The Worst Slush Puddle In NYC: Help Patch Find It

NEW YORK CITY – Every winter, as reliable as overheated apartments and ice plummeting from skyscrapers onto sidewalks, they form at intersections across New York City.

The slush puddle. A New York staple more accurately described as an icy lake, calf deep and stretching just too far for an average stride to reach dry land.

Usually accessed through and thin and dirty chasm dug into the snow, the filthy, freezing water laps into roadway, constantly replenished by melting ice washing the street's filth and debris into the pool.

Pedestrians have a choice: the athletic leap/stride that always falls short or the brave wade into water guaranteed to breach the tops of boots.

These puddles are all over the city, but Patch wants to find the worst. Let us know in the survey below. Your answers are anonymous.

And if you have photos, please email them to patchnyc@patch.com, with the subject line "Slush Puddles."