Photos: Cleanup begins on Jefferson Avenue in wake of Blizzard of '22
Residents of East Buffalo along Jefferson Avenue and its surrounding neighborhoods began digging out and cleaning up after a blizzard tore through Buffalo and Western New York on Dec. 23 and 24. Buffalo News photographer Joseph Cooke and reporter Maki Becker walked the neighborhood to talk to residents and take photos of the blizzard's aftermath.
Lil Moe's Auto Repair owner Mohammed Darwish jumps a car near Jefferson Avenue on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022.
Kae Byer and Bella Wilklow walk their pitbull, Horton, on the snowy ground outside Johnnie B. Wiley Sports Pavilion on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022.
Elbers Landscape Service employee Stephen Robinson plows snow off a sidewalk on Goodrich Street on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022.
A boarded up home is covered with snow in Buffalo on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022.
A utility man works with power lines on Jefferson Avenue on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022.
Employee Barry McQuiller clears snow from the parking lot of the Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022.
Matmun Israel walks outside Faithful Stones Church on East Utica Street on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022.
A cash register lies on the snowy ground in a parking lot on Jefferson Avenue on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022.
A abandoned vehicle in the snowy parking lot of a shopping plaza on Jefferson Avenue on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022.
Mynishia Holley (center) Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue after buying groceries during a wintry day in Buffalo on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022.
A Family Dollar shopping cart lays abandoned on a snowy sidewalk on Jefferson Avenue on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022.
A balcony at the Jefferson Avenue Apartments filled with snow and other items on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022.
A tree limb and basketball hoop knocked over by strong winds on Eaton Street, near Jefferson Avenue on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022.
A large pile of snow outside the parking lot of the Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022.
A pedestrian and drivers travel down Jefferson Avenue on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022.
Vehicles drive down Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022.
The parking lot of the Tops supermarket on Jefferson Avenue was filled with emergency vehicles again. State police SUVs. An ambulance. But on …
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