It could have been THIS bad: The worst blizzards in New York City history

An identified man clears the snow in the center island in Times Square during a heavy blizzard on Sunday, February 12, 2006

Cross country skiers make their way down Broadway in Times Square on February 12, 2006 during a major storm that slammed the mid-Atlantic and Northeast states

Snow covers rooftops in this view from the observation deck of the Empire State Building on February 12, 2006, two days after the historic Nor'easter ripped through the city

James and Catherine Siegel cross country ski through Central Park on February 12, 2006 in New York City. Central Park recorded 26.9 inches of snow in the storm

Men help dig out a New York Police Department squad car that got stuck in snow on Third Avenue on February 12, 2006

Little snow men hang out on the Gapstow Bridge spanning The Pond in Central Park, while an unidentified New York man works to dig out a sidewalk on Third Avenue during the February 2006 storm 

Morning commuters bundle up in thick coats and heavy boots to navigate the snow-covered sidewalk on their way to work on February 13, 2006

A commuter steps over the snow on 6th Avenue in Manhattan on February 13, 2006 - the morning after the major storm dropped record snow

Cross country skiers slide down Broadway in New York City's Times Square on February 12, 2006

Three men push out a yellow taxi cab that got stuck on 37th Street in the New York City borough of Queens on February 12,2006

The Man in the Iron Mask is seen playing at the Anco Theatre on 42nd Street in Manhattan during the blizzard of 1947 

New Yorkers dig out now-classic cars from a city street during the blizzard of 1947 

Cars parked on 90th Street in Manhattan are turned into mounds of snow during the blizzard of 1947 

Another view of the thick snow covering parked cars on 90th Street during the blizzard of 1947 

Turn-of-the-century train cars are seen on top of the Brooklyn Bridge while a lone man walks during the Great Blizzard of 1888 

Downtown at 1:30pm on Park Row as people and horse-drawn vehicles struggle to make their way through the snow of the Blizzard of 1888, as seen from the foot path of the Brooklyn Bridge

A group of men in top hats congregate on a downtown Manhattan street piled with snow during the Great Blizzard 

The windows of this store in Manhattan are barely visible thanks to the massive heaps of snow piled outside 

Men shoveling snow look up as this picture is taken under an elevated train line 

Horses pull cars of snow to the East River in New York as part of the massive clean-up effort in the wake of the blizzard 

Snow-covered exterior of the Grand Opera House at Elm Place and Fulton St. during the Blizzard of 1888

Carts haul snow and ice, cleared from city streets, to the river for dumping in the East River in New York, possibly during the Blizzard of 1888

Pedestrians clean up the street near a set of elevated train tracks during the Great Blizzard of 1888 

Flurries of snow obscure this view of a row of apartment buildings near Trinity Church during the Great Blizzard of 1888 

A man bikes across the Brooklyn Bridge into New York on February 26, 2010 as the the region was hit with a massive snow storm

Trucks plow Park Avenue the morning of February 10, 2010 on the east side of Manhattan in New York

People move around in Manhattan's Union Square park on February 26, 2010 after the city was blanketed in several inches of snow overnight

People brave the snow to walk their pets in Central Park during the February 2010 snow storm  

Men shovel a sidewalk during a morning snowstorm on February 10, 2010 on the east side of Manhattan in New York

People walk through an early morning snowstorm February 10, 2010 on the east side of Manhattan in New York

A Brooklyn, NY resident skis along the promenade against the backdrop of lower Manhattan as snow falls on January 8 in New York

A woman looks skyward as she waits to cross the street outside Radio City Music Hall during the heavy snowfall on January 7 in New York

A Brooklyn resident begins the task of digging out a path along the sidewalk on January 9 in New York

On the left, a snow covered street in Manhattan. On the right, a postal service worker trying to move a cart of mail through the snow-littered street

\A New York City Department of Sanitation truck dumps snow into the East River underneath the Manhattan Bridge in New York on January 9

A New Yorker makes her way down Seventh Avenue in Manhattan on January 8 during the blizzard that shut down airports and caused the mayor to declare a state of emergency

 A car seen covered in snow on a Manhattan street during the January 1996 storm