January afternoons in Red Hook go dark early, and the wind off Erie Basin has nothing at all to slow it down. The Novus Maintenance Brooklyn Office runs snow work along that waterfront and inland, plowing, shoveling walkways and entries, spreading salt and de-icer, then clearing again once the wind drifts everything back across. Cobblestone and old warehouse frontage hold ice in ways smooth concrete never does, so a second pass is not optional. The storm gets worked while it is happening rather than tidied up afterward. When the harbor lights come on, the paths are open.