Brooklyn residents exasperated on fourth day without power

"Con Ed said those customers in Park Slope are expected to have their power restored Tuesday afternoon. It all started as a result of manhole fires on Saturday. The utility said those manhole fires were triggered by melting snow from last week's storm. "As the snow melts, road salt mixes with the water and seeps into the underground system, corroding wires, stressing equipment and causing localized failures," a Con Ed spokesperson said."

"Residents along Fourth Avenue near Bergen Street have bene running stoves in their apartments for heat, layering up and have been using flashlights to get around. "They're acting as though it's some act of God, that we could have never foreseen this. But, you know, this is part of the system and they should develop a system where it's resilient to that more, that it's able to be fixed very easily," Park Slope resident Sam Dealy said."

Hundreds of Brooklyn residents have been without power for four days during a bitter cold streak. Con Ed expects power restoration for Park Slope customers Tuesday afternoon. The outages began after manhole fires on Saturday that the utility attributed to melting snow; road salt mixed with meltwater seeped into the underground system, corroding wires, stressing equipment and causing localized failures. Residents near Fourth Avenue and Bergen Street have been running stoves for heat, layering clothing and using flashlights. A Park Slope resident criticized the system's lack of resilience. Repair crews made overnight progress repairing underground cables between St. Mark's Place and Dean Street, Third to Fifth Avenues, while officials urged contingency plans.

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