{"id":61769,"date":"2018-11-16T12:53:36","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T16:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/?p=61769"},"modified":"2018-11-16T12:55:42","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T16:55:42","slug":"photo-essay-a-snow-day-in-prospect-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/61769\/photo-essay-a-snow-day-in-prospect-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Essay: A Snow Day in Prospect Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each year, the whims of winter force New York City to slow down and take a breath of crisp, cold air. In our parks, the lack of vehicles and footsteps allows the snow to linger longer, converting these green spaces into postcard landscapes of white and outdoor recreation meccas. On a snowy day in Prospect Park, offMetro photographer <a href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/author\/natasha-shapiro\/\">Natasha Shapiro<\/a> headed out with her camera, warm layers and a pair of snowshoes to explore the quiet lawns of interior Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61773\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61773\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Snowshoe-Prospect-e1542384759999.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-61773 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Snowshoe-Prospect-e1542384759999.jpg\" alt=\"Snowshoe Prospect\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-61773 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Snowshoe-Prospect-e1542384759999.jpg\" alt=\"Snowshoe Prospect\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\"><\/noscript><\/a> <em> A photo of snow covered paths in Prospect Park by Natasha Shapiro<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The snow days in New York City allow a small number of locals to pull their often stored cross country skis out to enjoy a few days (or sometimes just hours) of gliding through the city.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61777\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61777\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Cross-Country-Ski-Prospect-Park-e1542385660209.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-61777 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Cross-Country-Ski-Prospect-Park-e1542385660209.jpg\" alt=\"Cross Country Ski Prospect Park\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61777\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-61777 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Cross-Country-Ski-Prospect-Park-e1542385660209.jpg\" alt=\"Cross Country Ski Prospect Park\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\"><\/noscript><\/a> <em> A person cross country skis through Prospect Park by Natasha Shapiro <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>An easier option for explorers are snowshoes which, can fit in the back of a closest and easily be strapped on to a pair of warm boots. If the snow isn&#8217;t particularly deep, leave the snowshoes at home and just hike through the park.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61779\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61779\" style=\"width: 1001px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/55A8833-e1542385961525.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-61779 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/55A8833-e1542385961525.jpg\" alt=\"Snowshoeing in Prospect Park\" width=\"1001\" height=\"667\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61779\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-61779 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/55A8833-e1542385961525.jpg\" alt=\"Snowshoeing in Prospect Park\" width=\"1001\" height=\"667\"><\/noscript><\/a> <em> Natasha Shapiro snowshoes in Prospect Park <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The sound of laughter often fills Prospect Park on snow days as children take sleds to the small local hills, lapping the natural rollercoaster as parents socialize with coffee and tea in their mittened hands.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61774\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61774\" style=\"width: 1001px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Snowshoe-Natasha-Shapiro-e1542385266988.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-61774 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Snowshoe-Natasha-Shapiro-e1542385266988.jpg\" alt=\"Snowshoe Natasha Shapiro\" width=\"1001\" height=\"667\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61774\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-61774 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Snowshoe-Natasha-Shapiro-e1542385266988.jpg\" alt=\"Snowshoe Natasha Shapiro\" width=\"1001\" height=\"667\"><\/noscript><\/a> <em> A child sleds in Prospect Park by Natasha Shapiro<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>For those without a sled or snowshoes, a shovel and the desire for a workout offers space to build an igloo. In 2016, an enterprising resident even attempted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2016\/1\/26\/10832144\/airbnb-new-york-igloo-removed-200-dollars-night\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">list their igloo on Airbnb.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61775\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61775\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Igloo-Prospect-Park-e1542385395806.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-61775 size-large lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Igloo-Prospect-Park-e1542385362524-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Igloo Prospect Park\" width=\"660\" height=\"990\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61775\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-61775 size-large lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Igloo-Prospect-Park-e1542385362524-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Igloo Prospect Park\" width=\"660\" height=\"990\"><\/noscript><\/a> <em> A small igloo built in Prospect Park by Natasha Shapiro <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>And of course, no snow day is truly complete without a snowman found throughout the parks in various sizes and locations. Here a snowman is the only intrepid New Yorker to sit on the frozen benches of the park.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61778\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61778\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/55A8889-e1542385817748.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-61778 size-large lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/55A8889-e1542385804483-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A snowman in Prospect Park\" width=\"660\" height=\"990\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61778\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-61778 size-large lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/55A8889-e1542385804483-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A snowman in Prospect Park\" width=\"660\" height=\"990\"><\/noscript><\/a> <em> A snowman sits on a bench in Prospect Park by Natasha Shapiro<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each year, the whims of winter force New York City to slow down and take a breath of crisp, cold air. In our parks, the lack of vehicles and footsteps allows the snow to linger longer, converting these green spaces into postcard landscapes of white and outdoor recreation meccas. On a snowy day in Prospect [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":61771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[757,784,320,325,796,797],"tags":[15,192,134,277,591],"class_list":{"0":"post-61769","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-activity-2","8":"category-adventure-activity-2","9":"category-brooklyn-outer-boroughs-destination","10":"category-new-york","11":"category-snow-tubing-adventure-activity-2","12":"category-snowshoe-adventure-activity-2","13":"tag-brooklyn","14":"tag-prospect-park","15":"tag-snow","16":"tag-snow-shoeing","17":"tag-snowshoe"},"acf":[],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":61771,"thumbnail_uri":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Snowshoe-Prospect-Natasha-Shapiro-e1542384603327-350x197.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}