ltd. type holding of verizon new york industry telecommunications founded 1891 headquarters new york ny usa area served new york ny products underground conduits parent verizon new york website empirecitysubway.com empire city subway is a company in new york city which is responsible for maintaining underground conduits in manhattan and the bronx and the manholes by which those conduits are accessed . the company was formed in 1891 as part of a plan for common utility ducts to consolidate all utilities underground . incompatibility among the utilities limited the range of utilities that could share their ducts so the company now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of verizon new york telephone under a franchise from the city . in addition to verizon they provide service to cable television and other telephone companies . ecs truck in east harlem manholes owned by empire city subway can be easily recognized by the abbreviation ecs or ecs co. lim cast into the metal covers . external links edit empire city subway website v t e verizon communications directors james barker richard carri n robert lane sandra moose joseph neubauer thomas o brien hugh bernard price ivan seidenberg walter v. shipley john r. stafford acquired companies gte mci nynex local telephone companies verizon delaware verizon maryland verizon north verizon new england verizon new jersey verizon new york verizon pennsylvania verizon south verizon washington dc verizon virginia services business verizon enterprise solutions wireless verizon wireless residential verizon fios verizon high speed internet other assets awesomenesstv empire city subway terremark go90 aol v t e aol digital media aol.com autoblog cambio engadget go90 makers moviefone on style me pretty techcrunch the huffington post advertising advertising platforms advertising.com be on convertro millennial media one by aol verizon digital media services communication alto mail mail reader search dmoz mapquest search software pc aim desktop shield browser mobile alpha pip sage vivv kanvas discontinued or sold explorer fanhouse gamedaily hometown joystiq openride patch media propeller seed spinner corporate verizon communications acquisitions criticism history category commons retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title empire city subway & oldid 743273129 categories companies based in new york citycompanies established in 1891verizon communicationsnew york city infrastructureamerican companies established in 1891 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 october 2016 at 22 39 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view