The trapped riders were eventually led off the stalled trains by firefighters into dark subway tunnels and up service stairways that led to trapdoors in the middle of Brooklyn sidewalks.

Thousands of passengers were evacuated from two subway trains stuck in Brooklyn after a power failure Wednesday evening, MTA officials said. The power failure occurred between the Jay Street–MetroTech station and the Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets station around 5:30 p.

Multiple subway lines were suspended as heavy rain walloped the region on Wednesday night, sparking a power loss that left some commuters stranded for hours, the MTA said.

Thousands of passengers were evacuated from two subway trains stuck in Brooklyn after a power failure Wednesday evening, MTA officials said.