Bayside Wins Snowiest NYC Area Title, Neighbors Celebrate

BAYSIDE, QUEENS — Snowbanks from Saturday's major nor'easter are starting to melt across New York City, but the snow might take longer to thaw in Bayside.

The neighborhood earned the title of NYC's snowiest area during Saturday's snowstorm, when it was pummeled by over 13 inches of snow, the National Weather Service reported.

Baysiders, though, are proud of the "snowiest neighborhood" title, with hundreds still taking to social media to share pictures of snow-covered parks and excerpts from televised interviews in the neighborhood.

"Not often those news reporters come here," said one neighbor in response to an NBC segment, where one reporter interviewed Baysiders in front of giant snowbanks.

Many others shared photos of dozens of people sledding in Bayside's Crocheron Park, which is among the best places in the city to go sledding, according to the Parks Department.

"We went sledding there in the 60s and ice skating on the pond," wrote one neighbor in response to a photo of snow-covered Crocheron Park, which got over 500 likes on a neighborhood Facebook page.

Many others shared memories of sledding and ice skating in the comments, and one neighbor summed up the joyful sentiments succinctly: "Bayside at its best," the person wrote.