Four people were injured, and thousands of riders had to be evacuated from stalled trains after a Con Edison power failure in Downtown Brooklyn disrupted service on several lines Wednesday night, according to officials.
The MTA says power was lost around 5:30 p.m. between Jay Street/MetroTech station and Hoyt-Schermerhorn due to an underground fire, resulting in disruption to the A/C/F/G lines, which either lost power or had to be rerouted.
They say about 3,500 riders had to be evacuated from two F trains that were stalled due to power loss. The evacuations were completed several hours later.
Three additional trains were briefly stuck without power, and were able move backward to stations with power…