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
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
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
Hamilton Heights: “The Mourning Dove that my cat never chases away.”
Photo: Regina Rizzo
Building a snow “character” in the Lower East Side
Photo: Jacob Moscovitch
Long Island City, Queens: “I think the kids are alright.”
Photo: Noreen Plabutong
