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NYC Registration Opens for 100,000 Free Macy’s July 4 Fireworks Tickets

Registration opens at 8:30 a.m. with priority text access; ticketed zones alongside public sites line the East River.

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Spectators watch the New York City Macy's fireworks display on July 04, 2024 in Hoboken, NJ.
Spectators gather along Williamsburg's waterfront in Brooklyn for the Macy's fireworks display with a view of Manhattan's skyline, as fireworks explode from barges on the East River to celebrate Independence Day on Monday July 4, 2022, in New York. (Bebeto Matthews / AP)

Overview

  • Residents can register online at july4thtickets.events.nyc for free seats at Brooklyn Bridge Park or Seaport piers, with 100,000 tickets available on a first-come, first-served basis.
  • The first 2,500 people to text “FIREWORKS” to 917-909-2288 will receive four early-access tickets for Brooklyn Bridge Park before general release.
  • Each applicant may request up to four tickets for Brooklyn Bridge Park and two for Seaport piers, and an ADA-accessible area at Murray Bergtraum Field opens via Pike Street and Cherry Street.
  • Non-ticket holders can watch the 49th Macy’s show from designated entry points on the FDR Drive, including Montgomery Street, Robert F. Wagner Sr. Place and Broad Street.
  • The 25-minute display will launch over 80,000 shells from four barges and the Brooklyn Bridge at 8 p.m. ET on July 4 and stream live on NBC and Peacock.