Which prompted plenty of tweets... and concern!Today is 10/12 and there are no official fireworks scheduled.
— NYC Fireworks (@nyc_fireworks) October 12, 2022
Ok are there fireworks or is NYC under attack?!
— Bright Light Bright Light (@brightlightx2) October 13, 2022
I hope those are fireworks…but why are there fireworks in NYC now?
— Trevor Abenavoli (@trevaben) October 13, 2022
Anyone in NYC know what the fireworks are about rn?
— Sriram Ramakrishnan (@Sreezy3000) October 13, 2022
East Village feels like July 4th
Myles Miller of NBC New York got the scoop today from the FDNY: The fireworks marked the end of filming the fifth and final season of "The The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel."Just a massive fireworks show at 9pm on a Wednesday in October and no one knows why because nyc https://t.co/DjbmxceKzE
— Allison Klein (@televisionwhore) October 13, 2022
All good now?.@FDNY: “The purpose of the fireworks display was marking the end the filming season for the @MaiselTV” cc: @evgrieve @nyc_fireworks https://t.co/VDT8neLP6a
— myles miller (@MylesMill) October 13, 2022
Ha! My husband and I arguing if it was a. Fireworks b. ConEd letting off steam or c. Armageddon
— don't make me come in there (@nervesarackin) October 13, 2022
These fireworks won't be set off in your neighborhood thanks to the Intelligence Bureau. Their precise work has led to several arrests and the confiscation of these fireworks.
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) June 26, 2020
Not only is this a quality of life issue, fireworks are illegal. pic.twitter.com/iaJpDEA6DC
People setting off fireworks from Avenue C and neighboring buildings caused a fire at 1 a.m. on the rooftop of our co-op. Thankfully someone saw it and called the Fire Department and no one was hurt. Our doors were destroyed by the firefighters gaining entry, and an apartment now has considerable water damage as a result of the effort to put out the fire.
According to city data, 849 complaints about fireworks were logged with the city's 311 hotline in the last two weeks alone. That's a nearly 4,000 percent increase from the same period in 2019, which saw just 21 recorded complaints. In the first two weeks of June during the previous five years, there were less than 50 complaints related to fireworks in total.
As with other 311 data, it's not clear that the figures reflect an actual spike in activity. In many cases, the growth of nuisance calls is a better barometer of gentrification than any specific change in behavior. But while illicit fireworks have long served as the sonic backdrop to summer nights in NYC, some residents say the intensity and frequency has been noticeably greater in 2020, with many of the late-night displays appearing strangely professional.
Now, people in the city that never sleeps have a new audio accompaniment to their surreal spring: Booming, amateur fireworks displays that start at sundown and continue deep into the night.
Illicit bursts of fireworks from street corners and rooftops aren’t uncommon in the city’s neighborhoods in the days before the Fourth of July, but the past few weeks has seen an extraordinary surge in such displays.
In the first half of June, there were 80 times as many #nycfireworks complaints compared to the same period last year. Fireworks usually start late June. This year it’s earlier, longer and bigger. Who’s supplying all these professional-grade fireworks? https://t.co/NwoVJI7RQg
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) June 21, 2020
Fireworks going off around midnight in the east village in nyc. Whoo. pic.twitter.com/qBoo0rXTFh
— EdenBrower (@edenbrower) April 4, 2020
Since 1976, Macy’s Fireworks have grown in scale and artistry as they burst to life over many of New York City’s waterways and neighborhoods. Incorporating landmarks and celebratory milestones is a Macy’s Fireworks signature. Macy’s last showcased the Brooklyn Bridge when its structure served as the launchpad for key moments in the 2014 show.
This year’s presentation will add three times more pyrotechnic firepower as Macy’s creative team expands the design to include more dazzling and intricate effects firing from locations spanning the entire bridge. On Independence Day, millions of spectators will enjoy jaw-dropping effects launching from more than a dozen points off the famed Brooklyn landmark throughout the 25-minute display.
East 2nd St and Ave B, 1am, 12.16.18 from r/nyc
Fireworks? Gunfire? Anybody know what that was in the #eastvillage NYC a minute ago?— Tom Cunniff (@tomcunniff) November 11, 2018
A pyrotechnic anthem for the ages will ignite New York City’s famed skyline on Tuesday, July 4, as the 41st Annual Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks® launch an unrivaled barrage of color, shape, light and sound to celebrate Independence Day.
The nation’s largest pyrotechnic display will come to life over the East River, captivating more than 3 million spectators lining the shorelines, waterways, streets and rooftops of the Big Apple and millions more on television coast-to-coast as together they marvel at the nation’s largest and most exciting party.
Beginning at approximately 9:25 p.m., the first shells will launch the celebration along the shores of Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn with more than 60,000 effects rumbling toward the grand finale.
The 41st edition of the festivities will showcase a 25-minute display featuring never-before-seen shells and effects. Pyro Spectaculars by Souza is once again at the helm of the pyrotechnics that will feature multiple new shells including color changing chrysanthemums, purple crackling ghost peonies, orange bees, and pulsing happy faces in 23 electrifying colors including fuchsia, lemon and aqua.
The show — which will start at 9:25 p.m. on July 4 — will once again be shot off from four barges on the water located between 23rd and 37th streets in Midtown and another below the Brooklyn Bridge near South Street Seaport, officials said.
This is the 40th year for the annual holiday show, which will last 25 minutes and feature more than 52,000 shells, according to organizers.
The show, sponsored by Macy’s Inc., will feature fireworks from two additional barges and is moving farther north along the river to give Queens residents a better view. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio had long sought to return the display to the East River, saying it could be seen by more New Yorkers.
Last year, Mr. de Blasio moved the Independence Day celebration back to the East River after it had been displayed over the Hudson River since 2009.
The fireworks will launch from one double-wide barge south of the Brooklyn Bridge and four barges between 23rd and 37th Streets. The 25-minute show is scheduled to begin at about 9:20 p.m. on July 4 and fire 40,000 pyrotechnic shells into the sky.
