amNY | Oil spill in East River caused by ConEd transformer failure in Brooklyn amNY “A transformer containing approximately 37,000 gallons of insulating oil used with electrical equipment, failed on Sunday May 7 at 12:23 p.m., causing much of the oil to be released within the station property in addition to the East River,” the ... Gallons of oil dumped into East River from Con Ed transformer malfunction Con Edison spills gallons of oil into East River 'Catastrophic failure': Oil spill in NYC East River requires massive cleanup |