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Brooklyn power back on after outage leaves thousands in the dark, Con Edison says
NEW YORK -- A power outage in Brooklyn left thousands of customers in the dark Thursday morning.
Con Edison said a dump truck hit an overhead pole around 7:45 a.m. Thursday in East Flatbush.
The outage impacted more than 8,000 customers in East Flatbush, Midwood and Tilden.
Service was restored a couple hours later, the utility said.
Customers are encouraged to report their outage and check out Con Ed's outage map here.
The utility serves New York City's five boroughs, except for the Rockaways, and Westchester County.
Watch Chopper 2 over Brooklyn power outage
Chopper 2 flew overhead as crews worked to make repairs at the intersection of Glenwood Road and Troy Avenue in East Flatbush.
CBS News New York has a crew headed to the scene and will have live updates on our streaming channel.
