KA-BOOM! Fireworks on East River

By on June 26, 2010 9:14 pm in Brooklyn Heights

The fireworks over the East River tonight are courtesy of Children’s Day at the South Street Seaport.

Loud enough for ya?

Karl Junkersfield video

18 Responses to KA-BOOM! Fireworks on East River

  1. Adam Kemmerer June 26, 2010 at 9:59 pm #

    AMAZING!!! thanks for letting us know who to thank. the view from our roof was unbelievable!!! BRAVO Children’s Day At South Street Seaport!

  2. Joe June 26, 2010 at 10:06 pm #

    Beautiful from Pier 1 but kids didn’t like it as much as I did due to noise.

  3. Melissa June 26, 2010 at 10:09 pm #

    Anyone know how to find out the schedule for upcoming fireworks?

  4. Harry the Horse June 26, 2010 at 10:13 pm #

    The fireworks were advertised as starting at “dusk”. They started at 9:30 pm, over an hour post-dusk. Did they mean when it was dusk in Chicago? While 9:30 is fine for older kids, it really was wrong for them to start so late- many disappointed youngsters.

  5. Erin June 26, 2010 at 10:26 pm #

    Firework schedule:
    http://www.iboatnyharbor.com/Harbor%20Events.htm

  6. Rochdalian June 26, 2010 at 11:56 pm #

    My floor was shaking!!!

  7. Lori June 27, 2010 at 6:13 am #

    The fireworks at 9:40 PM last night (the usual time for fireworks to start) were SPECTACULAR – kind of makes up for the 4th of July and no crowds! They were sponsored by TARGET.

  8. Karl Junkersfeld June 27, 2010 at 7:19 am #

    I agree with Lori 100%. They were SPECTACULAR.. Really enjoyed them with my neighbors up on the roof.

  9. jorale-man June 27, 2010 at 8:51 am #

    I’m curious if there will be views of any fireworks over the harbor on July 4th – not the big Macy’s show, of course, but any from Jersey or Staten Island? I seems like there should be something…

  10. Andrew Porter June 27, 2010 at 10:09 am #

    You can usually see stuff in NJ waaaay over there, along the shores of Jersey City or Newark.

    Aren’t there always fireworks in the summer sponsored by South Street Seaport —come out and shop till you drop, suckers— at 9:30pm on Thursday nights?

    Last night I called friends in Manhattan and screamed “We surrender!” into the cellphone, but I couldn’t hear their answer.

  11. Mona Bregman June 27, 2010 at 12:15 pm #

    Last night’s fireworks were brought to us by Target. Every year, they sponsor the fireworks for Children’s Day. They are usually the best fireworks of the year. I was on a terrace on Willow Street. The barges were directly in front of us. At times, it felt as if the displays were coming right at us. They were FANTASTIC! Thank you Target!

  12. Teddy June 27, 2010 at 2:13 pm #

    I had a great view from my roof. I was looking around at the other roofs and only 3 or 4 had people on them. When Macys has their 4th of July fireworks on the East River, a lot more roofs are packed with people. A lot of people were either unaware of the Target fireworks or just out of town. As for young children & fireworks, their ears are much more sensitive to noise, so fireworks can actually be like a little torture to them. The sudden explosions that seem to be “coming at them” don’t help either. I always encounter a bunch of crying children at public fireworks.

  13. Brian Kadar June 27, 2010 at 2:39 pm #

    Here is video I took from the promenade last night (the last 10 minutes, they were long!):

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUeLXwlyXiM&hd=1

  14. Carol Ziegler June 27, 2010 at 3:46 pm #

    Perhaps because I’m in the sound-path of East River Fireworks, I would ask that the powers that be cut-down on the number of evenings when the “bombs” go “bursting in air.” Fourth of July, of course. I agree with David Yassky. They belong here. The many, many, others, not.

  15. lois June 27, 2010 at 6:52 pm #

    Thanks for the video, Brian. The finale lit up the whole promenade, so that you could see everyone watching from there.

  16. heightsdiho June 27, 2010 at 6:52 pm #

    One of the great things about living in the Heights is the seemingly random fireworks displays. Yes, they are loud, but spectacular. How gray and dreary the world would be without celebrations. Hurrah for the pyrotechnics!

  17. lois June 27, 2010 at 6:56 pm #

    Thanks for the video, Karl – and for the music you added.

  18. Heather Quinlan June 27, 2010 at 10:10 pm #

    Great minds, Karl! I used the 1812 Overture when I filmed something called Punkin’ Chunkin’ a couple years ago:
    http://science.discovery.com/videos/punkin-chunkin-2008-mashup-punkin-chunkin-is-coming.html

    Though the song will always remind me of Caddyshack :)