{"id":541012,"date":"2026-01-25T04:34:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T04:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/541012\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T04:34:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T04:34:21","slug":"how-plownyc-helps-you-track-snow-plow-progress-in-your-neighborhood-amnewyork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/541012\/","title":{"rendered":"How PlowNYC helps you track snow plow progress in your neighborhood \u2013 amNewYork"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With a massive snowstorm on the way, here\u2019s how you can track snow plow progress in your neighborhood. <\/p>\n

Edwin J. Torres\/Mayoral Photo Office<\/p>\n

New Yorkers will hear the rumble of snow plows on their streets Sunday, if the forecasters are right. They can also track where, when, and how often those plows have visited their blocks.\n<\/p>\n

Snow will start falling early Sunday morning, according to the National Weather Service<\/a>, and continue through Monday afternoon, with the heaviest accumulation predicted on Sunday afternoon and evening. City officials have said the city is well-prepared for the snow, especially for keeping roadways \u2014 from highways to quiet side streets \u2013 clear and as safe as possible.<\/p>\n

A fleet of 2,200 snow plows, which Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday described as \u201cthe nation\u2019s largest snow fighting operation,\u201d will be dispatched when two inches of snow have accumulated, likely on Sunday morning, the mayor said.<\/p>\n

\"snowSnow plows and salt spreaders will begin making their rounds on Sunday morning. Michael Appleton\/Mayoral Photography Office<\/p>\n

With plows expected to start their rounds in the wee hours of the morning, New Yorkers might not know exactly when their street was last cleared, or if their route to work has been plowed. But each truck is outfitted with a GPS tracking device so the city knows where they\u2019ve been and when, and the public can track them too.\u00a0<\/p>\n

PlowNYC<\/a>, an official New York City government website, offers a live map of every street in the city to show where plows have been and when. A color-coded map, searchable by address, indicates how long ago a street was plowed in three-hour intervals. Green means it was plowed 0-3 hours ago, blue 1-3 hours, and so on.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As of Friday evening, the map showed that major roads like the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and parts of Queens Boulevard, Jerome Avenue and Atlantic Avenue had been \u201cvisited\u201d hours earlier, likely by brining trucks that spray a salt-and-water solution to help prevent snow from accumulating and ice from forming.<\/p>\n

\"plownycThe color-coded PlowNYC map shows when streets were visited by plow and salt trucks. Screenshot courtesy of PlowNYC<\/p>\n

PlowNYC only starts working after 2 inches have accumulated and plows have been dispatched, and the website notes that the data can be inaccurate or incomplete \u201cdue to the passage of time, changing circumstances, sources used, and the nature of collecting comprehensive information.\u201d<\/p>\n

The site also notes that freshly-plowed roads will not snow blacktop right away. New Yorkers can file snow- and ice-clearing complaints online<\/a> or by calling 311, though individual plowing requests can\u2019t be responded to until after a storm has passed.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, plowing operations are monitored by officials using the relatively new \u201cBladeRunner 2.0\u201d program. The system, introduced in 2023, allows the city to track plows and salt spreaders in real time.<\/p>\n

Inconsistent or delayed plowing has been a sore spot for New Yorkers and mayors in the past<\/a>, as some neighborhoods were left covered in snow for longer than others. BladeRunner was designed to avoid that.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"MayorMayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press briefing on the city\u2019s preparations for an upcoming snowstorm at the New York City Emergency Management Department on Friday. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell<\/p>\n

\u201cInternally, we have something called BladeRunner 2.0,\u201d Mamdani said Friday. \u201cAnd this is to ensure that no New Yorker is made to feel that, depending on the zip code or their neighborhood, they\u2019re going to receive a different level of service. You\u2019re going to receive the same level of service across the city.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though thousands of DSNY workers will be working hard to keep the roads clear, Mamdani urged New Yorkers to avoid traveling on Sunday and Monday if at all possible. The National Weather Service issued the same advice.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to encourage New Yorkers to do something we don\u2019t often have the luxury of doing, which is take a breath and stay home,\u201d he said. \u201cStay indoors, stay off the roads, watch the snow come down, watch the worst possible reality TV show you can find and take some time away from the roads.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With a massive snowstorm on the way, here\u2019s how you can track snow plow progress in your neighborhood.…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":541013,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,44963,405,403,50,5226,5225,5228,5227,238707,143163,194461,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,177393,5301],"class_list":["post-541012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-dsny","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-plow-nyc","tag-snow-plow","tag-snow-storm","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-winter-storm","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115953878096344557","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}