Icy conditions on the Hudson River required Coast Guard cutter ships to free other boats as cold temperatures persisted across the Northeast on Tuesday7.This footage released by the US Coast Guard Northeast shows the 65-foot cutter Hawser breaking up ice on the Hudson River.

Days of extreme cold and heavy ice around New York City led NYC Ferry to suspend all services on the Hudson and East rivers and harbor. In New Jersey, NY Waterway halted ferry service from Edgewater,

New York City is icy and cold right now, but you’re probably not going to be able to walk to New Jersey any time soon.

U.S. Coast Guard cutters are busy trying to keep New York's iced-over waterways moving, including freeing an NYPD Harbor Unit vessel that was beset by ice floes Tuesday.

The Coast Guard Cutter Hawser broke the ice around a NYPD harbor vessel on January 27, just off Pier 86 on the west side of Midtown Manhattan, the Coast Guard’s Northeast District wrote on a social media post.

The Coast Guard says prolonged bitter cold has led to thick ice that can interfere with daily river use, affecting commerce, winter fuel deliveries and public transportation.