Reader report from Avenue A: Citibank ATMs out of cash, but Key Food has bread

Gracefully on Ave A is out of bread & eggs... And the Citibank is out of cash at the ATMs. KeyFood still has water/bread #sandy @evgrieve

— Sarah McLellan (@sarahmclellanny) October 29, 2012

NYPD shoos away Hurricane Sandy photoseekers along the East River

Along the East River Park Promenade...

Via Steven Matthews.

Looking at the FDR at 1:29 p.m.

FDR Drive, looking south, from Sixth Street pedestrian overpass. Via Steven Matthews.

Shut?

Kim reacts to the news at Ray's this morning... photo by Shawn Chittle. Ray's will remain open 24/7...

Splash Zone poster art

Spotted on Seventh Street and Avenue A by EVG reader Robert Miner....

Scenes from a Sandy morning walk in the East Village

Have you been out? Strangely calm and soothingly business as usual. Mostly. A few maybe probably obvious things. Umbrellas are useless. Don't even bother. Watch the leaves on the sidewalks. I saw three people slip in about 15 minutes. Please be careful.

Mayor Bloomberg touring the neighborhood...

See Umbrellas are Useless above.

IHOP is closed.

Only the coconuts remain. Hope that they don't start flying around...

WOO.

Does the crane at 51 Astor make anyone else a little nervous? It sure looks secure, but...

First Avenue, 11 a.m., Oct. 29

via jdx

Dog shit now piling up

Dog shit piling up on inverted NYC DOS trash cans. 10th Street and Avenue A via Shawn Chittle.

[Updated] Here comes the East River

East River Park just now... Via EVG reader John...

...and Crazy Eddie...

About 10:30 ... via @ARaeAshcraft ...

And 11 a.m. ... via James and Karla Murray

Bloomberg boombox

Per Dave on 7th: NYPD vans on Avenue C equipped with speakers telling Zone A residents that they face a misdemeanor of some sort if they don't evacuate...

Early tree damage

Avenue A near East 11th Street. So far, there aren't any downed trees in Tompkins Square Park.

Photo by Shawn Chittle.

7 a.m., Hurricane Sandy Day 1

Photos by Bobby Williams