New Yorkers spent Friday bracing for a weekend of weather hell.

Juliette Federman, 29, was buying an ice-breaker and bag of rock salt at the Gowanus Home Depot in Brooklyn.

“I already have a snow shovel, but I figured out the hard way last year that you can’t shovel your car out of ice,” Federman said. “Hence, I’m buying my very own ice-breaker, so that I don’t have to borrow my super’s any more. I’m hearing that we should expect a glacier after the deep-freeze. I feel ready for a glacier.”

But Naseer Sarah, 50, was sticking to the basics and picking up a simple shovel.

“The weather says there’s a big storm on the way,” he said. “I just want to be prepared. I plan on staying indoors as much as I can and drink a lot of coffee and tea. Maybe we’ll get lucky and the weather will change and I won’t have to use this shovel.”

Meanwhile, David Riven, 62, the owner of Dagim Hardware in Rego Park, Queens, had bags of salt and shovels ready to sell, but people weren’t snatching them up.

“For the past 39 years, I have been staying open,” he said. “I am so accustomed to it. People are not really buying much salt. I think they are waiting for the last minute.

“Twenty-five years ago, there was so much snow I couldn’t get home. I slept in here. This time will not be so bad,” he added, noting that his wife will be in Aruba, escaping the wintry blast.

Overall, Riven said, he’s not too worried.

“My concern is not the snow but about the cold weather,” he said. “I heard it is changing from rain to snow to cold, and that is going to be crucial. People don’t know how to drive [in those conditions].”

Tyson Leyden, 63, a Brooklyn furniture salesman who was at a Rego Park BP gas station, said he’s already stocked up on salt and plans to stay home “if it snows real hard.

“I’m not worrying because that doesn’t solve anything,” Leyden added. “In the words of Bob Marley, don’t worry, be happy.”