Friday, July 4, 2025

The newly opened section of East River Park will be closed for the fireworks tonight

Planning to catch the fireworks from the newly opened section — as of Memorial Day — of East River Park tonight? 

Unfortunately, that's not an option. 

Signs are up at the Delancey Street overpass announcing that the Park closes at 3 p.m. 

We did not see any similar signs up at the Houston or Sixth Street entrances. (The 10th Street entry is closed for gutting.) 

We asked a Parks officer at Delancey about access there this evening, but he didn't know.

Updated 4 p.m. 

A few photos of the FDR... southbound lanes closed at Houston...
The Sixth Street entrance is open... though there won't be much of a view for fireworks ...
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5 comments:

  1. MarkJuly 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM

    This is a brand new park. Given how the public treated the newly opened pool in Central Park last week, this area could also face chaos and excessive littering, It should be closed on the 4th.

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    1. VH McKenzieJuly 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM

      I reluctantly agree. This small section of the renovation of the East River Park would be overwhelmed. Between the many saplings and the newly-placed sod, a crush of enthusiastic celebrants (delightedly drunk and disorderly - no judgement!) squeezed into such a small section of the waterfront, could wreak havoc. It's a shame.

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  2. UnknownJuly 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM

    That figures they finally finish a section of the East River Park that we LES/EV residents can easily walk to view the fireworks show on the East River tonight and the city closes it off. Makes no sense.

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  3. #DONTEVERCALLMEBROJuly 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM

    "We did not see any similar signs up at the Houston or Sixth Street entrances." As per the latest ESCR PDF, those entry points are still open to Field 6 and the Track and Field. However viewing would be rather piss poor from those locations IMO (and the newly opened sections as well) since the Park takes a hard south direction just past the newly opened Field 1&2. Might as well just stand on East Broadway, Madison, Henry, etc. to view the fireworks.

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  4. Cole 6th & BJuly 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM

    The newly open section currently can only be accessed by a single very narrow pedestrian bridge which would be a dangerous choke point with July 4th crowds. I get why they’ve closed it. In the future it’ll be great

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