The boardwalk and amusement park in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, were destroyed by Superstorm Sandy on October 31, 2012. Click through to see how some of the places hit hard by Sandy have changed over the past year.
Mario Tama/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
Cranes are part of the repair effort on the boardwalk and amusement park in Seaside Heights on October 21.
Andrew Burton/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
People walk past sandbags on a flooded street in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, New York, as Hurricane Sandy moves closer to the area on October 29, 2012.
Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
The sidewalk is dry in front of the same building in Red Hook on October 23.
Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
Rising water caused by Superstorm Sandy rushes into the Hugh L. Carey (formerly Brooklyn-Battery) Tunnel in New York City on October 29, 2012.
Andrew Burton/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
Cars use the tunnel on October 22.
Andrew Burton/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
A fire burns near destroyed homes and businesses in the Rockaway section of Queens, New York, on October 30, 2012.
Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
Two people walk past the same now-empty lot on October 23, 2013.
Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
Homes in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, are surrounded by sand and debris on October 31, 2012.
Mario Tama/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
Homes in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, are shown October 21.
Andrew Burton/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
The Princess Cottage, built in 1855, is barely standing on November 21, 2012, in Union Beach, New Jersey.
Mario Tama/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
The spot where the cottage once stood is empty on October 22.
Andrew Burton/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
A volunteer surveys boats piled up by Superstorm Sandy on November 1, 2012 in Highlands, New Jersey.
Andrew Burton/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
Boats are neatly stored at a marina in Highlands, New Jersey, on October 22.
Andrew Burton/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
The Monmouth Beach pavilion in Monmouth, New Jersey, is surrounded by debris on November 8, 2012.
Allison Joyce/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
A cleaned-up Monmouth Beach pavilion is seen on October 22.
Andrew Burton/ Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
Rising water rushes into a parking garage on October 29, 2012 in New York City.
Andrew Burton/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
Traffic drives past the same garage, which is in use again, on October 22.
Andrew Burton/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
The Hugh L. Carey (Brooklyn-Battery) Tunnel in New York City sits flooded after a tidal surge on October 30, 2012.
Allison Joyce/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
Traffic passes from Manhattan into the tunnel on October 22, 2013.
John Moore/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
The foundations are all that remain of the historic Rockaway boardwalk in the Rockaway neighborhood in Queens, New York, on October 31, 2012.
Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
Two people walk along the beach where the boardwalk once stood on October 20 in Rockaway.
Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
A man walks through a flooded street on October 30, 2012, in Little Ferry, New Jersey.
Andrew Burton/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
The same street in Little Ferry, New Jersey, is dry and peaceful on October 22.
Andrew Burton/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
Debris and destroyed homes line a street in the Breezy Point neighborhood of Queens, New York, on October 30, 2012.
Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
New homes are under construction in Breezy Point on October 23.
Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
Abandoned and flooded cars are scattered in the Rockaway neighborhood of Queens on November 2, 2012.
Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
Cars are neatly parked in Rockaway on October 20.
Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
A man walks along the heavily damaged Rockaway beach on November 2, 2012.
Spencer Platts/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
People walk down the Rockaway beach on October 23.
Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
Members of the Hague family try to salvage a washing machine from their flood-damaged home on November 1, 2012, in the Ocean Breeze area of Staten Island, New York.
John Moore/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
Neighbor Frank Moszczynski watches over the Hague family home, still uninhabited almost a year after Hurricane Sandy, on October 17 in Ocean Breeze.
John Moore/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
Water floods the Plaza Shops in New York City on October 30, 2012.
John Moore/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
The entrance to the underground Plaza Shops remains closed on October 22 due to unfinished renovations.
John Moore/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
A church cross stands at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean in Long Branch, New Jersey, on October 31, 2012.
Andrew Burton/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
The cross is still there, but the debris is gone, on October 21.
Andrew Burton/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
A person walks down South 9th Street in Lindenhurst, New York, as high tide, rain and winds flood area streets on October 29, 2012.
Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
South 9th Street is dry and calm on October 22.
Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
A boat from the Blue Water Club blocks Whaleneck Drive in Merrick, New York, on November 1, 2012.
Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
Whaleneck Drive is back to normal on October 22.
Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
Residents of West Lido Boulevard take a break from cleaning up on October 31, 2012, in Lindenhurst, New York.
Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
Cars sit parked in a driveway on West Lido Boulevard on October 22.
Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
The remains of burned homes are surrounded by water in the Breezy Point neighborhood of Queens on October 31, 2012.
Mario Tama/Getty Image
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
New homes are going up among vacant lots in Breezy Point on October 21.
Andrew Burton/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
An emergency worker uses a boat to help two people evacuate after their neighborhood was flooded on October 30, 2012, in Little Ferry, New Jersey.
Andrew Burton/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
The same Little Ferry, New Jersey, street is dry on October 22.
Andrew Burton/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
Gary Silberman surveys his destroyed home on October 31, 2012, in Lindenhurst, New York,
Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
The house remains standing, but unrepaired, on October 22.
Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
Homes built near a bridge sit destroyed in Mantoloking, New Jersey, on October 31, 2012.
Mario Tama/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
On October 21, the road is repaired, but some of the homes are gone.
Andrew Burton/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
A man walks through a flooded street on October 30, 2012, in Little Ferry, New Jersey.
Andrew Burton/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy then and now —
The street is dry and the landscaping in good shape on October 22.