This year the Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks will be launched from seven barges staged in the East River between East 23rd and East 40th Streets. Per the official website, “the fireworks may be viewed from any area in Brooklyn with an unobstructed view of the sky above the East River.” Macy’s does not recommend Brooklyn Bridge […]
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Macy’s 2012 4th Of July Fireworks Diss Brooklyn… Or Not?
We reported earlier Tuesday that unfortunately for residents of Brooklyn, Queens and the east side of Manhattan, Macy’s had announced that—for the fourth consecutive year—the 2012 Fourth of July fireworks would be launched from barges in the Hudson instead of the East River. However, this evening, Orlando Veras, a spokesman for Macy’s Fireworks contacted the […]
Happy Fourth!
A typical Fourth of July scene in Brooklyn Heights this year: Old Glory projecting from a bishop’s crook lamppost, and draped over a sidewalk construction bridge.
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