What do you do in NYC on the 4th of July?

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<p>What is there to do this holiday?</p>

<p>Are the fireworks worth seeing?</p>

<p>Where do you watch them from?</p>

<p>Are the cruise ships/ firework watching trips worth it?</p>

<p>We are planning on visiting the weekend before - and wondering if it’s worth staying for that night.</p>

<p>thanks!</p>

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<p>You find a friend who works on a high floor of a building with a good view of the fireworks and have an illicit drunken fireworks party in his office.</p>

<p>Well, that’s what people did when I was young and lived in the NYC area.</p>

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<p>One year we booked a boat cruise and the boat went out into the Harbor for a great view of the fireworks. They close the major roadway that runs alongside the river and it becomes a pedestrian mall for watching the incredible fireworks. Or, you do what Marian suggests. ;)</p>

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<p>NYC fireworks are amazing and last 45+ minutes from multiple barges in the river. (that said, we’re usually at the beach and go to Asbury Park’s show, which lasts 10-15 minutes)</p>

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<p>You can go to the Coney island hot dog eating contest. I actually like to watch the fire works from Jersey across the river with the city as the back drop. So pretty.</p>

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<p>[New</a> York Fireworks and July 4th 2012 NY Fireworks Celebration](<a href=“http://www.july4thfireworks.com/new-york/]New”>http://www.july4thfireworks.com/new-york/)</p>

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<p>You need to approach it as an adventure. The best viewing areas for the fireworks are usually very crowded and transportation can be…difficult and congested. That said, NYC puts on a tremendous display usually coordinated to music, that lasts a long time and usually premiers the “newest” in pyrotechnics.</p>

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<p>You go out to an early dinner or bring a picnic; walk over to the West Side Highway early and find seats (best to have jackets to sit on). NYC fireworks are some of the best anywhere.</p>

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<p>thanks everyone.</p>

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<p>NYC son and daughter-in-law scheduled their wedding on July 4 so he’d always remember their anniversary, she’d always have off of work, and there’d always be fireworks.</p>