Snow comes to these blocks in a hurry and leaves slowly, packing hard along the curbs where the town plows have already been through. Pedro & Son LLC is out at first light with the driveways and walkways of Brookdale — pushing back, scraping down, cutting a path wide enough for two people to pass. When the year turns green again the same route becomes a mowing route: lawns cut even, edges run true, the trimming finished around the steps and the mailbox post. Working a neighborhood in both directions teaches you every slope in it and every soft spot after rain. Both seasons, one neighborhood, from first light on.