Thousands of East Flatbush residents woke up to darkened homes Friday morning after a power outage knocked out electricity for 4,843 customers, with no clear explanation yet for what caused the blackout.
The outage was reported Friday morning, according to News 12 Brooklyn, which said crews were being dispatched to evaluate the situation on the ground. As of the report, the cause of the outage remained unknown.
Con Edison's website listed no estimated time of restoration for the affected customers, per the station's report, leaving residents without a clear sense of when power might return.
No Timeline Yet for Thousands Without Power
For now, the scope of the disruption is clear even if the cause is not. Nearly five thousand households and businesses across East Flatbush were left without electricity, and utility crews were still working to assess what went wrong at the time of the report.
East Flatbush has seen power disruptions before. In January, overhead wires caught fire at East 48th Street and Church Avenue just after 2:50 a.m. on a Wednesday, according to ABC7 New York. That incident left Con Edison reporting 76 customers without power, far fewer than Friday's count, and the station noted that no one was injured, though residents of one building were evacuated due to high carbon monoxide readings.
Separate Outage Left Thousands More in the Dark
A separate blackout affecting the wider Flatbush and East Flatbush area has also disrupted service in the neighborhood. BK Reader reported that a truck carrying dumpsters took down overhead wires around 7:45 a.m. on a Thursday, an incident that impacted 9,735 customers across both neighborhoods. In that case, the outlet reported that service was restored around 11 a.m., citing the utility.
For now, East Flatbush residents are left waiting on updates from Con Edison as crews continue evaluating the cause of Friday's outage. No restoration estimate had been issued as of the report.
