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Blackouts

A collection of 6 issues

Warbasse Residents Recall Sandy Panic During Two-Hour Blackout

Residents of the Amalgamated Warbasse Houses [http://amalgamatedwarbassehouses.com/] panicked last night when a power outage plunged all five buildings of the housing development into blackness for nearly two hours. Lights started dimming and flickering at approximately 9:16pm and by 9:30pm the complex, television screens, and computers all

BREAKING: Nearly 1,000 Without Power In Gerritsen Beach – Restoration Estimated By 3 P.M. (Updated)

Source: niznoz/FlickrUPDATE (2:06 p.m.): Con Edison just informed us that the restoration time has been bumped up to 3:00 p.m. Power went out due to “equipment failure” in the Sheepshead Bay area, according to the spokesperson, and they’re still investigating. It’s also not

What Do You Remember From The 2003 Blackout?

Ten years ago today, on August 14, 2003, a power outage affected millions of customers [http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/subjects/b/blackouts_and_brownouts_electrical/new_york_city_blackout_of_2003/index.html] across the northeast and midwest, including in New York City. We remember eating a

City’s Spirit Shone Brightly Throughout ’03 Blackout

A customer buys ice cream from a Mister Softee truck — one of the very few options New Yorkers had to try and keep cool during the sweltering Northeast Blackout of 2003. Source: StructuresNYC / FlickrBETWEEN THE LINES [/tag/between-the-lines/]: Where were you when the lights went out on August 14, 2003

Blackout Of 1977: 34 Years Ago — A Sheepshead Bay Remembrance

Sales soared during the blackout inside Mother Bucka’s Ice Cream Parlor, West 8th Street, Coney Island. Source: Paul Hosefros/The New York TimesThe Brooklyn Historical Society reminds us [http://brooklynhistory.org/blog/2011/07/07/the-1977-blackout/] that today is the 34th anniversary of the New York City Blackout of

BREAKING: Transformer Fire/Blackout On East 19th

A reader sent in the above photo, and we received a couple of tips regarding a transformer fire at East 19th Street and Avenue W. It appears the fire has caused a power outage for the nearby apartment building, 1900 Avenue W. The same corner had a transformer fire just