Not many people were more excited for the first day of spring - weather in sync or not - than Jillian Tenen . The 29-year-old events planner moved to Boston from Florida two years ago and does n't have any family in town . When the first of many record-breaking snowfalls dumped down on the city in January , Tenen was sick with the flu , and did n't dig out her 2007 Honda Civic . Only the snow did n't stop , and the street plows only pushed more mounds in and around where her car was parked in Bay Village . By the time Tenen got her shovel out , it was all-but too late . ' I 'm 5 ' 2 , ' and it was all ice , an iceberg on top of my car , ' Tenen told The Boston Globe . ' I could n't reach it . I could n't lift it . And even if I could , there was nowhere to put it . I just did n't know what to do . ' After a few laughs , quite a lot of tears , and at lease one breakdown , Tenen realized she had no choice but to abandon her car until winter passed . It 's under the iceberg : Jillian Tenen was sick with the flu during the first big snow of winter in Boston in winter , and after failing to dig out her car , it ended up under this mountain of snow on Isabella Street in the Bay Village neighborhood . There it is : Recently , some of the 'iceberg ' began to clear and the car - or at least its shape - became a little more clear . Not again : But with this winter being Boston 's snowiest ever , the heavens kept opening and the car kept getting buried . Bleak : Jillian Tenen 's car is seen parked on Isabella Street in Boston on February 23 , 2015 . Winter 2015 yielded the largest record snowfall in the city of Boston 's history . Clearing up : Jillian Tenen 's car went through weeks of storms and melting snow , staying frozen in place at the same on-street parking spot . Almost there : By last week - March 12 - and after two months almost , the Honda Civic was almost ready to escape its cave . Finally ! : On March 16 , Jillian Tenen 's was finally back on the road , seven weeks after it was first snowed in . Yay ! All-smiles , Jillian Tenen finally got behind the wheel of her car on March 18 , and was shocked that it started right away . But after seven weeks , and a heap of chipping , the car has finally freed from its icy cave . Sadly not much could be done about the damage . The windscreen buckled under the weight of the snow and is all smashed up . There were also deep dents in the roof . But , surprisingly , the car started on the first go after it had thawed . Tenen said her insurance company will now assess the damage . While she hopes that future winters wo n't be so severe , and will plow her car diligently from now on , she learnt a valuable lesson . 'If I had to do it again , I would definitely do one thing differently , ' she told The Globe . ' I would not park on the corner . ' Although the storm did n't cripple Boston as previous storms have , it still created a nuisance for snow-weary residents . Damage : The weight of the snow and ice smashed the windscreen and dented the roof quite badly , but Tenen is filing an insurance claim . Many people in the northeastern US had to put on winter boots as Winter Storm Ultima hijacked the first official day of spring . The Brooklyn Bridge was coated with snow as New York City was hit with yet another snowstorm on Friday , March 20 . Brooklyn residents had to bundle up and deal with the cold even though Friday was the first day of spring . Spring arrived on Friday , but Winter Storm Ultima ensured that winter would have at least one more go around with snow . Snow will continue to fall in some parts of the country throughout the weekend . Winter Storm Ultima may have cause more issues for Tenen and her car on Friday . Although the storm did n't cripple the city as previous storms have , it still created a nuisance for snow-weary Boston . In the city , it 's par for the course to pick up another 3 to 4 inches of snow after March 20 , Weather.com reported . During the April Fools ' Blizzard of 1997 , 25.4 inches of snow in just 24 hours paralyzed Boston . On Friday , Ultima led to some travel advisories and early school dismissals . Weather.com meteorologist Jon Erdman said : 'While late March surface temperatures and Ultima 's quick movement wo n't make this a blockbuster , some fairly impressive snowfall rates today will likely lead to at least a slushy afternoon commute in parts of the New York City and Philadelphia metros . The storm dumped 7.3 inches of snow in Lynnport , Pennsylvania , 6.7 inches at McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey and six inches in Cascade , Maryland .
Winter 2015 yielded the largest record snowfall in the city of Boston 's history . Jillian Tenen , 29 , did n't shovel her car after the first snow in January because she was sick . By the time she got around it was too late , and she was forced to abandon her car for winter . Comment: On March 18 , it was finally dug out but car was hit with more snow two days later by Winter Storm Ultima . Storm dumped 7.3 inches in Lynnport , Pennsylvania and six inches in Cascade , Maryland among other places .