Soundview neighbors dig out after storm as freezing temperatures linger
Residents are attempting to dig out their cars on Taylor Avenue after plows continue to move snow from the road onto the parked cars.
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The snow may have stopped falling, but the cleanup is far from over in Soundview.
Neighbors along Taylor Avenue spent hours shoveling out cars buried under heavy snow left behind by plows, as frigid temperatures make the work even harder.
“It’s torture,” said Soundview resident Julia Cruz.
Cruz says she shoveled her car at least five times during the height of the storm, only to watch Department of Sanitation trucks push snow back toward her home overnight.
“They didn’t come all day, then at night they came and buried me again,” she said.
Cars up and down the block remained completely snowed in Monday night, with doors frozen shut and no clear place to move the snow.
“Almost two hours,” one neighbor said of the time spent shoveling — with nowhere left to pile it.
At times, neighbors simply pushed snow toward the next house, trying to free vehicles one by one.
The physical toll is adding up.
“It took a toll on my back, my knees, my arms… I feel it,” Cruz said.
While streets in the area are now passable for drivers, residents say digging out parked cars remains a battle — one shovel at a time.
