Yesterday was July 4th, a national holiday celebrating independence day. The holiday is marked by a massive fireworks display on the Hudson river. Over 75,000 pounds of fireworks are launched from 6 barges and watched by over 2 million people.
We read online that the best place to see the fireworks display was actually from New Jersey. We took the Hoboken bus to Weehawken in New Jersey at around 6pm although the show wouldn't start until 9:20pm. Here we found a spot on the waterfront looking back over at Manhattan.
Arriving early meant we could see the barges taking their positions on the Hudson river accompanied by the NYC fire department boats. The NYC boats became part of the show spraying red and blue water as they passed.
The fireworks were launched from 4 barges on the Hudson river and the show lasted for about 20 minutes. It was an impressive fireworks display especially with the New York City Skyline in the background.
As soon as the fireworks were over everyone rushed to their cars. Traffic was crazy and appeared to be backed up for miles. Eventually our bus arrived and luckily we were near the front of the queue so we got on. We took a bus line and avoided all traffic and were back at the Port Authority Bus terminal in about 20 minutes. We decided to finish the evening with a walk around Times Square. I was expecting it to be busy I just didn't realize how busy it could possibly get.
We read online that the best place to see the fireworks display was actually from New Jersey. We took the Hoboken bus to Weehawken in New Jersey at around 6pm although the show wouldn't start until 9:20pm. Here we found a spot on the waterfront looking back over at Manhattan.
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| View of New York Skyline on July 4th with NYPD Helicopters overhead |
Arriving early meant we could see the barges taking their positions on the Hudson river accompanied by the NYC fire department boats. The NYC boats became part of the show spraying red and blue water as they passed.
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| FDNY boat preparing for Macy's July 4th fireworks display |
The fireworks were launched from 4 barges on the Hudson river and the show lasted for about 20 minutes. It was an impressive fireworks display especially with the New York City Skyline in the background.
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| Macy's July 4th fireworks over New York City |
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| Times Square on July 4th 2012 |
great shot of fireworks dave, must be a decent camera! i could never get that clear a shot, not on my phone anyhow..
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