Track snow plow progress across NYC via PlowNYC
New York City’s first blizzard in a decade dropped over 15 inches of snow in Central Park by early Monday morning, with the National Weather Service estimating up to two feet total in parts of the city as snow continues to fall. Thousands of Department of Sanitation employees are working 12-hour shifts, with 2,300 plows and 700 salt spreaders hitting the streets. Follow along with the agency’s interactive PlowNYC map to check whether your block has been cleared and salted in real-time.
The map, updated every 15 minutes, covers all five boroughs and color-codes streets by the most recent snow-clearing activity. Streets plowed within the past hour appear in green, followed by blue, yellow, orange, purple, teal, and gray for progressively older activity. Users can enter their address to view their block and see details for specific streets.
City officials have implemented precautionary measures to safeguard New Yorkers during the city’s first blizzard in a decade. On Sunday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced that public schools would be closed on Monday—the city’s first traditional “snow day” with no remote learning since 2019—along with citywide travel restrictions in effect through noon Monday.
All city streets were closed to nonessential vehicles until 12 p.m. Exceptions applied to emergency vehicles, public transit, medical supplies, food and fuel deliveries, utility repairs, and other critical services.
The city’s travel ban is lifted, but conditions on the roads remain icy. If you choose to drive, please exercise caution, travel slowly, and be mindful of others on the road.⁰ ⁰We continue to advise New Yorkers to stay safe and stay indoors as much as possible. ⁰ ⁰Here is the…
— Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) February 23, 2026
The city has also activated a task force to respond to fallen trees and branches, while a separate tow-truck unit is assisting stranded vehicles, Emergency Management Commissioner Christine Farrell said on WNYC’s Morning Edition, according to Gothamist.
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber urged New Yorkers to use public transit as the safest way to travel during the blizzard. Buses, equipped with tire chains, are running on reduced schedules, and both elevated and underground subway stations remain open.
The Department of Social Services is deploying 22 warming buses across the city, with additional warming spaces available at 11 NYC Health + Hospitals facilities and 13 school locations.
NYC remains in “Code Blue,” with expanded homeless outreach that includes around-the-clock checks and temporarily relaxed shelter intake policies to accommodate as many New Yorkers as possible. Additionally, 311 calls are being rerouted to 911 to ensure faster response.
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