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The New York City blackout of 1977 was an electricity blackout that affected most of New York City on July 13–14, 1977. The only unaffected neighborhoods in the city were in southern Queens (including neighborhoods of the Rockaways), which were part of the Long Island Lighting Company system, as well as the Pratt Institute campus in Brooklyn, and a few other large apartment and commercial ...
The West Side of Manhattan in New York City experienced a power failure on July 13, 2019, at approximately 7 p.m. EDT. Con Edison is the energy utility serving the area, and they reported that approximately 73,000 customers were without power. Power was fully restored by midnight. The power failure occurred on the 42nd anniversary of the New ...
Deaths. Almost 100. The Northeast blackout of 2003 was a widespread power outage throughout parts of the Northeastern and Midwestern United States, and most parts of the Canadian province of Ontario on Thursday, August 14, 2003, beginning just after 4:10 p.m. EDT. [1] Most places restored power by midnight (within 7 hours), some as early as 6 p ...
NEW YORK CITY - Thousands are without power across the NYC area after severe weather and thunderstorms swept through the ... ConEd Map New York outage map. As of 2:30 p.m., at least 4,000 ...
2006 Queens blackout. Coordinates: 40.7793°N 73.9039°W. During the Queens blackout, Con Ed workers gave out bags of ice to people in Astoria. The 2006 Queens blackout was a series of power outages that affected the northwest section of the New York City borough Queens in July 2006. The blackout primarily affected the neighborhoods of Astoria ...
Con Ed plant on the East River at 15th Street in Manhattan, New York City. Consolidated Edison, Inc., commonly known as Con Edison (stylized as conEdison) or ConEd, is one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the United States, with approximately $12 billion in annual revenues as of 2017, and over $62 billion in assets. [3]
Power outages affected nearly 2 million people in New York City, while more than 1 million people lost cellphone service. Statewide, Sandy destroyed about 305,000 homes, mostly related to the high storm surge. In New York City alone, the floodwaters entered the homes of more than 443,000 people and more than 23,400 businesses.
On July 18, 2007, an explosion in Manhattan, New York City, sent a geyser of hot steam up from beneath a busy intersection, with a 40-story-high shower of mud and flying debris raining down on the crowded streets of Midtown Manhattan. [4] [5] [6] It was caused by the failure of an 83-year-old, 24-inch (0.61 m) underground steam pipe near Grand ...