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Restaurants delivering to your 'hood: View menus and order...
www.gotham2go.com
www.nyctogo.com

Next-day grocery delivery
www.freshdirect.com

School-closing updates and other NYC general info
Call 311

For the latest traffic updates
www.wnbc.com/traffic/index.html

Subway information
718-330-1234

Bus schedules and routes
718-330-3000

MTA lost property
212-712-4500

New York City Poison Control
212-764-7667

Time, temperature and weather Information
212-976-2828

Library hours
www.nypl.org

Library reference line
212-340-0849

Homework help
school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/

School-bus delays
718-392-8855, ext 6505

NYC Department of Education
www.nycenet.edu

Last-minute baby-sitters
Baby Sitters Guild: 9am–9pm; 212-682-0227
Frances Stewart Agency: 9am–5pm; 212-439-9222
Pinch Sitters: Mon–Fri 8am–5pm; 212-260-6005

24-hour pharmacies
CVS: 342 E 23rd St at First Ave (212-505-1555)
Rite Aid: 210 Amsterdam Ave between 69th and 70th Sts (212-787-2903)

After-hours emergency dental service
Beth Israel: 212-420-2840
Mount Sinai: 212-241-6500
St. Luke's: 212-523-4000

Info for the Central Park Halloween Parade and Pumpkin Sail (and other parks events)
212-860-1370, 1-888-697-2757

Online candy shopping
www.candydirect.com