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A blackout across much of midtown Manhattan and part of the Upper West Side knocked out power to more than 45,000 customers on Saturday evening, Con Edison said.

The blackout stopped subway service, halted Broadway shows, disabled traffic lights and may have trapped people in elevators. Carnegie Hall was evacuated mid-show and the singers continued their performance outside.

Midtown Blackout: Real-Time Transit Updates Here
The power outage appears to be a transformer issue at 49th Street and then another problem at 64th Street, according to a senior fire official and a senior NYPD official who spoke on a condition of anonymity.

There was nothing to suggest anything deliberate, they said.

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The outage stretched from 40th Street to Columbus Circle, according to the FDNY. The Con Ed power outage map, which showed more than 45,200 customers were without power, indicated the outage stretched from the far west side to Fifth Avenue.

"We are responding to extensive outages on the Westside of Manhattan," Con Ed said in a tweet.


NYC Power Outage: Photos of the Blackout
Firefighters were on the scene of a transformer fire on 64th Street and West End Avenue, the

There was limited subway service across New York City, according to the MTA.

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The NYPD tweeted that it was responding to reports of power outages at the Columbus Circle subway

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Traffic lights were out and police were directing traffic around Rockefeller Center. In other areas, civilians stepped in to direct traffic, according to photos and videos posted to social media.

Several Broadway shows were blackened, including "Pretty Woman" and "Cher," which had audiences standing on the streets. The casts of "Come From Away" and "Hadestown" gave impromptu performances to the crowd on the street.

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A blackout across much of midtown Manhattan and part of the Upper West Side knocked out power to more than 45,000 customers on Saturday evening, Con Edison said.

The blackout stopped subway service, halted Broadway shows, disabled traffic lights and may have trapped people in elevators. Carnegie Hall was evacuated mid-show and the singers continued their performance outside.

Midtown Blackout: Real-Time Transit Updates Here
The power outage appears to be a transformer issue at 49th Street and then another problem at 64th Street, according to a senior fire official and a senior NYPD official who spoke on a condition of anonymity.

There was nothing to suggest anything deliberate, they said.

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The outage stretched from 40th Street to Columbus Circle, according to the FDNY. The Con Ed power outage map, which showed more than 45,200 customers were without power, indicated the outage stretched from the far west side to Fifth Avenue.

"We are responding to extensive outages on the Westside of Manhattan," Con Ed said in a tweet.


NYC Power Outage: Photos of the Blackout
Firefighters were on the scene of a transformer fire on 64th Street and West End Avenue, the

There was limited subway service across New York City, according to the MTA.

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The NYPD tweeted that it was responding to reports of power outages at the Columbus Circle subway

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Traffic lights were out and police were directing traffic around Rockefeller Center. In other areas, civilians stepped in to direct traffic, according to photos and videos posted to social media.

Several Broadway shows were blackened, including "Pretty Woman" and "Cher," which had audiences standing on the streets. The casts of "Come From Away" and "Hadestown" gave impromptu performances to the crowd on the street.

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It happened in NYC.
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