page_title: New York City steam system
section_title: Plants
hierarchical_section_title: New York City steam system / Plants
caption_attribution_description: English: Looking up and north from 58th at former en:Interborough Rapid Transit Company power station at 11th Avenue and West 59th Street, Manhattan on a rainy late afternoon. Owned and operated by Con Edison since the middle 20th century. See also File:IRT 58 St power sunny jeh.jpg.
context_page_description: The New York City steam systems include Con Edison's Steam Operations, and other smaller steam systems that provide steam to New York University and Columbia University. Many individual buildings in New York have their own steam systems.
context_section_description: East 74th Street Station (at FDR Drive) 40.7668749°N 73.9508952°W
  60th Street Station (at York Ave.) 40.7598303°N 73.9589127°W
  59th Street Station (at 11th Ave.) (IRT Powerhouse) 40.7689531°N 73.991624°W
  East River Station (14th St. and FDR) (cogeneration) 40.7277782°N 73.9732059°W
  BNYCP Plant (Brooklyn Navy Yard Cogeneration Partners) (cogeneration) 40.699314°N 73.976086°W
  Ravenswood "A" House Steam Station (Queens) 40.7561804°N 73.9503086°W
caption: West 59th Street plant
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