Transformer explosion at NY Times printing plant

"At approximately 2:30 am, there appears to have been an electrical fire at the New York Times plant. Fire lit up the sky as cars drove along the neighboring Whitestone expressway. Several fire trucks were on the scene by 2:45 am. ... Can we find out more? Why did this happen? Lights dimmed in the nearby Mitchell Gardens buildings." - Anonymous #1

"My next door neighbor said he heard a grinding noise around 2 a.m. which was followed by an electric explosion, as he described it. There was a lot of black smoke and flames. He called 911 and the operator didn't know where the NY Times printing plant was located! However, fire engines arrived a short time later and extinguished the flames, according to my source.  I could see some damage to the building earlier today but it didn't look as bad as what was described to me. I observed there were a lot more vehicles parked near the front of the complex than usual. For a while, 2 fire trucks were parked out front as well.  I just checked and the printing plant is lit up and I'm assuming they're spitting out Sunday's Times as we speak." - Anonymous #2

After a little bit of searching, here's what I came up with:

QNS ALL HANDS 25-70 WHITESTONE EXPWY W, COMMERCIAL (NY TIMES) TRANSFORMER FIRE WITH SLIGHT EXTENSION TO BUILDING, UNDER CONTROL
— FDNY (@FDNY) June 8, 2013

NY Times is subletting space

From the NY Post:

The New York Times is downsizing, sort of. A new marketing brochure from Greiner-Maltz is pitching a sublease of 6,000 square feet of offices at the paper's 400,000-square-foot modern printing plant near LaGuardia Airport that will have its own entrance and access to the company cafeteria for $45 per foot. An additional 85,000 square feet of parking is also available for about $8 per foot.