BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — Braving the brutal cold is even more difficult for people around the Boerum Hill/Park Slope neighborhood in Brooklyn, dealing with power outages and, in some cases, no heat since Saturday.
According to Con Edison, over 1,500 customers are dealing with outages as of 6 p.m. Sunday after underground system issues caused by melting snow and salt.
The Con Edison website now has the estimated time of restoration at 7 a.m. Monday.
“No power. No heat. My wife, she got blankets up to this high,” said resident Luis Villaneuva. “The room temperature is reading on the thermostat 54 degrees.”
Some neighbors said they have been dealing with the outages since Saturday morning. Con Edison crews were on scene Sunday around 4th Avenue and St. Marks Place, battling the brutal cold to make repairs.
“It’s strange. We had it seems like a partial outage,” said resident Jessica Zhao.
The extent of those outages varies.
“There’s no heat, so we’ve just been trying to stay warm, layer up,” said Zhao.
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“The voltage is low. No toaster. No microwave,” said resident Tim Naylor.
“Luckily, we have heat on my unit. I think other people don’t have hot water or heat,” said resident Helen Kong.
What Kong does not have, however, is power in her refrigerator.
“Last night, we came home from our friends house, it’s still not on, I guess it’s time to move everything out of the fridge, so luckily we moved everything in, dug a nice little hole in the snow and packed it all in,” said Kong.
She and others are now left waiting.
“Initially, after we reported the outage, they said that it would turn back on maybe around 2, okay that’s not so bad,” said Kong. “But then it kept getting pushed further and further back. It became 7 p.m. It became the next day.”
In a statement, a spokesperson for Con Edison said, “The snow left by the storm is significantly slowing restoration efforts in parts of Brooklyn. In many locations, nearly a week’s worth of compacted snow and ice is piled on top of manholes that crews must access to repair the underground electrical system. This makes access difficult and has contributed to the equipment damage as melting snow mixed with road salt enters and stresses the system. Our crews continue to work around the clock, in extremely challenging conditions, to remove snow, repair the damages, and safely restore service as quickly as possible.”
Con Edison said that because restoration is occurring in pockets as crews reach each location, customers are encouraged to check the Con Edison Outage Map for real‑time updates.
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