{"id":143634,"date":"2026-02-24T10:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T10:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/143634\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T10:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T10:12:08","slug":"whats-accumulating-in-the-dirty-snowbanks-of-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/143634\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s Accumulating In The Dirty Snowbanks Of NYC?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-82322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/shutterstock_176529794.jpg\" alt=\"Taxis line up at a stoplight in times square, with dirty, slushy snow in the road and more snow falling.\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\"  \/>Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/new-york-city-february-13-2014-176529794?trackingId=2d3f8220-4dc0-482c-8cca-528a2f8d4551&amp;listId=searchResults\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Shutterstock<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencefriday.com\/sos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-43341 size-full\" style=\"width: 18%;\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-1.png\" alt=\"state of science icon\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\"  \/><\/a>This story is part of <a href=\"http:\/\/sciencefriday.com\/sos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The State of Science<\/a>, a series featuring science stories from public media journalists across the United States. It features reporting by <a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/staff\/joe-hong\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Joe Hong<\/a> from Gothamist and WNYC.<\/p>\n<p>Every winter, pristine, downy snowflakes transform into a ragout of black, yellow, and brown streaks. And there are probably no dirty snowbanks as disgusting as those that line the streets of New York City.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Investigative reporter Joe Hong dug into some NYC snowbanks to find out just what is lurking in these piles of snow. He speaks to host Flora Lichtman about his findings.<\/p>\n<p>Further Reading<\/p>\n<p>\tDonate To Science Friday<\/p>\n<p>Invest in quality science journalism by making a donation to Science Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<a class=\"btn border no-ajaxy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencefriday.com\/donate-form?sourceid=1122660\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Donate<\/a>\n\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Shutterstock This story is part of The State of Science, a series featuring science stories from public&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143635,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,24,55,54,56],"class_list":{"0":"post-143634","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","11":"tag-new-york-city-news","12":"tag-ny"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}