Port Washington Street Department

About Port Washington Street Department

When a storm crosses the water overnight, the plows are moving through Port Washington long before anybody else is. The Port Washington Street Department clears the city's streets on route — the hill grades first, then the downtown blocks, then the corners where drifting keeps closing a lane, with sand and treatment where the pitch demands it. By the time the lamps along Franklin Street go pale and the harbor turns from black to grey, the pavement is open and the town can get to work. It is repetitive, unglamorous, and the whole reason a snowy morning here is still an ordinary morning. The city keeps its own streets, one pass at a time.