Power Outage Hits Marine Park, Leaving Hundreds Without Electricity (Updated)
Update (11:54am): Con Edison informed Sheepshead Bites that all power has been restored.
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More than 800 households near the Marine Park – Sheepshead Bay border are currently without power, as Con Edison investigates the cause and works to make repairs.
A transformer in the affected area blew at approximately 9:25am, according to a spokesperson. Approximately 825 households are blacked out, in an area bounded by Avenue R to the north, Avenue U to the south, Stuart Street to the east and Nostrand Avenue to the West.
The city’s notification system alerted residents to the outage at 9:48am today:
Con Edison is responding to a power outage in the Marine Park section of Brooklyn, including ZIP code 11229. To report a loss of electric service, contact Con Edison at 1-800-75-CONED(26633) or online at http://www.coned.com
Con Edison’s outage map shows an additional 100 households in that same area that are also without power, but it’s not yet confirmed to stem from the same transformer malfunction.
Con Edison said they’ll have the lights back on by 3pm, if not sooner.
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