NEWS

Scenes From Your Blizzard: Photos of Snow-Covered NYC

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Prospect Heights: “My wife’s handiwork after shoveling.”
Photo: John Lin

New York City was hit with its first blizzard in nearly a decade on Sunday and Monday, and we asked New York readers to send in their photos from the storm. View the best of those submissions below (be sure to read the captions), and to skip to the newest additions to the gallery, click here.

If you want to send in your own images of windows, stoops, blocks, and/or adventures, email them with your name, where you are, and what’s going on in the picture to snow@nymag.com. (By submitting to snow@nymag.com, you are agreeing to these terms.)

The blizzard in Soho: “Nothing quite compares to the quiet that fills NYC on a snow day, where we all slow down to appreciate the little things around us: taking our pets out on a daily walk, the vendors who are open no matter what, and the times where we can play with our loved ones.”
Photo: Valeria Flores

Photo: Valeria Flores

The western view from Manhattan Plaza.
Photo: René Grayre

The steps to a townhouse in midtown Manhattan.
Photo: Brent Nemetz

Prospect Park.
Photo: Chelsey P. Seys

Nancy made these images on her way to snowshoe in Central Park.
Photo: Nancy Lucci

Photo: Nancy Lucci

“Yesterday on my way back inside, I instinctively looked up to be certain I was turning on the correct street. For the first time ever, snow was blocking my view. I made it to my destination, only a little disoriented.”
Photo: Tess Davis

From a walk around North Brooklyn.
Photo: Ellie Taylor

Photo: Ellie Taylor

In Manhattan: “Checking whether the James A. Farley Building post office was open (no).”
Photo: Alison Selover

“It’s Ramadan, so if someone invites you to Iftar, you go, even if it’s in Williamsburg and you live in Bed-Stuy off the C train (which got suspended).”
Photo: Arif Javed

Bed-Stuy transit.
Photo: Ylrahcs

Photo: Ylrahcs

Perfect snowman conditions in Washington Heights.
Photo: Allyson Schettino

Buried bikes in Brooklyn.
Photo: Eric Lucier

“A view down Central Park West. I was standing in the middle of Central Park West. There were no cars.”
Photo: Rachel Ringler

Morning in Manhattan.
Photo: Danielle Goldstein

View from the Bronx.
Photo: Jennifer Lopez

Cleaning off a car in Brooklyn.
Photo: Markie Resendez

“This is our dog Enzo in Inwood Hill Park today at about 2 p.m. The snow is approximately one Enzo high.”
Photo: Caitlin Beach

My fire escape in Union Square.
Photo: Don Willmott

Snow on West 94th Street.
Photo: Katherine Montgomery

A geometric scene in Murray Hill.
Photo: Deborah Estévez

Snow on a window frame in Murray Hill.
Photo: Deborah Estévez

Columbia University, Morningside Heights: “I captured these while making my way into Butler Library to stay warm and study for my rescheduled (and now impending) microbiology exam. The Alma Mater statue was completely blanketed in snow.”
Photo: Ava Goldsmith

Fire escapes in Nomad.
Photo: Liza Abraham

Playing in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.
Photo: Florencia Cavallo

The view in Astoria, Queens.
Photo: Dana

Williamsburg: “I haven’t been able to leave my house, but have felt ensconced in layers of snow. The snow is trying to devour everything outside my windows, from the tree branches to the Citi Bikes to the cars. Now, over 24 hours of snow later, all I can hear is a singular snow plow against the world.”
Photo: Chloe Xiang

Photo: Chloe Xiang

A buried car.
Photo: David Haskell

“Uptown, New Yorkers clear streets, commute to the subway, and make snowmen during the blizzard.”
Photo: Stella Ragas

South Slope, Brooklyn.
Photo: Rachel Prince

“There is a specific kind of quietness that comes over Brooklyn during a snowstorm that I love, almost as if the coziness of a snow day extends to the streets outside. During my mid-morning photo walk, it felt like coldness of Crown Heights had given way to a homey warmth of a snow day. The very few people out on the street moved with a hush determination to get back inside, their footprints very quickly powdering over with a new layer of snow. It was a pretty and peaceful start to the day.”
Photo: Marc J. Franklin

Photo: Marc J. Franklin

“We’re from Shanghai, China, and we’re visiting NYC to celebrate Chinese New Year. It’s our first time seeing such heavy snow! This photo was taken from our hotel, the Ace Hotel New York, by a photographer on the street. I love New York.”
Photo: Evan and Luke

“Essential workers keep the city going. Photos from my commute to NYP hospital today.”
Photo: Paula Castaño

“I want to share this fabulous view with you. It always calms me down, though it definitely freaks my daughter out when I open the window and stick my head out to take pictures!”
Photo: Helena Brown

Taken from Riverdale, Bronx. View of the Hudson River.
Photo: Erica Caparas

“I wanted to document the night as the blizzard intensified and then the next morning in my neighborhood of East Harlem. I grew up in Florida and never even saw snow until I moved to the city over 17 years ago. I love how it transforms New York — everything becomes eerie and surreal, the familiar turned totally alien.”
Photo: Austin Ruffer

Photo: Austin Ruffer

Face-off in South Williamsburg.
Photo: Thomas Richter

Solid shoveling in Jersey City Heights.
Photo: Craig Wacks

A statue in the Financial District.
Photo: Drew Kerr

A taxi in Jackson Heights.
Photo: Crista Giuliani

A pile of shoveled snow in Staten Island.
Photo: Bridgette Timmins

Sledding behind the Met.
Photo: Laurence O’Keefe

City snow-removal efforts in midtown.
Photo: Chris Mackley/Christopher Mackley

Photo: Chris Mackley/Christopher Mackley

“Our dog, Kirby, in Central Park this morning. He went into full-on goblin mode.”
Photo: Jenny Lee

“Pigeons huddling together in their usual spot at the Prospect Park entrance in front of Grand Army Plaza at the height of the blizzard this morning.”
Photo: Regan O’Connell