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VIDEO: Drones Capture Historic Snowstorm Across the City

By Patrick Hedlund | January 25, 2016 10:59am

That Instagram shot of the blizzard from your bedroom window ain't gonna cut it.

Drone operators from Queens to Brooklyn to Manhattan took to the skies over the weekend to capture the storm and its aftermath.

Above New York: Aerial Video Shows City Blanketed in Snow from Winter Storm Jonas from Viewing NYC on Vimeo.

In Queens — which saw up to 34 inches of snow in some areas — drone footage showed an unplowed Maspeth street as the city scrambled to clear roads in the borough.

And in Williamsburg, a flyer took to the skies in the middle the storm, braving heavy winds and lashing snowfall to show the near white-out conditions.