{"id":275821,"date":"2026-06-23T22:51:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T22:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/275821\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T22:51:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T22:51:17","slug":"4th-of-july-fireworks-2026-public-viewing-in-brooklyn-and-logistics-brooklyn-bridge-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/275821\/","title":{"rendered":"4th of July Fireworks 2026 \u2013 public viewing in Brooklyn and logistics | Brooklyn Bridge Parents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate America\u2019s 250th, and the 50th anniversary of the Macy\u2019s Fireworks, there will be fireworks at the Brooklyn Bridge, East River and Hudson River this year. Spectators must have a ticket to view the fireworks from Brooklyn including Brooklyn Bridge Park and the Promenade. Free tickets will be available via lottery, check back regularly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macys.com\/s\/fireworks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>. We will update this article once we know more!<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5,0,0\">All viewing areas in Brooklyn Bridge Park are ticketed via a lottery and people with tickets will be able to enter the park at 4 PM. Tickets are not yet available.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5,2,0\">There will be limited community tickets available for viewing from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. Distribution details are still being worked out.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5,3,0\">The frozen zone (resident-only access) will be much smaller this year \u2013 with access mainly restricted on Furman, Columbia Heights, Old Fulton\/Doughty\/Vine, Joralemon, and Montague. Montague will remain open for dining and shopping. The exact map detailing closures is still being finalized by NYPD.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5,4,0\">No parking is permitted in the frozen zone. Towing will begin during the evening of July 3 into the morning of July 4.<\/p>\n<p>The Tall Ships are also coming to celebrate the 250th! Some of these ships will be docked at Piers 1, 3 and 5 in Brooklyn Bridge Park, with a parade on July 3 and public tours on July 5-6-7. These tours are free, though reservations strongly encouraged. More info on the Tall Ships and reservations <a href=\"https:\/\/brooklynbridgepark.org\/sail-4th-250-tall-ships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title \">Celebrate Amercia\u2019s 250th anniversary with family in NYC, read our full guide <a href=\"https:\/\/brooklynbridgeparents.com\/celebrate-amercias-250th-anniversary-with-family-in-nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To celebrate America\u2019s 250th, and the 50th anniversary of the Macy\u2019s Fireworks, there will be fireworks at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-275821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}