Parks Department Storm Warning

A jogger makes their way through Central Park as snows falls Saturday Oct. 29, 2011. (Photo:

Tina Fineberg/AP)

The Parks Department issued a strong warning to the public yesterday on thier website

for the public not to enter parks during the storm.

"No one should enter any City Park until further notice. Heavy wet snow and strong wind gusts, combined with full leaves still on trees, is damaging thousands of trees in parks throughout the City, creating an elevated and ongoing danger of falling branches and trees. To report downed trees or branches, please visit our forestry service request system or call 311. In case of emergency, please call 911."

No deaths were reported in the city, but a 69-year-old woman was hospitalized with nonlife-threatening injuries after she was struck by a falling tree branch at W. 61st St. and Central Park West about 1 p.m, according to the NY Daily News.

The Parks Department fielded nearly 1,000 calls about downed limbs that snapped under the weight of the ice and snow. In response, all city parks were ordered closed last night due to the "ongoing danger of falling branches and trees." - Geoffrey Croft

A tree falls on a car in The Bronx below the Henry Hudson Bridge. (Photo: J.C. RICE)

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