STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Two big snowfalls too close for comfort? A marred commute for workers? Complaints about a mayoral response? It’s winter in Staten Island — just 10 years ago.
The massive winter storm set to hit Staten Island Sunday into Monday got the Advance/SILive.com thinking about snowfalls of years’ past — in particular 2016, which was the last time our borough saw blizzard conditions.
That’s when Winter Storm Jonas brought record-setting snowfall from Jan. 22 to Jan. 24 across the five boroughs, dropping close to 30 inches of the white stuff on the Big Apple.
Another winter storm a few weeks later in February 2016 brought more snowfall to the region, making for one of the toughest winters in recent memory — until this year’s.
After last month’s Winter Storm Fern brought about a foot of snow to neighborhoods across the five boroughs, the snowfall set to kick off Sunday could bring as much as 24 inches to the city.
It remains to be seen what comes of this latest storm, but here’s some of what our photographers captured back in 2016:
A worker blows snow near McKee High School in St. George on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016. (Advance/SILive.com | Bill Lyons) Staff-Shot
Mayor Bill de Blasio talks with a sanitation worker during a stop in St. George Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016. (Advance/SILive.com | Bill Lyons) Staff-Shot
A truck plows Wall Street in St. George Saturday evening, Jan. 23, 2016. (Advance/SILive.com | Bill Lyons) Staff-Shot
People cross Cromwell Avenue at Hylan Boulevard in Dongan Hills late Friday, Jan. 22, 2016. (Advance/SILive.com | Bill Lyons) Staff-Shot
Joseph McDonald tries to keep up with the snow in front of his house on Fort Place in St. George on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016. (Advance/SILive.com |Bill Lyons) Staff-Shot
Shovelers get busy after Winter Storm Jonas dumped over 2 feet of snow in this Jan. 24, 2016 photo. (Advance/SILive.com |Hilton Flores) Staff-Shot
A Sanitation truck plows Bay Street in St. George on Jan. 23, 2016. (Advance/SILive.com | Bill Lyons) Staff-Shot
This driver gets stuck as he tries to get off an apartment driveway on Arlo Road on Jan. 23, 2016. (Advance/SILive.com |Hilton Flores) Staff-Shot
Kids and parents making their way up the snow covered hill on Martling Avenue on Jan. 24, 2016 (Advance/SILive.com |Hilton Flores) Staff-Shot
A man shovels on South Railroad Ave. on Jan. 25, 2016 (Advance/SILive.com |Jan Somma-Hammel) Staff-Shot
An Oakwood Beach resident makes quick work of clearing the snow with a snow blower on Jan. 24, 2016, after Winter Storm Jonas dumped near-record setting snow totals on Staten Island. (Advance/SILive.com |Anthony DePrimo) Staff-Shot
Clifton mailboxes are covered in snow on Feb. 5, 2016. (Advance/SILive.com |Jan Somma-Hammel) Staff-Shot
A Parks Dept. front loader clears mounds of snow off Clove Road and Cheshire Place on Jan. 24, 2016. (Advance/SILive.com |Hilton Flores) Staff-Shot
A Labradoodle, Oddo, digs in and delights in the morning snowfall on Staten Island. (Advance/SILive.com |Jan Somma-Hammel) Staff-Shot
Tom Otto walks home on Howard Avenue on Grymes Hill. Otto left his truck at work and figured it was safer to walk to his Silver Lake home than drive in the storm on Jan. 23, 2016. (Advance/SILive.com |Hilton Flores) Staff-Shot
The John F. Kennedy Staten Island Ferry boat sits in St. George during Winter Storm Jonas. (Advance/SILive.com |Vincent Barone) Staff-Shot
A pedestrian braves the elements on Jan. 23, 2016. (Advance/SILive.com |Hilton Flores) Staff-Shot
Kids use a small hill at the Grymes Hill Apartments for sleigh riding Jan. 23, 2016. (Advance/SILive.com |Hilton Flores)Staff-Shot
A man uses a snow blower on Hyatt Street in St. George following Winter Storm Jonas. (Advance/SILive.com |Ryan Lavis) Staff-Shot
This woman had no choice but walk on Clove Road as the sidewalk was covered in snow Jan. 24, 2016. (Advance/SILive.com |Hilton Flores) Staff-Shot
A Department of Sanitation Plow passes an MTA bus on Victory Boulevard during Winter Storm Jonas. (Advance/SILive.com |Vincent Barone) Staff-Shot
An FDNY Engine 153 truck and ambulance respond to a call on Howard Avenue in Grymes Hill on Jan. 23, 2016 (Advance/SILive.com | Hilton Flores) Staff-ShotStaff-Shot
New York Place and Kingsley Avenue in Westerleigh are blanketed with snow in 2016. (Advance/SILive.com | Thomas Checchi)Staff-Shot
Students walk down New Dorp Lane as the wind limits visibility and snow whips through the Island on Feb. 5, 2016. (Advance/SILive.com |Anthony DePrimo) Staff-Shot
The bottom of New Dorp Lane near the high school on Jan. 25, 2016. (Advance/SILive.com |Jan Somma-Hammel) Staff-Shot
Winter Storm Jonas did not seem to bother Kaya one bit as she tracked right through the snow on Jan. 23, 2016. (Advance/SILive.com |Hilton Flores) Staff-Shot
A man ducks under snow laden trees under North Railroad Ave. on Friday Feb. 5, 2015. (Advance/SILive.com |Steve Zaffarano) Staff-Shot
The parking lot at Wagner College is shown on Jan. 24, 2016. (Advance/SILive.com |Hilton Flores) Staff-Shot
Residents in Oakwood Beach were grateful for plows, but still had to dig out their vehicles on Jan. 24, 2016. (Advance/SILive.com |Anthony DePrimo) Staff-Shot
A Jack Russell Terrier named “Godzilla” prances through a pathway in Oakwood Beach after Winter Storm Jonas dumped near-record setting snow totals on Staten Island. (Advance/SILive.com |Anthony DePrimo) Staff-Shot
New Dorp Lane is being cleared on Jan. 25, 2016. (Advance/SILive.com |Jan Somma-Hammel) Staff-Shot
A group of people walk along Bay Street in St. George on Jan. 23, 2016. (Advance/SILive.com | Bill Lyons) Staff-Shot
NYC Parks workers clear snow from a sidewalk in Great Kills for pedestrians on Jan. 26, 2016. (Advance/SILive.com |Anthony DePrimo) Staff-Shot
One Wagner College student thought the snow was the perfect selfie opportunity on Feb. 5, 2016. (Advance/SILive.com |Anthony DePrimo) Staff-Shot
A snow plow worker grabs some breakfast from a deli on Hyatt Street Sunday morning before heading back to work. (Staten Island Advance/Ryan Lavis) Staff-Shot
A woman receives help making it on the sidewalk from a shoveler in St. Georg on Jan. 25, 2016. (Advance/SILive.com |Anthony DePrimo) Staff-Shot
Sanitation workers clear snow from a corner in Midland Beach, as residents and merchants struggle to make room for all the snow Winter Storm Jonas dumped on Staten Island. (Advance/SILive.com | Anthony DePrimo) Staff-Shot
Mayor Bill de Blasio makes a stop near Borough Hall in St. George Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016 as Winter Storm Jonas drops a large amount of snow on the region with blizzard conditions. (Advance/SILive.com | Bill Lyons) Staff-Shot
About 12 inches of snow fell, as measured by this home’s walkway in Oakwood. Winter storm Jonas makes for a blustery, snowy Saturday. Saturday Jan. 23, 2016. (Advance/SILive.com | Anthony DePrimo) Staff-Shot