In 1996, New York City was hit by one of the most severe blizzards. Twenty inches of snow fell during the storm, along with 50 mph winds and drifts as high as 8 feet. The powerful winter storm developed when cold air came from the Gulf of Mexico combined with hot air coming from Canada; it hit NYC on January 6 and lasted for 37 hours, dropping 2 inches of snow per hour on average.
Schools were closed, mail was snarled, food deliveries were delayed, and disrupted travel. Only the police, fire department, and hospital staff reported to work; residents were advised to stay home and await the passing of the storm. The storm intensified, and traffic came to a halt, leaving many people stranded mid-way to their destinations. There was high anxiety and frustration at airports, bus terminals, and rest stops along highways. The grocery stores looked as foreboding and empty as they did in post-apocalyptic films by evening. Con Edison reported a power outage in Gravesend, Brooklyn, affecting 1500 customers, though services would be restored the following night. From Washington to Boston, damages were estimated at a billion dollars, while casualties reached a hundred from Kentucky to Connecticut. People living on the streets of New York were the most affected. Even though the city made every effort to relocate the homeless safely, only 7200 beds in 39 shelters were occupied.
#1 Times Square, 1996
#2 42nd Street, 1996
#3 New York billboards, 1996
#4 Times Square, 1996
#5 Times Square, 1996
#6 A woman walking down a street in New York City, during the blizzard of January 1996.
#7 A taxi in the snow in Manhattan, New York City, during the blizzard of January 1996.
#8 Sidewalk space is scarce as snow covers most of the road on Fifth Ave. after a blizzard.
#9 42nd Street, 1996
#10 42nd Street, 1996
#11 42nd Street, 1996
#12 42nd Street, 1996
#13 42nd Street, 1996
#14 42nd Street, 1996
#15 FDR Drive at South Street Southport, 1996
#16 FDR Drive, 1996
#17 Fifth Avenue and 21st Street, 1996
#18 Ninth Avenue and 40th Street, 1996
#19 Sixth Avenue and 21st Street, 1996
#20 Sixth Avenue and 25th Street, 1996
#21 Times Square, 1996
#22 Times Square, 1996
#23 Times Square, 1996
#24 Times Square, 1996
#25 Wall Street area, 1996
#26 Two men shovel snow after the Blizzard of 1996.
#27 A snow covered street on the Upper West Side, New York City, during the blizzard of January 1996.
#28 A girl writing in the snow covering a car in New York City, during the blizzard of January 1996.
#29 A girl writing in the snow covering a car in New York City, during the blizzard of January 1996.
#30 Pedestrians Walking Across Snow-Covered Street
#31 Man in Yellow Coat and Boots Using Electric Snowplow, 1996
#32 Car Parked on Street is Buried in Snow
#33 Row of Mailboxes in Snowbank on Sidewalk, 1996
#34 Man in Snow-Covered Coat Talking on Pay Phone, New York City, 1996
#35 Man Wearing Scarf on Face Riding Bicycle in Manhattan, New York City, 1996
#36 Pedestrians Carrying Umbrellas on Street During Snowstorm, New York City, 1996
#37 People Lining up on Street at Bus Stop in Snow, New York City, 1996
#38 Snow-Covered People Boarding Bus During Snowstorm, New York City, 1996
#39 Pedestrians Walking Across Park Buried in Snow, New York City, 1996
#40 Man on Bicycle Riding in Empty, Snowy Street, New York City, 1996
#41 Man Stands on Snowy Train Platform, New York City, 1996
#42 Pedestrians Walking in Empty, Snow-Covered Street, New York City, 1996
#43 Pedestrians Walking on Street During Snowstorm, New York City, 1996
#44 People Removing Snow from Sidewalk Using Shovels, New York City, 1996
#45 Old Woman with Umbrella and Friend Standing in Snowstorm, New York City, 1996
#46 A woman looks skyward as she waits to cross the street outside Radio City Music Hall during the heavy snowfall 07 January in New York.
#47 Workers shovel snow from the sidewalk in Times Square during, New York City, 1996
#48 Pedestrian slowly makes his way across Pike St. during a blizzard, New York City, 1996
#49 Pedestrian walks along a desolate First Ave. during a blizza
#50 Pedestrian walks into a snow filled Central Park during a blizzard, New York City, 1996
#51 Pedestrian carefully crosses the street in Times Square during the blizzard, New York City, 1996
#52 Pedestrian makes his way across W. Broadway during a blizzard, New York City, 1996
#53 Pedestrians make their way along Sixth Ave. during a blizzard
#54 Pedestrians slowly make their way up 57th St. during a blizzard, New York City, 1996
#55 A delivery of goods is pulled by hand in the middle of snow bound traffic during one of the worst blizzards in New York City’s history.
#56 Several hardy souls crossing windy, snowswept plaza during Blizzard of 1996, in financial district.
#57 Pedestrians make their way past a buried car in New York’s Times Square 08
#58 A New Yorker makes her way down Seventh Avenue in Manhattan.
#59 A line of pedestrians and vehicles wind their way down New York’s Fifth Avenue
#60 New Yorkers bundle up against blizzard conditions on the streets of New York City as a winter storm hits.
#61 A nearly deserted Times Square during a blizzard.
#62 Dump truck removes snow along Sixth Ave. the day after a blizzard.
#63 Idle taxi cab sits buried in snow on 57th St. the day after a blizzard, 1996
#64 Cab driver pushes his taxi cab after getting stuck on 33rd St. near Ninth Ave. after a blizzard.
#65 Carol Ullman and Jack Water head to work on skis on Riverside Dr. after a blizzard.
#66 Children climb up 30-foot piles of snow along the streets and sidewalks of Manhattan after a blizzard.
#67 Pedestrian walks down the middle of the street as she makes her way downtown. Sidewalks were piled up with snow after a blizzard.
#68 Pedestrians struggle to cross the street during a blizzard.
#69 Snowdrifts covering parked cars on 110th Street after more than 20 inches (50cm) of snow fell in two days in New York City
#70 Cross Country Skiing in Manhattan During Blizzard. Skiers in New York City during the Blizzard of 1996.
#71 Snow Blanketing Streets of New York City
#72 Skiing on West End Avenue.
#73 Skiing in Snow-Covered Park
#74 Taxi Covered with Snow
#75 Mother and Daughter Walking Through Snow
#76 Car on City Street Buried in Snow
#77 The entrance to a building is blocked by snow drifts.
#78 Two Men Shovel Snow Around a Snowman
#79 Ron Foster, 56, a homeless resident of New York City, sweeps snow out of his make-shift shelter on South street in Manhattan
#80 A New York City Department of Sanitation truck dumps snow into the East River underneath the Manhattan Bridge in New York with the Brooklyn Bridge is visible behind.
#81 Aerial of Staten Island after a blizzard.
#82 Earl Lessey starts digging one of his two cars out of the snow in Carroll Gardens after a blizzard left them buried.
#83 Dump truck heads down Fifth Ave. with a load of snow to be dumped into the East River after a blizzard.
#84 Huge tunnels dug out of the snow allow New Yorkers to get onto sidewalks as they head back to work after a blizzard.
#85 Garbage on 73rd St. after blizzard
#86 Trucks and a payloader dump snow into the frozen Schuylkill River, as Philadelphia tries to dig out from a blizzard.
#87 Trucks dump the snow from city streets into the East River at Dike and South Streets after a blizzard.
#88 New Yorkers climb mound of snow at the curb as they begin to head back to work after a blizzard.
#89 Workers remove snow from train tracks after a blizzard, at the John D. Caemmerer Westside Storage Yard Complex of the L.I.R.R.
#90 Pedestrians look at snow filled intersections on Ninth Ave. as they try to map out a way to get across the street after a blizzard.
#91 Cross Country skiers cross the Sheep Meadow in Central Park during the Blizzard, New York,.
#92 Jennifer Pitt (right) and Ann Crystal make their way past the U.S. Capitol on skis, since a large amount of snow remains on the ground as a result of a blizzard.
#93 Woman Shoveling Snow off of Car
#94 Digging out Car from Two Foot Snow Storm
#95 Bulldozer Dumping Snow in River
#96 Snow Plows Clearing Street
#97 Snow in East River
#98 Bulldozer Dumping Snow in River
#99 Mounds of Snow Lining City Sidewalk
#100 Taxi by Snow Bank
#101 Mounds of Snow Lining City Sidewalk
#102 Garbage piles up at Columbus Ave. at 72nd St. due to the blizzard.
#103 Garbage piles up due to the blizzard.
#104 Traffic heading down Ninth Ave. after a snow storm which complicated the evening commute.
#105 Traffic heading down Ninth Ave. after a snow storm which complicated the evening commute.
#106 Two little girls with one big umbrella take a walk in Central Park during a snow storm.
#107 A jogger makes his through Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx March as another snowstorm hits the New York City area.
#108 Woman cross country skiing on 42nd street during snow blizzard.
#109 Snow storm Archive
#110 Snow blizzard Archive
#111 A pedestrian walks among tracks in the snow 29 March during a spring snowstorm in New York City.
#112 A pedestrian walks across the street in theavy snow 29 March during a spring snowstorm in New York.
#113 Provie Monchek in maternity ward at Beth Israel Hospital with babies born in the blizzard.
#114 Eighth Avenue at 42nd Street, 1996
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I thought it was supposed to be 1966?
#115 42nd Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, 1996
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Damn, Big Daddy Kane got billing over Christopher Lambert (The Highlander no less!) on that Gun Men marquee.
#116 42nd Street, 1996
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Whomever made the caption to this….. you wrote Blizzards of 1966 …. but have pics of 1996 LOL
