Thousands of subway riders in Downtown Brooklyn evacuated from F trains

December 12, 2024 Brooklyn Eagle Staff

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DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — THOUSANDS OF SUBWAY RIDERS were evacuated by firefighters from two F trains in Downtown Brooklyn during Wednesday’s evening rush hour after a loss of third-rail power, CBS reports. According to the MTA, power was lost between the Jay Street-MetroTech and Hoyt-Schermerhorn Streets stations just before 5:30 p.m. The evacuations took almost three hours. Video shows firefighters pulling riders out of subway grates onto the sidewalk, CBS said. The outage caused delays and service changes on the A, C, F and G lines in Manhattan and Brooklyn for hours.

NYC Transit President Demetrius Crichlow said in a statement, “We thank the hundreds of transit workers, firefighters, NYPD officers and responders from other agencies who worked to quickly assist riders on two trains stuck between stations following a Con Ed power failure … NYC Transit will work with Con Ed to understand how a limited outage in a redundant system could create a significant disruption to service.”

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