Did New York City Lose Power Again

Power outage in New York City

Manhattan blackout of July 2019

Location of Manhattan inside New York City
Date	July 13, 2019 (2019-07-13)
Time	6:47 p.m. EDT (22:47 UTC)
Duration	~5 hours
Location	Manhattan, New York
Type	Blackout
Cause	Electrical generator burn down or transformer fire

The Due west Side of Manhattan in New York City experienced a power failure on July thirteen, 2019, at approximately 7 p.thousand. 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 York City blackout of 1977, which left nine 1000000 customers without power.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Effects [edit]

The power outage commenced around half dozen:47 p.m. EDT, leaving 73,000 customers in Manhattan'south West Side without power for about three hours. It affected half-dozen power sectors and encompassed an approximately thirty-block area in Midtown Manhattan and the Upper Westward Side, from Times Square to 72nd Street, and from Fifth Avenue to the Hudson River.^{[1] [four]}

Crowds in Times Square during the blackout.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) reported that the entire New York City Subway organisation was affected by the outage.^[ane] Some subway complexes were without lights, and service was afflicted on several routes.^[5] The MTA airtight 4 Manhattan subway stations: 59th Street–Columbus Circumvolve, 5th Avenue/53rd Street, 34th Street–Hudson Yards, and 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center.^[6] All of the subway's numbered routes suffered all-encompassing delays.^[vii] Limited service was available on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line (1, 2, and three trains) on Manhattan'southward west side; the IRT Lexington Artery Line (4, five, and half-dozen trains) on Manhattan'southward east side; and on the IRT Flushing Line (seven train) from Manhattan to Queens.^{[1] [8]} The MTA advised passengers to take buses instead in Manhattan.^[9]

Areas affected by the outage included Times Square, Rockefeller Middle, Radio City Music Hall, and Broadway theatres.^{[ane] [iv] [8]} Nigh theaters on Broadway cancelled their shows for the evening; of the 30 shows running at the time, only the iv playing on the east side of Broadway were able to perform.^[10] Performances at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Centre were also cancelled. Nonetheless, some performers from the canceled shows entertained audiences on the sidewalks outside the theaters. The coma also canceled a Jennifer Lopez concert at Madison Foursquare Garden.^{[one] [10]}

Firefighters worked to complimentary numerous people trapped in elevators; about 750 of the 1,000 calls which the FDNY responded to were from those seeking assistance regarding elevators or fire alarms.^{[eleven] [12]} Drivers were stuck in a traffic jam on the West Side Highway when the streetlights went out.^[7] According to New York Urban center Section of Transportation, over 200 traffic lights stopped operation.^[iii] Civilians and police force officers helped to direct traffic. The roads were temporarily closed between 2nd Street and 71st Street between 5th Avenue and the Hudson River in both directions.^[7] Law directed traffic in some areas, while at other locations such as Hell's Kitchen, pedestrians took on the chore.^{[iv] [11]} New York Governor Andrew Cuomo brought in the New York National Guard to assistance with traffic issues and safety issues.^[13]

Causes [edit]

The outage was initially reported as being maybe due to a manhole explosion; the beingness of the explosion was verified by New York State Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal. The New York City Fire Section, the New York City Police Department, and the NYC Emergency Management agency were dispatched to 65th Street and Due west Cease Avenue in response to the incident.^[8]

In the early on stages of the incident, Con Edison attributed the outage to a mechanical failure that information technology felt could be resolved relatively chop-chop, but did not give an guess on when power would exist restored.^[1] According to the New York City Burn down Department, the blackout was caused by a transformer fire at Due west 64th Street and West End Artery.^{[14] [four] [15]}

However, Con Edison afterwards said that the ability failure originated at a substation on W 49th Street. Gov. Cuomo farther specified that an explosion and resulting fire at the substation caused damage to other substations. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio initially said via Twitter that a "manhole fire" was the cause, though he later on stated that the outage was due to a transformer fire, and that no foul play was suspected.^[v]

John McAvoy, Con Edison's chairman and CEO, said that although mechanical failure was likely the cause of the outage, a full investigation would be required for a definitive answer.^[1] McAvoy further stated that "excessive load" due to summertime energy demand was not likely a contributing gene to the blackout.^[5]

Restoration of service [edit]

At around 10:00 p.m. EDT, July thirteen, 2019, power was partially restored to Times Square and Hell's Kitchen.^[16] By ten:thirty p.thou., v of the six electric networks were restored.^[16] Shortly before midnight, power was fully restored to all half-dozen sectors.^{[1] [16]}

Past one:thirty a.m. on July fourteen, 2019, multiple lanes between Fifth Artery and the Hudson River were open.^[17] By 2:00 a.grand., subway lines through Midtown Manhattan, namely the IND Eighth Avenue Line (A, C, and E trains), IND Sixth Avenue Line (D, F, and Thousand trains), and the IRT lines (1, 2, iii, 4, 5, 6 and vii trains), had resumed service in both directions.^[17]

Aftermath [edit]

No injuries or fatalities were reported during the outage.^[13]

Governor Cuomo was disquisitional of the power failure, calling information technology "unacceptable" due to the breadth of the outages, also as in light of previous problems with power substations. He chosen for an investigation past New York'south Section of Public Service to identify the cause of the outages, and to "prevent an incident of this magnitude from happening once again".^{[1] [v]}

Still, Cuomo praised the response of the metropolis's population, saying via Twitter, "When things are at their worst, New Yorkers are at their best, and they were at their all-time tonight."^[13]

Run across too [edit]

• List of major power outages
• New York City blackout of 1977 - occurred exactly 42 years earlier.

References [edit]

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2. ^ Latson, Jennifer (July 13, 2015). "Why the 1977 Blackout Was One of New York's Darkest Hours". Time magazine . Retrieved July 13, 2019.
3. ^ ^{a b} Norman, Derek M. (July 14, 2019). "The 1977 Blackout in New York Metropolis Happened Exactly 42 Years Ago". The New York Times . Retrieved July 14, 2019.
4. ^ ^{a b c d} Dobnik, Verena; Swenson, Ali (July 14, 2019). "No lights, big city: Power outage KOs Broadway, Times Foursquare". Associated Press. Archived from the original on July xiv, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
5. ^ ^{a b c d} Romero, Dennis; Winter, Tom (July 13, 2019). "Ability returning to major sections of Manhattan later on outage". NBC News. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
6. ^ Dobnik, Verena; Swenson, Ali (July 14, 2019). "No lights, large city: Power outage KOs Broadway, Times Square". Associated Press. Archived from the original on July 14, 2019. Retrieved July fourteen, 2019.
7. ^ ^{a b c} "Subway Passengers Plunged Into Darkness During Manhattan Power Outage". CBS New York. July 14, 2019. Retrieved July xiv, 2019.
8. ^ ^{a b c} Crockett, Corey; Pujol, Rolando (July xiv, 2019). "Massive power outage plunges much of Manhattan'due south Westward Side into darkness, including Times Foursquare". WPIX. Archived from the original on July 14, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
9. ^ Pulliam Bailey, Sarah; Bassett, Laura (July xiii, 2019). "New York Urban center power outage hits thousands in the center of Manhattan". The Washington Post . Retrieved July xiii, 2019.
10. ^ ^{a b} Paulson, Michael (July xiii, 2019). "Power Outage Darkens Broadway on Its Biggest Dark". The New York Times . Retrieved July thirteen, 2019.
11. ^ ^{a b} "Huge power outage that plunged Manhattan into darkness ends". Agence France-Presse. July 14, 2019. Retrieved July fourteen, 2019.
12. ^ "Power restored to all customers following massive outage in Manhattan". WABC-Telly. July 14, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
13. ^ ^{a b c} Sanchez, Olivia (July 14, 2019). "Power restored after partial New York City blackout leaves thousands without electricity". U.s. Today . Retrieved July 14, 2019.
14. ^ "New York City Power Outage Leaves 38,000 Without Electricity". Time. July xiii, 2019. Archived from the original on July 14, 2019. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
15. ^ "Investigation underway into New York Urban center power outage". WABC-TV. July xiv, 2019. Archived from the original on July fourteen, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
16. ^ ^{a b c} Crockett, Corey; Pujol, Rolando (July 14, 2019). "All ability restored, Con Edison says, afterward blackout leaves much of Manhattan's West Side in the night; agency probes cause as Cuomo slams failure as 'unacceptable'". WPIX. Archived from the original on July 14, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
17. ^ ^{a b} Dobnik, Verena; Swenson, Ali (July 14, 2019). "New York City Power Outage Leaves 73,000, and Times Square, Without Electricity". Time. Archived from the original on July 14, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2019.

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