Town is gifting away 10,000 free tickets to prime July Fourth fireworks viewing spots on the West Aspect — after the NYPD beforehand landed in sizzling water for roping off areas for personal events.
The tickets — distributed on a first-come first-serve foundation — will present entry to certainly one of two key Manhattan viewing areas for the Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks: Pier 45 in Hudson River Park close to West tenth Avenue and Pier 84 close to West forty fourth Avenue, Mayor Eric Adams advised reporters Tuesday.
Whereas watching the famed fireworks present is technically free, snagging an awesome viewing spot hasn’t all the time been a straightforward course of.
Macy’s will launch fireworks from barges on the Hudson River this yr, versus setting off the spectacular present from the East River for the previous decade. Getty Pictures
In current earlier summers, the NYPD roped off among the greatest public viewing areas for uniformed service members and their households and friends, turning away members of the general public with out law-enforcement connections and creating outcry.
Different viewing sizzling spots, such because the swanky Fulton Restaurant on Pier 17, have solely been in a position to be accessed by spectators who might afford to pay as a lot as $492 per ticket.
Members of the general public can register for the free metropolis tickets beginning at 10 a.m. Wednesday at NYCJuly4.com.
Every particular person is allowed to register for a most of two tickets.
Different non-ticketed public viewing spots alongside the West Aspect Freeway might be crammed on a first-come first-serve foundation, the town mentioned.
The fireworks will begin Thursday, July 4, at 9:25 p.m.
A few of the prime viewing areas had been saved for law enforcement officials and their households in previous years. William Miller
The Macy’s show has been dazzling spectators for many years. WAYNE CARRINGTON
New Yorkers can count on a number of barges positioned within the Hudson River to launch tens of hundreds of fireworks shells in an array of colours and shapes.
For the previous decade, the fireworks had been launched from barges within the East River.