Athena — the season’s first major winter storm — is just beginning to hit New York City. This is bad news — the situation is still pretty rough for many residents. Hurricane Sandy really wreaked havoc in the city; here’s a collection of the most astounding before and after comparisons.
Above you can see the Manhattan Bridge as seen from Brooklyn, New York.
Photo: Google Earth, Bebeto Matthews/AP
Photos: Charles Sykes/AP
Hoboken, NJ: A parking lot full of yellow cabs is flooded as a result of superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, October 30, 2012. The second photo shows the next day.
Photo: AP
Photo: AP
Lower Manhattan’s fully lit skyline on January 6, 2012, and a darkened Lower Manhattan on October 29, 2012.
Photo: Mel Evans/AP
Photo: Star-Ledger, David Gard/AP
The Funtime Pier in Seaside Heights, NJ, on the Jersey Shore in August 10, 2010, and after superstorm Sandy on October 31, 2012.
Photo: GeoEye/AP
Photo: GeoEye/AP
Seaside Heights, NJ: before and after Sandy. Boardwalks were trashed, a roller coaster dumped into the ocean.
Photo: Google
Photo: NOAA National Geodetic Survey
Staten Island, NY: Before and after.
Photo: Google
Photo: NOAA National Geodetic Survey
Breezy Point section of Queens, NY: before and after.
Photo: Google
Photo: NOAA National Geodetic Survey
Long Beach, NY: before and after.
Photo: Google
Photo: NOAA National Geodetic Survey
Belmar, NJ: before and after.
Photo: Google
Photo: NOAA National Geodetic Survey
Keyport, NJ: before and after.
Photo: Google Earth
Photo: Doug Mills/AP
Mantoloking, NJ in Google Earth. Below: October 31, 2012. Aerial photo taken from a helicopter shows storm damage from Superstorm Sandy.
Photo: Mark Duncan/AP/DAPD
Photo: US Coast Guard, Petty Officer 2nd Class Tim Kuklewski/AP
The sailing ship HMS Bounty sails from Cleveland, OH, over Lake Erie (photo from July 7, 2010). Below: The sailboat submerged in the Atlantic Ocean during Hurricane Sandy approximately 145km southeast of Hatteras, NC, Monday, October 29, 2012.
Photo: Google Earth
Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin
The Hugh L. Carey Tunnel (formerly known as the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel). Before Sandy and on October 30, 2012.
Photo: Google Earth
Photo: Louis Lanzano/AP
South Street in lower Manhattan before Sandy. Water and debris blocks a section of South Street in lower Manhattan, Tuesday, October 30, 2012, in New York.
Photo: Google Earth
Photo: Bebeto Matthews/AP
Con Edison substation near the Dumbo section of Brooklyn, NY, before Sandy. Below: flooded streets around a Con Edison substation after the East River overflowed on Monday, October 29, 2012.
Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Photo: John Minchillo/AP
The World Trade Center site on September 7, 2011 in New York City. Sea water floods the Ground Zero construction site, Monday, October 29, 2012.
Photo: Google Earth
Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images
Ocean Drive, Avalon, New Jersey, before the storm. After: people stand in front of the house on October 30, 2012.
Photo: Google Earth
Photo: Allison Joyce/Getty Images
One New York Plaza, Manhattan, NY, captured by Google. Below: water floods the Plaza Shops in the wake of Hurricane Sandy on October 30, 2012.
Photo: Google Earth
Photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images
The Carey Tunnel in the Financial District of New York: before and after.
Photo: Google Earth
Photo: Louis Lanzano/AP
Battery Park Underpass: before and after.
Image curation: Attila Nagy