In Park Slope, darkness stretches block after block.
What You Need To Know
On Monday night, nearly 1,600 customers were still without power as a Con Edison outage drags on and temperatures drop back into the teens
According to Con Edison, the melting snow mixed with road salt damaged underground electrical equipment, knocking out two major power lines feeding the area
Impacted residents may be entitled to reimbursement from Con Edison for spoiled food or medication
“It’s completely dark. There’s no power in the building,” Anthony Serrano, who works the front desk at a residential building, said.
On Monday night, nearly 1,600 customers were still without power as a Con Edison outage drags on and temperatures drop back into the teens.
According to Con Edison, the melting snow mixed with road salt damaged underground electrical equipment, knocking out two major power lines feeding the area.
“For the residents who have children and stuff, most of them have gone to hotels,” Serrano said.
Businesses were forced to close, traffic signals turned off and neighbors used cellphones lights just to see where they’re walking to get home safely.
“I just want them to work faster,” resident E-Vadnie Louis said.
Because everything runs underground and is interconnected, power can’t be restored all at once.
“My husband just came home with two propane heaters. He had to go all the way out to East New York for the last two,” resident Zainab Jah said.
Some residents hoped for the power to return, while others decided to leave.
“We have some friends in the city who are out of town [and] are letting us stay the night with them. So we are very grateful,” resident Emily Quay said.
The Wycoff Gardens Community Center will be open 24/7 as a heating center during the outage. Impacted residents may be entitled to reimbursement from Con Edison for spoiled food or medication.