Here are the places around the New York region that got the most snow:
• North Haven, Conn.: 14 inches
• Queens, N. Y.: 12 inches
• Farmingville, on Long Island: 14 inches
• Mamaroneck, N. Y.: 11 inches
• West Milford, N. J.: 10 inches
A Manhattan doorman died while shoveling snow on the Upper East Side at 9:30 a.m., the police said.
The storm was the first major test of the $100 million the system spent on winter weatherization upgrades since 2015, like a new third rail — and a system to heat it — on the Red Line, and snow removal equipment including 80 plows
that are actually attached to the front of Red and Orange Line trains.
• Up to 14 inches of snow fell across the New York area, with nine inches blanketing Central Park, the biggest snowfall of the winter.
The snow tailed off in New York City by midafternoon, with nine inches coating Central Park, the biggest snowfall of the winter.
“It’s a thunderstorm with snow instead of rain,” said Mr. Dunham, adding, “It’s not something you see every day.”
Mayor Bill de Blasio described the snowstorm as “unusually fast and intense” at a news conference on Thursday.