This season’s snow has left New Yorkers with plenty of winter woes, but one local businessman wants to help ease one.
Bill Lerner, owner of garage firm iPark, is offering to dig motorists parked within a five block radius of any of his 125 parking garages out of the snow for free.
If a driver’s car is stuck, call 917-209-2105 and someone will be dispatched to help.
“We just want to be a good neighbor to everybody in the community,” Lerner said. “I think we all need to help each other out.”
Following one of the recent storms, Lerner was walking around Manhattan, where he lives, and noticed all the cars locked in the “frozen tundra” of ice and snow.
Lerner then realized he had hundreds of men at his disposable who could lend a hand.
During the morning and evening commutes, from 7 to 10 a.m., and 4 to 7 p.m., his garage workers are busy. But in between those hours they have time to grab a shovel and start digging, he thought.
Shoveling out a car is strenuous work, he said, but many of his employees are young and physically fit.
In Queens, there are five iPark garages in Rego Park and Forest Hills, located at 105-25 Gerard Pl., 110-45 Queens Blvd., 98-10 64th St., 98-33 63rd Dr. and 62-60 99th St..
There are also garages throughout Brooklyn, Manhattan and the Bronx. For their locations, click here.
It’s best to call between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., Lerner said, when his men are likely to be available.
The offer is good “until the snow melts.”
He hopes next year’s winter will not be as bad as this one. But, Lerner said if it is, he is “going to pitch in and help the community” again.
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