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Con Ed Distributing Dry And Wet Ice In NYC & Westchester

UPDATED 12:00 p.m. Nov. 1, 2012

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Con Edison said it will distribute both dry and wet ice at six locations to customers without power due to superstorm Sandy.

There will also have personnel on hand to answer customers' questions.

Con Ed warns that instructions for safe handling and disposal of dry ice are printed on the bag for those who pick up dry ice. Dry ice is frozen carbon dioxide and should be used only in well-ventilated areas. Keep children and pets safely away.

See below for the full list of ice distribution locations:

Brooklyn (dry ice)

  • Walgreen's at 532 Neptune Ave. (between W. 5th & 6th Streets)

Bronx (dry ice)

  • 1200 Waters Place at the entrance to the Hutchinson Metro Center

Queens (dry ice)

  • 121-10 Rockaway Blvd.

Staten Island (dry ice)

  • The entrance to Great Kills Park on Buffalo Street

Westchester County (dry ice)

  • Yonkers Raceway, 810 Yonkers Ave., Yonkers from 12 - 6 p.m.

Manhattan (wet ice)

  • Union Square Park, Union Square East and East 17th Street.

The New York Department of Environmental Protection has also set up water-on-the-go drinking fountains at six Manhattan locations:

  • 23rd Street and 8th Avenue
  • 23rd Street and 2nd Avenue
  • 14th Street and 8th Avenue
  • Houston Street and 6th Avenue
  • Canal Street and Centre Street
  • Monroe Street

Suffolk County

Distributed through the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office:

Riverhead

  • Riverhead Correctional Facility
  • 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. through Nov. 2
  • Rt. 24
  • Riverhead, NY

Yaphank

  • Yaphank Correctional Facility
  • 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. through Nov. 2
  • Yaphank Avenue
  • Yaphank, NY

From Orange & Rockland:

Rockland County, NY

Pomona (wet ice)

  • Boulders Stadium
  • 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
  • Pomona Road
  • Pomona, NY

Orange County, NY

Town Of Deep Park (wet ice)

  • Town Hall
  • 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
  • 420 Route 209
  • Huguenot, NY

Greenwood Lake (wet ice)

  • CVS
  • 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.
  • 123 Windermere Avenue
  • Greenwood Lake, NY

Bergen County, NJ

Mahwah (wet ice)

  • Bergen OEM
  • 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
  • 285 Campgaw Road
  • Mahwah, NJ

Passaic County, NJ

West Milford (wet ice)

  • Hillcrest Community Center
  • 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.
  • 1801 Macopin Road
  • West Milford, NJ

Pike County, PA

Westfall (wet ice)

  • Westfall Service Center
  • 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
  • 105 Schneider Lane
  • Milford, PA
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