Social media was abuzz Saturday evening about what looked to be a massive power outage across New York City.
Reports began to come in later in the evening that the “Manhattan power outage is believed have been caused by a transformer fire at 54th St. and West End Ave.,” NBC News reported being told by a senior city official.
The New York City subway was reportedly frozen as power and lights cut off around dusk in the Big Apple.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said it is working with New York City energy company ConEdison to restore service to several crippled subway lines. “Several stations are currently without power and are being bypassed by all trains,” said MTA, which also advised people to stay out of underground subway stations as power is being restored.
The power outage, which has put at least 40,000 ConEdison customers without power, marks 42 years to the day since the notorious blackout of 1977, which left millions in New York City without power for almost 48 hours.
Good evening. We apologize for the inconvenience. We are aware of your neighborhood outage. Unfortunately, we do not have an estimated restoration at this time.
— Con Edison (@ConEdison)
July 14, 2019
Iconic buildings such as Radio City Music Hall and much of the facade of the Times Square video display went dark.
Fox News headquarters also went out, as well as 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
City officials have received dozens of reports of people stuck in elevators.
NYPD/FDNY receiving dozens of calls for people stuck in elevators because of the major power outage in Manhattan.
— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro)
July 13, 2019
There’s a power outage right now in New York City – 42 years TO THE DAY of the great 1977 NYC blackout!
Here’s WABC’s 11 p.m. news from that night. https://t.co/dOcj3FEZpf
— Jesse Horne (@Jesse_Horne)
July 13, 2019
This is a developing story and will be updated as information becomes available.
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