There’s snow job too small for these neighborhood heroes.
Two Manhattan buddies are going viral for clearing nearly 30 local businesses’ and residences’ sidewalks the day after Jan. 25’s monster snow storm – free of charge.
NoHo resident Andrew Psomas told The Post he watched the mammoth snowfall predictions from Winter Storm Fern mount beforehand, so the self-described artist called pal Danny Reed – an adventure athlete and content creator – at 9:30 p.m. the day before to see if he was on board to join him in his effort.
Psomas said the pair began shoveling snow at 6 a.m. Jan. 26 with the simple goal of clearing as many sidewalks as possible before work.
“I was shoveling snow for this building I’ve been close with for a while — and as I was shoveling snow, it just brought me back to when I was shoveling as a kid,” said Psomas, 31, of the inspiration behind the good deed.
“A lot of people don’t have the capability to shovel snow for themselves. People die from heart attacks while shoveling snow. There’s also elderly people that just need to get around,” he said.
“All this was going on in my head while I was shoveling, and I just thought, ‘I need to do this.’ But one person shoveling is not as fun as two, so I called up Danny because Danny is always down for something fun.”
The pair cleared a whopping 30 sidewalks outside businesses and residences on Bleecker Street in NoHo before 9 a.m., he said. The grueling work took about three hours.
The Pizza Box on Bleecker Street shoveled its own sidewalk but kept the pair’s goodwill going by gifting them with a free pizza.
“Saw you in our hood! We shoveled our own sidewalk, but our customers appreciate you,” the business wrote on Instagram. “We want to treat you to a pizza on us! Great job! It’s hard work.”
Psomas said, “There’s a great sense of community in the city and everyone’s always helping each other out.
“I’m not going to wait for the snow to do something nice.
“We just wanted to create a situation where the streets would be open for all people and people could get about their business,” he said.
–Additional reporting by Greg Carlton
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