I love fireworks!  a list … for you

July 4th Celebrations in and around NYC

New York

Brookhaven Star Spangled Blast in Farmingville, click here

Stars Over Montauk, go to Umbrella Beach, 9 - 10 pm

Fireworks in Astoria Park, but on June 30th, click here

4th Celebration at Dutchess County Fairgrounds in Rhinebeck , click here

White Plains High School fireworks, July 1, 6 - 9:30 pm

Nanuet Music Festival and Fireworks, July 1, 8 pm - Nyack/Piermont Area

Independence Day Celebration at West Point, July 3, 7 pm, Garrison

Ulster County Fairgrounds in New Paltz, click here

Fire Island, Great South Bay off Davis Park - any shorline from Smith Point to Bay Shore

so many more in hudson valley… click here

Manhattan

Macy’s Fireworks Spectacular “American Harmony” - Hudson River, between 24th and 50th Street. Will begin at 9 pm and is set to last about a half hour. (consider going to the Jersey side to view the display - Hoboken and Weehawken definitely, Jersey City and North Bergen too or from Long Island City at Gantry Plaza State Park or Water Taxi Beach or Maspeth in Western Queens) To plan ahead, check out this info

New Jersey

Good list of New Jersey towns and their firework plans here

The Shore:

Atlantic City Borgata Hotel

Ocean City, around 9th Street

Wildwood at 10 pm, Pine Avenue on the Boardwalk

Asbury Park Boardwalk at dusk

Boston

Spectacular, to say the least! Click here

Pennsylvania

Central PA 4th Fest Star Spangled Spectacular, click here

Philadelphia Wawa Welcome America, click here

Massachusettes

Star Spangled Springfield, click here

Amherst Stars in the Sky, click here

Connecticut

New London Sailfest, fireworks July 10th, click here (close enough to the 4th!)

These are my people.

Mermaid Parade in Coney Island, Saturday, June 19th at 2 pm.

photo found here

click pic for official website

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade [new] Route 2009 

The parade begins at 77th Street an Central Park West at 9 am and will continue South on Central Park West.  At Columbus Circle the parade will turn east onto Central Park South and continue until intersecting with 7th Avenue. At 42nd Street it will travel east until 6th Avenue and then back south again to Macy’s Herald Square where it should end around noon at 34th and 6th Avenue.

If you’re not into the parade, maybe you want to get in the spirit by watching the balloons get blown up on this evening.  Inflation begins at 3 pm and ends at 10 pm.

Veterans Day 90th Anniversary Parade

Takes beeing local to the n’th degree.

click the map for more information on the ceremony, parade and following street fair.