I subscribe to the RSS feed for Brownstoner, a real estate and news publication focusing on Brooklyn. I opened up the January 27, 2026 daily links post by Anna Bradley-Smith and was greeted by a snowman (or snowwoman?) with a very wide base (see photo). Having documented multiple snowmen on The New Leaf Journal (see 2020 (a), 2020 (b), 2021, and 2025 snowmen), I was curious whether I could document the one presented in Brownstoner. Upon examining the image caption and file name, I determined that I could not. Firstly, the image caption says the snowman is in Bed-Stuy. While I can walk to Bed-Stuy (I walked there in 2021 on the same walk I captured a Santa delivery van), I do not go there often and would not be inclined to wander around looking for a snowman in the current walking conditions. But the file name presented a more serious impediment to documenting the wide-base snowman. While the end of the file name specifies “MacDonough Street,” which would help narrow down the location of the snowman, the beginning of the file name includes 2026/01. In light of the fact that it is now 2026/27, I fear that the charming snowman in the photo is no longer with us.