--- title: See An Aerial View of Frozen New York City description: Getty Images photographer Spencer Platt took to the sky in order to capture unique aerial scenes of frigid New York City. canonical: https://time.com/3717787/new-york-city-winter-frozen/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-22T17:43:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:05:29.355Z article:section: U.S. og:title: See a Bird's Eye View of the Frozen Tundra That Is New York City og:description: It's very cold in New York this weekend og:url: https://time.com/3717787/new-york-city-winter-frozen/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96150414af189c87/6987806b428a9ec224cc744b/new-york-city-hidson-frozen-aerial-photos-06.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Arctic Cold Weather Chills New York City og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See a Bird's Eye View of the Frozen Tundra That Is New York City twitter:description: It's very cold in New York this weekend twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96150414af189c87/6987806b428a9ec224cc744b/new-york-city-hidson-frozen-aerial-photos-06.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See a Bird's Eye View of the Frozen Tundra That Is New York City by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Feb 22, 2015 5:43 PM CUT  Ice flows along the Hudson River on Feb. 20, 2015 in New York City. Ice flows along the Hudson River on Feb. 20, 2015 in New York City.Spencer Platt—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Feb 22, 2015 5:43 PM CUT  Ice flows along the Hudson River in New York City on Feb. 20, 2015. Spencer Platt—Getty Images  Snow and ice cover Central Park on Feb. 20, 2015 in New York City. Spencer Platt—Getty Images  Ice flows along the East River in New York City on Feb. 20, 2015. Spencer Platt—Getty Images  Snow and ice cover Central Park on Feb. 20, 2015 in New York City. Spencer Platt—Getty Images  Snow and ice cover Central Park on Feb. 20, 2015 in New York City. Spencer Platt—Getty Images  Ice flows along the Hudson River on Feb. 20, 2015 in New York City. Spencer Platt—Getty Images  Ice flows along the Hudson River near the George Washington Bridge on Feb. 20, 2015 in New York City. Spencer Platt—Getty Images  Ice flows along the Hudson River on Feb. 20, 2015 in New York City. Spencer Platt—Getty Images ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3717787/new-york-city-winter-frozen/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3717787/new-york-city-winter-frozen/"},"headline":"See a Bird's Eye View of the Frozen Tundra That Is New York City","datePublished":"2015-02-22T17:43:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:05:29.355Z","description":"It's very cold in New York this weekend. How cold? Check out these aerial images of a frosty Hudson River and more.","url":"https://time.com/3717787/new-york-city-winter-frozen/","keywords":["weather","climate","snow","winter","New York City","photography","aerial photography"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96150414af189c87/6987806b428a9ec224cc744b/new-york-city-hidson-frozen-aerial-photos-06.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96150414af189c87/6987806b428a9ec224cc744b/new-york-city-hidson-frozen-aerial-photos-06.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Arctic Cold Weather Chills New York City","caption":"Arctic Cold Weather Chills New York City","creditText":"Spencer Platt—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/weather/","name":"weather"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3717787/new-york-city-winter-frozen/","name":"See a Bird's Eye View of the Frozen Tundra That Is New York City"}}]}] ```