Grand Central Station completely lost power for more than 30 minutes Thursday night, sinking the commuter hub into darkness and stirring confusion.
The station went dark around 8:35 p.m. and was restored shortly after 9 p.m., according to FDNY and witnesses. Firefighters evacuated five people stuck in elevators, an FDNY spokesperson said.
Trains, including the subway, Metro-North and Long Island Railroad were not disrupted, NYC Emergency Management posted on X after power was restored.
It was not immediately clear what caused the outage.
“It was out for about 45 minutes,” said a police source at the scene. “We had to rescue a few people from elevators but no one was hurt.”
”We still have no idea what happened,” the source added.
Videos posted on social media showed people walking