14 THE QUEENS COURIER • MARCH 8, 2018 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT WWW.QNS.COM
Nor’easter brings power outages,
plenty of downed trees in Queens
BY SUZANNE MONTEVERDI
smonteverdi@qns.com / @smont76
Hundreds of homes in Bayside,
Flushing, College Point and
Whitestone lost power for days after
Queens got hit by a powerful nor’easter
on March 2.
Through the weekend, Con Edison
crews were active in the area working
to repair power lines and poles that
were knocked down by high winds.
About 785 customers across northeast
Queens were still without electricity as
of Sunday morning, March 4, according
to the Con Edison outage map.
Th e utility scrambled to restore power
to these areas and to harder hit regions
upstate. Con Edison said it received additional
help from other utility companies
across the country and Canada to assist
with the full restoration.
During and after the Friday storm,
you didn’t have to travel very far
to find storm damage. In Bayside,
downed tree limbs littered many of
the local sidewalks and streets. At 39th
Avenue and 217th Street, a large tree
fell over and blocked off the entire
street.
Approximately 40 residents in
Bayside in the vicinity of Corporal
Kennedy Street and 38th Avenue lost
power due to downed wires.
A number of residents shared videos
and photos of some of the local eff ects
of the storm on the Bayside, Queens
Facebook page. One local reported a
fallen tree at Corporal Kennedy Street
and 18th Avenue, along the Q28 Route.
Another shared a video of arcing power
lines in the area.
In Flushing, mainly residents in the
Murray Hill section of the neighborhood
experienced outages. Burning
and downed wires were reported along
both 32nd and 33rd avenues between
172nd and 167th streets.
Services at LaGuardia and Kennedy
Airport resumed aft er being suspended
on March 2 due to high winds. Amtrak
also suspended its service between New
York City and Boston because of “fl ooding
and multiple trees down.”
Just as everybody in Queens recovered
from last week’s storm, in came another
nor’easter on Wednesday, March 7,
that was predicted to dump several inches
of snow.
Con Edison reminds residents not
to touch any downed power lines, as
they may still remain live. Downed
power lines or outages can be reported
on Con Edison’s website or by calling
800-75-CONED (800-752-6633). File a
claim for damages suffered during the
power outage at www.coned.com/en/
services-and-outages/claim-form.
Robert Pozarycki contributed to the
story.
Photo by Suzanne Monteverdi/QNS
A downed tree in Bayside at 39th Avenue and 217th Street