Bayside Power Outage Was Due To Cable Failure, ConEd Says

BAYSIDE, QUEENS — An outage that cut power to hundreds of homes in Bayside Tuesday was due to a problem with a cable, provider ConEdison said Wednesday.

The underground cable failed, the company said. A spokesman was unable to give details on what caused the failure.

The outage left 1,400 people without power between 2.42 p.m. and 7.33 p.m. Tuesday.

Some residents reported their power did not come back until Wednesday morning.

"Lost power at 7:05 last nite and didn't get it back til around 1 a.m. this morning. People got stuck in the elevators in this 21 story building," she commented on a community Facebook group.

"Firemen came to check and help people who were stuck. Hope everyone had their flashlights ready."

FDNY did not immediately return a request for further information.

The interactive map on ConEdison's website showed three Bayside customers still had no power Wednesday morning. An additional 210 customers east of Clearview Expressway in Murray Hill were still experiencing outages.

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