{"id":143279,"date":"2026-02-23T23:18:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T23:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/143279\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T23:18:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T23:18:28","slug":"nyc-blizzard-see-how-new-yorkers-managed-the-big-snowstorm-then-reveled-in-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/143279\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC BLIZZARD: See how New Yorkers managed the big snowstorm, then reveled in it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"958\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC_0605-copy.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"people playing in snow after nyc blizzard\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"NYC BLIZZARD: See how New Yorkers managed the big snowstorm, then reveled in it 2\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A man buries a woman in the snow inside of Washington Square Park.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Dean Moses<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/weather\/nyc-blizzard-what-you-need-to-know-02232026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The first large-scale blizzard to hit New York City in more than a decade<\/a> transformed the Big Apple into a snow globe overnight. Thick icy flakes blanketed the streets, muffling the usual roar of traffic and casting the city in white stillness.<\/p>\n<p>As emergency alerts urged residents to stay indoors, the storm\u2019s peak brought near whiteout conditions, with drifts piling high along sidewalks and cars buried beneath layers of powder. At night, streetlights glowed through the haze, illuminating swirling snow.<\/p>\n<p>Yet for those who dared to step outside, the blizzard offered a portal into a brief winter wonderland. Laughter echoed throughout areas like Times Square and Washington Square Park as impromptu snowball fights broke out. Adventurous New Yorkers strapped on skis and glided down avenues, while others dropped into untouched snowbanks to make angels, their coats dusted in frost.<\/p>\n<p>For hours, the city that never sleeps froze over, wrapped in white, suspended in winter.\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137833589\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/F54A8F20-BB62-4038-B20E-88B41346D34B.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"NYC BLIZZARD: See how New Yorkers managed the big snowstorm, then reveled in it 3\"  \/>Photo by Dean Moses <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137833558\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4336A00E-AF6D-43AA-90B1-BF498B58CAF9.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"785\" title=\"NYC BLIZZARD: See how New Yorkers managed the big snowstorm, then reveled in it 4\"  \/>Photo by Dean Moses <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137833557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/820FF334-760E-4CD1-9707-C221A5B2DE3A.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"NYC BLIZZARD: See how New Yorkers managed the big snowstorm, then reveled in it 5\"  \/>Photo by Dean Moses <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137833560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC_0152-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"825\" title=\"NYC BLIZZARD: See how New Yorkers managed the big snowstorm, then reveled in it 6\"  \/>Photo by Dean Moses <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137833559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3FFCC517-EEFD-417D-BB7F-1741CB1EA710.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"NYC BLIZZARD: See how New Yorkers managed the big snowstorm, then reveled in it 7\"  \/>Photo by Dean Moses <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137833582\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC04662-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"NYC BLIZZARD: See how New Yorkers managed the big snowstorm, then reveled in it 8\"  \/>Photo by Dean Moses <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137833575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC_2566-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"NYC BLIZZARD: See how New Yorkers managed the big snowstorm, then reveled in it 9\"  \/>Photo by Dean Moses <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137833581\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC04643-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"NYC BLIZZARD: See how New Yorkers managed the big snowstorm, then reveled in it 10\"  \/>Photo by Dean Moses <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137833561\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC_0267-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"NYC BLIZZARD: See how New Yorkers managed the big snowstorm, then reveled in it 11\"  \/>Photo by Dean Moses <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137833556\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BC917DA1-2B8B-44C3-ADEC-291C2E41B7CA.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1075\" title=\"NYC BLIZZARD: See how New Yorkers managed the big snowstorm, then reveled in it 12\"  \/>Photo by Dean Moses <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137833564\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC_0577-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"926\" title=\"NYC BLIZZARD: See how New Yorkers managed the big snowstorm, then reveled in it 13\"  \/>Photo by Dean Moses <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137833563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC_0536-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"847\" title=\"NYC BLIZZARD: See how New Yorkers managed the big snowstorm, then reveled in it 14\"  \/>Photo by Dean Moses <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137833576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC04325-copy-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"829\" title=\"NYC BLIZZARD: See how New Yorkers managed the big snowstorm, then reveled in it 15\"  \/>Photo by Dean Moses <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137833578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC04531-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"NYC BLIZZARD: See how New Yorkers managed the big snowstorm, then reveled in it 16\"  \/>Photo by Dean Moses <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137833585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC04765-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"981\" title=\"NYC BLIZZARD: See how New Yorkers managed the big snowstorm, then reveled in it 17\"  \/>Photo by Dean Moses <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137833583\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC04685-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"NYC BLIZZARD: See how New Yorkers managed the big snowstorm, then reveled in it 18\"  \/>Photo by Dean Moses <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137833574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC_2109-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"NYC BLIZZARD: See how New Yorkers managed the big snowstorm, then reveled in it 19\"  \/>Photo by Dean Moses <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137833579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC04562-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"NYC BLIZZARD: See how New Yorkers managed the big snowstorm, then reveled in it 20\"  \/>Photo by Dean Moses <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137833577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC04487-copy-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"NYC BLIZZARD: See how New Yorkers managed the big snowstorm, then reveled in it 21\"  \/>Photo by Dean Moses <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137833567\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC_0678-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"979\" title=\"NYC BLIZZARD: See how New Yorkers managed the big snowstorm, then reveled in it 22\"  \/>Photo by Dean Moses <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137833568\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC_0711-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"NYC BLIZZARD: See how New Yorkers managed the big snowstorm, then reveled in it 23\"  \/>Photo by Dean Moses <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137833570\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC_1429-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1070\" title=\"NYC BLIZZARD: See how New Yorkers managed the big snowstorm, then reveled in it 24\"  \/>Photo by Dean Moses <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137833569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC_1113-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"868\" title=\"NYC BLIZZARD: See how New Yorkers managed the big snowstorm, then reveled in it 25\"  \/>Photo by Dean Moses <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137833571\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC_1668-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"944\" title=\"NYC BLIZZARD: See how New Yorkers managed the big snowstorm, then reveled in it 26\"  \/>Photo by Dean Moses <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137833572\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC_1768-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"994\" title=\"NYC BLIZZARD: See how New Yorkers managed the big snowstorm, then reveled in it 27\"  \/>Photo by Dean Moses <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137833573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC_1929-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1155\" title=\"NYC BLIZZARD: See how New Yorkers managed the big snowstorm, then reveled in it 28\"  \/>Photo by Dean Moses <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137833562\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC_0302-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"NYC BLIZZARD: See how New Yorkers managed the big snowstorm, then reveled in it 29\"  \/>Photo by Dean Moses <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137833566\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC_0663-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"848\" title=\"NYC BLIZZARD: See how New Yorkers managed the big snowstorm, then reveled in it 30\"  \/>Photo by Dean Moses<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137833555\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0253FA30-2300-4740-A908-CF0344F7CE96.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"894\" title=\"NYC BLIZZARD: See how New Yorkers managed the big snowstorm, then reveled in it 31\"  \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137833398\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC03974-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"918\" title=\"NYC BLIZZARD: See how New Yorkers managed the big snowstorm, then reveled in it 32\"  \/>Photo by Dean Moses <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137833406\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC04361-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"948\" title=\"NYC BLIZZARD: See how New Yorkers managed the big snowstorm, then reveled in it 33\"  \/>Photo by Dean Moses <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137833584\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC04753-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"858\" title=\"NYC BLIZZARD: See how New Yorkers managed the big snowstorm, then reveled in it 34\"  \/>Photo by Dean Moses<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man buries a woman in the snow inside of Washington Square Park. 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