July 3, 2009
Fourth of July guide: fireworks, freebies, webcams
The 33rd Annual Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks this year moves to the Hudson River to mark the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s first voyage there.
 The 26-minute SOUSA Firework shows will start at 9:20 p.m. with more than more than 40,000 shells fired from six barges in the river between 24th and 50th streets.
Tune your radio to 10101 Wins, which will broadcast the live music in sync with the fireworks. NBC will broadcast the fireworks show, along with the live performance, which will feature the New York Pops, Rob Thomas, Jewel, Karen Olivo and the cast of Broadway’s “West Side Story.”
See Macy’s suggested fireworks public viewing areas as well as the city’s street closures. The NYPD advisory notes “no large backpacks, coolers or alcoholic beverages will be allowed in the viewing area.”
Fireworks cruises
South Street Seaport’s Schooner Pioneer
World Yacht Fourth of July Dinner Cruise
Spirit of NY Fireworks Dinner Cruise
Manhattan by Sail cruise
NY Waterway - waitlist
Fireworks viewing locations
Chelsea Piers
Empire State Building
Top of the Rock
Circle Line’s Rooftop Party
Roof deck of Pier 66
Fireworks on the Hudson at Hudson Terrace
Extreme eating
Nathan’s International Hot Dog Eating Contest - July 4 noon at Coney Island
Special museum events
Declaration of Independence, in Thomas Jefferson’s hand, at the NY Public Library at Fifth and 42nd from 1 to 5 p.m.
Free admission at the New-York Historical Society if you wear red, white and blue
Whitney Museum of American Art drops admission to $4 on July 4th
Louis Armstrong House Museum open on the 4th of July, “in honor of Louis’s traditional birthday” with live jazz
Brooklyn Museum’s free America Remix events
Historic Richmond Town Independence day Events
Other 4th of July events
7th Annual Candlelight Walking Tour of Revolutionary War New York at 2 a.m.
New York Philharmonic’s Summertime Classics “Born on the Fourth of July” concert
River to River concert: Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band with Jenny Lewis
Yankees home game vs. Toronto
Statue of Liberty crown reopens
Water Taxi Beach Governors Island soft opens
Big Onion walking tour: Revolutionary New York
Staten Island Yankees home game vs. Lowell Spinners
American Stars 4th of July at Dreamland Roller Rink
AVP pro volleyball tournament at Coney Island
Adventure Course at Alley Pond Park free all day
Independence Day Pig Roast at Queens County Museum
Free Declare Independence family events at Lefferts Historic House
Free Independence Day History Hike with the Urban Park Rangers
Free Honor Our Independence walking tour of Central Park
Free History Club: The Lore of July 4 lecture on Staten Island
Free RCTA Sunset Concert: Jazz Music with Ron McClure in Riverside Park
Free Washington’s Troop on the Hill walking tour at Van Cortlandt Nature Center
Free Eagle as Icon lecture at Prospect Park
Broadway’s July 4 performance schedule changes
Eating
Eater’s 4th of July map
Drinking
Patriotic Pub Hop - July 4 from 2 p.m.
For the Fourth, The Half King will extend happy our to 10 p.m. with $4 draft beers.
Fireworks webcams
Intrepid
Wired NY’s Hudson River webcam
West Street at Canal traffic cam
Earth TV
Standard Hotel
Downtown view from Empire State Building
Hotel fireworks packages
Mandarin Oriental
Westin Times Square
Holiday closures
Staten Island Ferry suspended from 8 to 10 p.m.
High Line park closes at 3 p.m.
Other closures (NY Times list)
Image credit: Macy’s Fireworks Viewing Map provided by Macy’s
July 3, 2009 11:39 AM in Cheap Stuff, Kids, Midtown, Museums, Out of Manhattan, Sightsology
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