Lightning was blamed for the blackout, which impacted 187,068 customers in total: 80,170 in Harlem, 62,745 on the Upper West Side and 44,153 on the Upper East Side.
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Con Edison also reported new power outages in Queens impacting approximately 7,000 customers in Middle Village and Woodside.
Power there was restored by 9 a.m. The Manhattan outage happened just after 5:15 a.m., and footage captured by an Eyewitness News camera showed no power on the Upper West Side north of West 72nd Street.
Power outage hits Upper Manhattan
Con Edison said a problem on a transmission system caused three networks in Manhattan to lose their electric supply.
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The power started to come back on shortly before 6 a.m., with most customers restored in about a half hour.
There were pockets that a little more time to restore, a spokesperson said.
There were mass transit disruptions on A, B, C, D, 1, 2 & 3 train service in Manhattan as a result.
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