Power Restored For Nearly 2,000 People In Washington Heights

UPDATE: 5:45 P.M.

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — Almost all of the residents who lost power earlier Thursday in a three-block area of Washington Heights had their power restored around 5:30 p.m.

There are still 106 residents without full power between West 173rd and 176th Streets, but that is down from the almost 2,000 community members in the dark earlier in the day, according to the Con Edison outage map.

Con Edison previously said that the residents would get their power back by 3 p.m., before pushing the estimate back to 8 p.m. — and actually restoring the power in between those two times.

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — An area encompassing three blocks in Washington Heights has lost power on Thursday, leaving almost 2,000 residents in the dark, according to Con Edison.

The energy company's outage map reports 1,911 customers without full power near St. Nicholas Avenue and West 173rd to 176th Streets.

Con Edison estimates that the customers won't get power back until 8 p.m. on Thursday, an estimate that recently changed from 3 p.m. earlier in the day.

Washington Heights Power Outage: .@ConEdison is distributing dry ice to customers without power until 9PM on Broadway between W 173 St & W 174 St, MN, unless power is restored in the area before that time. Info: Call 1-800-752-6633 or https://t.co/6AaYGsJYTy
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The outage in Washington Heights is by far the biggest in the city as of Thursday at 3 p.m., with the only other outages in Manhattan being two individual people on the Upper West Side and in the Meatpacking District.

Prior to Thursday, NYC faced four straight days of sustained high temperatures and three days of a heat advisory. The heat broke Wednesday night, though, after a rainstorm.

The biggest localized outage during the period was 1,700 customers in Williamsburg, which the Washington Heights outage on Thursday is now bigger than.

Temperatures currently sit around 77 degrees.

There are four cooling centers in Upper Manhattan, but all of them are closed on Thursday and Friday.

Here are some other spots where people in Washington Heights can cool down from the heat.

• Fort Washington Park Spray Shower
• Wright Brothers Playground Misting Station
• 4 Spray Showers in Highbridge Park
• 2 Misting Stations in Highbridge Park
• Mitchel Square Misting Station
• J. Hood Wright Park Spray Shower

This is a developing story, please check back in for details.