NYC power outage leaves parts of the Upper West Side, Upper East Side and Harlem in the dark

MANHATTAN (WABC) – A brief but widespread power outage had a major impact on Upper Manhattan in New York City early Friday affecting the Upper West Side, Upper East Side and Harlem.

Lightning was blamed for the blackout, which affected a total of 187,068 customers: 80,170 in Harlem, 62,745 on the Upper West Side and 44,153 on the Upper East Side.

Con Edison also reported new power outages in Queens affecting about 7,000 customers in Middle Village and Woodside.

Power there was restored at 9 p.m. The Manhattan flood occurred just after 5:15 p.m., and images captured by an Eyewitness News camera showed no power on the Upper West Side north of West 72nd Street.

Con Edison said a problem on a transmission system caused three networks in Manhattan to lose their power supply.

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The power started to return shortly before 6 p.m., with most customers returning in about half an hour.

There were pockets that needed a little more time to repair, a spokesman said.

There were mass transit disruptions at A, B, C, D, 1, 2 & 3 train stations in Manhattan as a result.

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