Three in the morning on Shafto Road, and the lights over the empty lots are the only thing awake besides the plow. A&N Power Washing and Snow Removal spends the storm hours out here in Tinton Falls, cutting the first lane down the middle of a parking field and then widening it pass by pass until the painted lines come back. Snow near the Parkway interchange rarely falls politely; it comes sideways across flat open ground and drifts against every curb it can find, so the same lot gets visited twice before sunrise. Entrances, walkways and doorway aprons are cleared and treated so the first car in at six finds both a place to park and a path to the door. When the wind eases, the last pass is the one that matters most, piles pushed clear of the drive lanes so the melt has somewhere to go instead of refreezing overnight.