it cleared. >> now you're concerned how it's going to get done. you need it done. >> some of these streets, they're two-way streets. there's no snow to go two ways. be careful, be patient navigating around today. still areas of black ice out there too. the sky is mostly clear right now. not much of wind. the park at five miles per hour. fairly light wind. the

queens joint has something for everyone. deal. are those steak fries? >>> one of the fastest growing foodie locations in the city can be found in astoria and it's a main stay of the neighborhood. >> cbs 2 pays a visit for this weeks dining deal. >> reporter: there's always lots of action in the kitchen at sanford's. and for good reason. they've been here on broadway in astoria for over 80 years. the newly expanded space has updated decor that's comfortable and trendy but the food is what's attracting new customers and keeps the regulars coming back for more. >> we've had it in the family almost 45 years now. >> amazing. >> started off as a classic diner, reinvented the concept. >> and there's more to this place than just food. >> one of the largest whiskey collections in queens, 300 plus boats. >> but for generous portions and price dishes this is the place. >> you don't leave here hungry that's for sure. let's start with this. what am i looking at here? >> barbecued baby back ribs, >> the sauce is home made too and steak fries are impossible to resist. ribs are served as an appetizer for 10 or $24 and also great as a side or a snack. the home made spring