STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) \u2014 Three days after a blizzard buried New York City, parts of the city are still digging out.<\/p>\n
Staten Island received nearly twice the amount of snow, with some areas measuring more than two feet.<\/p>\n
More Local News <\/a><\/p>\n Some residents say the cleanup is far from over.<\/p>\n Towering snow piles line residential streets, with some neighbors referring to them as \u201cicebergs.\u201d<\/p>\n While crews have made visible progress in certain areas, other blocks remain choked by mounds of compacted snow and ice that could linger for days.<\/p>\n \u201cWe haven\u2019t seen snow like this since I was pregnant, that was 30 years ago,\u201d said Lisa, a longtime resident.<\/p>\n For many, clearing a path has been a marathon, not a sprint. One homeowner said it took three days just to carve out enough space to move a car.<\/p>\n Josephine, who returned home to Staten Island from a Florida trip just as the storm cleanup was underway, found herself grateful for neighborly goodwill.<\/p>\n Make PIX11 your preferred news source on Google: Here\u2019s how <\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI have great neighbors that left us a nice clean walkway when we got home,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n After residents voiced frustration that their borough was being overlooked, the city redirected additional resources to Staten Island. According to the New York City Department of Sanitation, more than 700 personnel and pieces of equipment worked overnight into Wednesday, shoveling, plowing, and hauling away 87 dump truck loads of snow.<\/p>\n On streets off Huguenot Avenue and Avon Green, snow piles have grown so large that they occupy significant portions of roadways.<\/p>\n On Daffodil Court, Jill said a massive mound in the middle of the street has made daily routines difficult.<\/p>\n \u201cIf my neighbors come home and they park their car, I get trapped in my home,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Across the borough, some two-way residential streets have effectively become one-lane corridors, with snowbanks squeezing traffic and limiting parking.<\/p>\n