Despite soaring temperatures, crowds flocked to City Island on Friday to kick off the Fourth of July holiday weekend with fresh seafood, waterfront views and patriotic shopping.<\/p>\n
Restaurants along the island were busy as visitors lined up for seafood at Tony’s Pier, one of the area’s popular waterfront destinations.<\/p>\n
Steven, who traveled from New Jersey, said returning to City Island brings back childhood memories.<\/p>\n
“It’s where my parents took us when we were little, so we keep the tradition going,” he said.<\/p>\n
Business owners said they spent the days leading up to the holiday preparing for one of the busiest weekends of the summer.<\/p>\n
“You’ve got to go heavy on all the preparations,” said Tony Palumbo of Tony’s Pier. “With the amount of people, it’s going to be hot and heavy.”<\/p>\n
Beyond the restaurants, many visitors gathered along the waterfront for a chance to watch the Parade of Tall Ships as the vessels made their way through New York Harbor during the first parade since 1976.<\/p>\n
“It’s a beautiful sight to see. I’m glad I caught it,” one visitor said.<\/p>\n
“It’s an iconic, once-in-a-lifetime moment, so we came to see if we could catch it from here,” said Abby, a City Island resident.<\/p>\n
Holiday shoppers also stopped by Kaleidoscope Gallery, where patriotic-themed merchandise filled the shelves ahead of Independence Day.<\/p>\n
“We have patriotic jewelry for men, pendants, rings with eagles, American-themed stainless steel jewelry and porcelain eagles available,” said owner Paul Klein.<\/p>\n
Visitors said City Island offers something for everyone during the holiday weekend, from fresh seafood and local shopping to waterfront views and festive celebrations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite soaring temperatures, crowds flocked to City Island on Friday to kick off the Fourth of July holiday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286304,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-286303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286303","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=286303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}