Astoria Park Fireworks: Independence Day Celebration in NYC

Astoria Park's fireworks celebration captivates crowds with vibrant displays, offering an intimate experience compared to larger events.

### Astoria Park Fireworks Celebration: A Summer Night to Remember
* 🌞 It's a hot summer evening in New York City, with temperatures at **93°F (34°C)** and humidity at **49%**, as I head to Astoria Park for an early Independence Day fireworks celebration.
* 🎆 The fireworks are set to launch around **9 PM**, with live music from the **Swing Time big band** kicking off at **7:30 PM**, creating an **exciting atmosphere** for attendees.
* 🎤 Viewers are encouraged to join the celebration, as I share updates and interact with fans who **welcome me back to the city** after my trip to Indiana for my brother's wedding.
* 🎇 The fireworks are part of a **well-known neighborhood celebration** that typically takes place before the official Macy's fireworks, offering a **more intimate viewing experience**.
* 🚔 NYPD is already securing the area, ensuring **safety as crowds gather**, and I take the opportunity to set up my camera to **capture the show**.
* 🌉 The view from Astoria Park is **spectacular**, with the Hellgate Bridge in sight and a **perfect vantage point for the fireworks**, which are launched from Randall's Island.
* 🎶 As I wait for the show to begin, I enjoy the lively atmosphere, with people participating in activities like Zumba, and I reflect on the **importance of protecting my hearing with earplugs** for the loud fireworks.
* 📸 With the excitement building, I prepare my GoPro settings for **optimal recording**, eager to capture the **stunning display** that is about to unfold.

[Music] so [Music] so [Music] what is up everybody. It is definitely summer. Tuesday evening, June 29th, 2021. It's 93 degrees Fahrenheit, 34 Celsius. Humidity is 49 according to Nightbot here. And I'm on my way to Astoria Park for an Independence Day fireworks celebration. This is going to be a blast, literally. And I'm going to have fun enjoying the fireworks. Lena says welcome back, we missed you. Yes, I'm back in New York City. I arrived in New York City last night, and I got everything I needed to do. Now I'm back live. See Medina 238 with a five dollar super chat saying welcome back. Thank you, See Medina. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Yeah, back in time for the heat wave, right? Not surprising. It's almost July, so we should have a lot of fun today. Also, if you do plan to come to this event, you still have time. I don't think the fireworks are scheduled to launch until at least 8:30 in the evening.

there's going to be a swing time big band there too and live music. Drew says 8:30 still bright. We'll see. I think I've seen him launch as late as nine o'clock before. We do have some time until the fireworks start, a lot of time actually. Joe Hernandez, Jadez, are the fireworks in the park or on the river? Um, I've seen these fireworks many times. It's a well-known neighborhood celebration right before the July 4th official Macy's fireworks, and I usually see them launch from Randall's Island, but you don't want to be there. It's not really that great of a view from Randall's. You want to be in Astoria Park where all the action is. Matthew says love your videos. Thank you, Matthew. Appreciate it. Let's uh, put on my own music because I don't want this music interrupting the live stream. Yes, side efc independence day fires before July 4th. We're celebrating early here. You can see it.

right here, central Astoria local development coalition. Swing time big band music will be followed by fireworks by Grookie, and there's the official flyer Thursday 29th at 7:30 PM, so that should be pretty fun. [Music] Ballast says, Wish we could have seen more of the fireworks. You were in Indiana, yeah, that one. I didn't know about, so it caught me by surprise. I still don't know why they were launching fireworks in Indiana next to my hotel when I was staying there. This will also be good practice for me when the actual real celebration starts on July 4th. I'm planning to record those fireworks as well, but I don't know how well it'll go or if I'm even able to get up close to it. Just Gaming asks if they'll have firecrackers there. No, I think just fireworks. I'm just going to walk by the area where the fireworks are supposed to launch and then maybe I'll hang out for a little bit because we don't want to miss any of the action.

Mike said, I hope I had a nice trip to Indiana. Yes, it was a very nice trip to Indiana, Robert says. Will I be doing a live stream for Macy's fireworks? I don't know. The things with live streaming is um, it's really hard to judge where you're going to be and if the internet signal is going to be strong enough. A live stream may not even work because there's so many people using data in the same place. But right now, I'm planning to record the fireworks in some way or um, some way or another. You know what I'll do? I'll uh, I'll take a picture of this, send it to my other phone, and then put it up so people know what the fireworks are for. Might be good for people to know. Just give me a second and media. Let's see. All right, so I just put it on the screen there. Why there's a fireworks celebration today. That's the official flyer of the event. Astoria Park Great Lawn. That's where the

location is. It says 7:30, but that's when the music starts. And as you can see here, there's NYPD activity all along here already. They're getting ready for the fireworks. All these cars need to make a right turn. Very busy tonight. [Music] The police have this area secure. They want to make sure it's safe. Mark's a second firework stream from Action Kit this month. Actually, it's the third one if you count the Indiana one as a firework stream. It was like less than a minute. I caught the finale unknowingly. [Music] Let's go into the park. [Music] Oftentimes, I find this fireworks celebration happening in Astoria Park, Queens, to be better than the one that's hosted by Macy's. Because the Macy's one, you have to contend with a lot of crowds. Everybody knows about it. You have to wait, and it may not be in the same location all the time, where it'll be far away, like you'll see it from a rooftop or

you'll go by the water, and something's obstructing your view over here. You got a great view of the fireworks, and it's like right up in your face. Yeah, Gigi, you normally see the Astoria fireworks from our rooftop. They start at 9 PM-ish. That's usually what time they start. I found, you know what I'll do, because a lot of people are asking about the fireworks event. I'll put a link to the official page on a pinned message so people could click on it. That way, people are like, Where the fireworks? It says there's fireworks on the title, but there's no fireworks, and that's because it didn't start yet. So, uh, let me address that first live chat. Click here to [Music] [Music] okay, so there it is. We're still very early. I'm just here to do a PSA and see what's happening in the park. There's still plenty of light out today. [Music] well, this is interesting. Let's see this [Music] there's a Zumba class happening right

here in the middle of the track and [Music] field [Music] people saying it's too hot, but look at what these fine people are doing right here. They're doing a zumba class in the middle of this hot weather. [Music] yo yo yo [Applause] [Music] [Applause] okay oh there goes a soccer ball being returned or football depending on where you are. This one says hot to zumba. I mean bless them if they're able to do it in this kind of weather. I'm walking around this kind of weather carrying around a big backpack so [Music] yeah got a nice view of the rfk bridge here. All right reevas you hear there's also fireworks on the second and ninth. I'm sure there's fireworks on those days just gotta know when and where original official it stands for uh robert f kennedy. He was john f kennedy's brother but the former name of this bridge was the triborough bridge. A lot of people including myself still

call it that over here is where the fireworks are going to mainly be visible from. [Music] We got the Astoria skate park here waiting for the fireworks to start. [Music] I wonder where the musicians are going to be because it's supposed to be live music too. Uh, Jonathan, I think they're going to be from land. They've launched them from Randall's Island. [Music] Ed says Fort Wayne looks good tonight. Yeah, Fort Wayne was a really nice city. I enjoyed it a lot. Don't know how it is today because I'm not there anymore, but I don't think it will change much. [Music] Just gaming asking if I've been to the Astoria pool. It's not open yet. The pool's there, but there's no water, and it's not open. And over here, you can buy water guns if you want, and these reversible octopuses that are like really famous now. You see, you reverse it, and it becomes a happy octopus. Although a lot to do with one hand.

you get the idea. I'm still mad. Scott says you're always in touch with your happy Olympics. All right, so here's Shore Boulevard. This is the closest you can get to the fireworks unless you're on the other side, Rando's Island. This group here has a camera out already. [Music] I'll probably be over here because I want to record this too. [Music] Let me test something out here because I want to make sure I could put my camera up because I'm not just going to live stream today. I'm going to try recording this on my GoPro too. [Music] I have a GoPro jaws clamp that I can use. There we go. This one I find the most versatile clamp. Should fit around this big bar here. Let's check it out. You know what? This bar is too fat for it. Oh my gosh, that's not good. I brought the wrong clamp. Oh man. Oh well. I think let's see what else can I use here. Yeah, I know that's the problem. You think

you have everything, and I thought this, oh, it's a metal bar. I've been here all my life. I think this will work, but this stupid thing is too fat for it. So, [Music] um, let's see. I could just use it flat, but, well, I'll just hold it like this. I mean, holding is good too. Just be like, oh, let's livestream with two hands. Yeah, exactly. I'm gonna have to hold it. That's right. It's probably better because, um, getting fireworks from here isn't good all the time either because, um, a lot of the fireworks is about the crowd, the excitement, and I already have one just of like the riverview for Macy's. That was good. Um, let me try this. This thing comes off like this, and I can make it flat. It's not level, so unfortunately, I can't use it like this either. I could hold it like this. Oh, well, just gonna have to be like this. Not an issue. I glass blade doesn't turn into a tripod. Not this one. [Music] They've got the perfect setup there.

tripod over the railing. I could have bought my bendy bendy uh tripod. That one would have worked better. [Music] I'd rather be in the crowd anyway. Oh oh oh oh test fireworks. That's where it's going to be up. We know where it's gonna be now right there right there. [Music] And uh Phil. Fireworks are gonna be that loud over here. I'm gonna need my earplugs. Luckily I brought them. [Music] And now we know that the fireworks are over on this side. Joe says he can't believe it. Stop having cars on Shore Boulevard. Yeah. [Music] [Applause] [Music] So oh my gosh. I had the sound off the entire time. Oops. Oh too bad. He wanted to come up to me and say hi and his name's Gabe. He lives in the neighborhood. As long as there's no audio right now and not during the fireworks we should be good. I should have brought a blanket or something. Too bad. Too bad.

well, maybe I'll sit on the back of this fence as long as it's clean. Well, there's a glass over here, so that's got to go. I'm not sitting on glass. Ah yeah, it's a good spot right here. Well, this tree is going to be a problem right here. Hi, Rivas says I have to remember that next time. Bring a blanket. You know, one year I filmed it from the pedestrian walkway of the RFK Bridge, and I pointed the camera that way. I did it on a GoPro, and I did a zoom lens camera too. It's pretty good from the bridge also, but I think from here is better because you have the view of two bridges and the water. You know, I could clamp it to the trash can. You're right. Someone gave me an idea. Let's go down there. I mean, and no one's going to bother me here with the trash can, at least I hope. You know, they don't want to be next to a smelly bin. Yeah, I am. I'm gonna try to clamp this.

because this thing doesn't fit here. Oh man, too bad. I saw the video of the uh, yeah, you know which one, but the guy, yeah, I know well. Oh, I could flip it this way. There we go, there we go. Curiosity, what are you going for this? That's it, no, the fireworks. Yeah, today, nine, around nine o'clock, 7:30. They're gonna have like music, they said, and then yeah, so stick around if you want to see him. Oh, this is perfect. I know they're all hanging out by the lawn. There is nice too. All right, oh, this, this works. Problem is a garbage can, yeah, behind the scenes. Yep, I know. And uh, if I point it up, oh, in Astoria, yeah, yeah, yeah, he went to Samaria Pizza. I live by there. Oh yeah, that place is so good. Yeah, it's pretty good. So this is how I set up my GoPro, folks. Over here is not bad, but when I point it up, I'm gonna have to see this railing in the way. I could like clamp it on my bag. That

might work too. Yeah, is it gonna be stable though? It will. I mean, no one's gonna move the garbage can, at least I don't think. Let's look. Yeah, this bar is in the way. Darn it. I can move the garbage can, put it over the railing. Well, go down there. Yeah, they yell if you go down there though. That's the problem. Yeah, that's not gonna work. I'll just clamp it to my bag. I don't think it's a big deal. Um, let's see. I can just do this. You know, I got a zipper here. Just put it in here and clamp it to this and then just twist this part onto the other side. There we go. Just gotta twist this now. Let me zip through this up. Let's put this under. Just don't want my back falling down into the rocks there. I think I can adjust this grip to make it tighter too. Uh, where is the pull? I think it's fine like this. Just gotta adjust it this way. Can't see now. Let's move the bag a little bit over to

the right. The bag's hanging on the edge there. All right, all right, we got a good view here, perfect. Ask Swan, so they have an hour to figure it out. I've already figured it out. There's a view. I've got, I've clipped it to my bag like this, and the GoPro is facing this way. This is the view you're gonna get from the camera. Well, I'll try anyway. It's a wide-angle mode, so this is like the view that the GoPro is going to get and capture, is pointing up, so improvise, right? Just clipped into my own bag. Now we just gotta hang out for another like hour and a half, maybe. Yeah, about another hour and a half we gotta wait. Yeah, Scott, I could have brought a tripod. I could have brought the bendy part to just put it around the pole here, would be good too. I have a big one. Yeah, we got a good sunset here. Barnabas asking how was the trip back from Indiana. It was very

very smooth, no real issues in Ohio. There was a big detour with the construction there, but managed to get past that quite well. Let's just sit down and wait now, Lena said. I got too excited and came unprepared. I mean, from here, it's not too bad. I'm just sitting around that there's a cool breeze and right by the water. It's even though it's like 90-something degrees out, you don't really feel it over here by the water. Yeah, Filo was uh, Interstate 71 to 76. I think there was really bad construction there. Yeah, let's point the camera towards the sunset. [Music] That way you like that. It's not crowded here. It's perfect here, and there's plenty of space for people to come and enjoy the fireworks. Okay, uh, who is sponsoring the fireworks tonight? You can visit the official website. I think it's the uh, Central Park Alliance, Central Story. See you, man. Take care. Independent celebration with concert and fireworks on the Astoria Park Great Lawn. Performing live will be the Swing Time.

big band. I don't even see the band right now. It's too bad I don't have my bendy pod. Then I could like go and walk around and not have to worry about my bag. [Music] Where would the band be playing? They should be playing on the great lawn area, which is not too far away from me. I don't even hear the band right now. Okay, Cosmos asking if you could swim at the beach. No, you can't. This one is uh, the shoreline is not swimmable. Oh, foreign. You know what? I think uh, the official website is another one. I gave the wrong one and the pinned message. Yeah, let me fix the link. Okay, [Music] all right, so I just fixed the link. The other link led to another page that has some information on it. Oh, Rob Parker. The fireworks is always on the Tuesday before the 4th of July. Yeah, that's right. You live pretty close to here, somewhere along there. If you live by the water in the Upper East Side and you have a

view of the East River. Here you can see these fireworks pretty well. Yeah, Lynn, as you can see, there's always something to do with New York. Absolutely. I come back, and there's a fireworks celebration today. Well, the day after I come back, really. Kim, the fireworks are being set off right over there, right over there. They're being set off on land. Oh, you know what I should do because I'm gonna have to do it later on anyways? Get my earplugs out because this is going to disrupt the angle of the camera. I just thought of it. Here we go. They're a little bit yellow because they've been used. And, uh, if you got reusable white earplugs and you have to wash them, you're not going to get them back to the white collar anymore. But I made an effort, okay? [Music] Chat, thank you, Nelly. Appreciate it very much. Thank you. Always remember, protect your hearing. I need to untie my earplugs. They got tangled up. My gosh, this thing is so tangled up.

how many knots do I have to undo here? Uh, please, all right, another knot down, but there's still like five more to go. Yeah, they are really tangled up. All right, they're untangled now. Great, there we go, untangled string and the earplugs. Now I could put this in my pocket and put them on when the fireworks show starts. Rob Parker says that body of water is called Hellgate. Why do I think that is? I remember reading up on it once. I forgot the reason why, but I know it is a treacherous body of water. I think it had to do something with like it was as treacherous to traverse as Hell's Gate. Maybe that was a quote why it's called Hellscape, but let me look it up. Hell Gates, let's look up the etymology on it. Etymology, okay, so here is why it's called the Hell Gates. [Music] The name Hellgate is a corruption of the Dutch phrase helicopts. It first appeared on a Dutch map as

hella got the name was originally applied to the entire of the east river by Dutch explorer Adrian Block. The name hellegot was in turn taken from Greek hella spots, which has a dangerous reputation. Alternately, the name could be construed to meaning a bright straight or clear opening because explorers found navigation hazardous in this new world place of rocks and converging tide-driven currents and lesser channels, some which have been filled. The angularization stuck. The strait was also known as hurl gates. My gosh, so interesting name hell gates, hurl gates, helicopters. But the anglization of it stuck because it still is a treacherous body of water. Yeah, Joe Kennedy, the General Slocum disaster happened over here too. There's a plaque dedicated to the General Slocum disaster along Shore Boulevard. Rough currents sunk a lot of the ships around here, the General Slocum being one of them, and it was carrying a large majority of

the German immigrants at the time. Yeah, Vita, I guess so. This early celebration avoids conflict with the ones on the fourth. I think that's right. You see, everyone gathers there on the great lawn, but the fireworks happen just behind me. Yeah, Keith, the biggest ones are on Sunday, but good luck getting up close to it because they're going to have long lines or you have to wait a long time. Yeah, hopefully, it doesn't get crowded, right? Yeah, four was the total goal of the great lawn. I mean, it's true. I'm just gonna sit this way. Here we go. I'm on the other side of the bar now, looking this way to my next. Yeah, and wall good to protect your hearing, especially music concerts, fireworks, loud noises. You can even use them to help you go to sleep. No, Lena, they're going to fire from this side. It's not going to be exactly in the middle. Let me take a screenshot of this because this is a great view of the bridge. [Music] Can't get enough of this view.

this jet ski guy has a good view. Oh, here comes a New York City ferry boat. It'll be awesome if you're on one of those boats when the fireworks launch. This is the Soundview ferry, but you have to time it just right. No, Danielle, you can't see the Empire State Building. You can only see the Upper East Side and Randall's Island. [Music] Yeah, you can't see the Empire State Building from here. The furthest you can see is One Vanderbilt Tower and the City Port Building over there. That's One Vanderbilt and the City Corp Tower, which is that one over there. That one here, that's a City Court Building, and that's One Vanderbilt, and that's Shore Towers in Astoria. Robert, you think they'll halt fire service during the fireworks? That's true. I mean, they may not allow boats and stuff to go on the waters here, especially if they're launching the fireworks right there. Oh, Danielle, I didn't fly back from Indiana.

I drove back. It was a very pleasant drive, though, although long. There's a lot of people gathered here tonight. That's the Great Lawn. I'm sorry, you know that song Bullfig doesn't get me in trouble with YouTube, but I'm not gonna keep muting it for that tiny little volume of music. Man, this jet ski guy is having a lot of fun here. He's making circles through the sunset. Let's zoom in a bit. Look how much he's bouncing up. The jet ski rider is coming back around. Here he comes, my again, Andrew. Did I drive 12 hours to Indiana? Well, I had a partner assisting me, but the total trip was around 12 hours. If you were to drive straight, it would take 10 hours to Fort Wayne from here. Oh my gosh, that was pretty fun. Is he gonna come back around? Wow, they got a great view from there. Thank you. I think the jet ski guy is thinking about coming back. There's that boat. Looks really fun to be on right now, right underneath the bridge.

start here. I just saw. All right, you. It's too far away. Daniel told up times too. Thank you for the three dollars super chat. Appreciate it very much. Thank you. Don't want to be dropping anything down there. Hey, another jet ski ride is joining this one. We've got the police department behind over there. Yeah, Andrew, it is a very good view of the sun there from the back of that building. Danielle, my favorite bridge in New York is the Brooklyn Bridge by far. My favorite. Yeah, Bella, the rat conversation with Walk Ride Fly was funny. There's a master sweater. That's why I said we don't. I don't mind going there. There we go. Daniel's asking if I could see the FDR drive. You can all the way down there. You see the cars over there. I think everybody here wants to see fireworks outing up. Yes, Johnny, I did see the video of the Verrazano Bridge in that day. I don't think that's a nice thing to be saying to blow up this boat.

I mean, they may have a political message that a lot of you people disagree with, but I don't think it's enough to condone violence against people. So, I think we should cool it with the violent content here. Good be in the water. Wow, the sun's really going behind the building now, the Steinway Tower with skinny. Yeah, it's right there. Uh, Robert, this is the Upper East Side over here, and that over here... Well, let me zoom out so you can see my finger. This over here, immediately in front of me, that's Pallets Cove, Astoria, and that's all the Upper East Side. Maria Max says, Welcome back, congrats my brother. Thank you very much. BK Hunter says, What time does the fireworks start? Should start around 9 PM, I think that's when it usually starts. Yeah, yeah, you see that yet? You can see the crowd that just gathered here. No one's on this side, and this is where the fireworks are gonna be. Tons of people on the lawn right now, some people gathered behind me, and they

know what's up. This group here is going to have the prime seats. Oh yeah, I didn't even show the right side of me over here. My legs are cramping up in the right spot. Yeah, yeah, fireworks will be right there. They were testing them earlier. There's the secret spot. Okay everyone, everyone's sitting there, but it's gonna happen there. [Music] Oh, it's so nice. Yeah, I'm live on YouTube now. Oh David, you thought it gets dark at 8 PM, not yet because the phone, the sun is still going down there. Um, oh look at this, they've got something set up there, television screen, live camera. Oh, you know it's here, the film crew set up over here. Look at that, they got the Coast Guard out here now, they're gonna get ready. [Music] Got NYPD over here too, NYPD community affairs officers, and you're gonna go down. [Music] Joan says we got the best seat in the house. Yeah Dawn, I plan to film the whole thing with this camera down here too. It's got

a good angle pointed up. Hi, she's right there in front of this boat. She's right here in front of this boat. So, I had to come over here because this is where he said the fireworks is literally starting right here. Yeah, that's... I don't know why she's down there. So, we have about 40 minutes or so. Hello, army. Take it. No, don't put it there. That's dirty, man. It's a jet ski convention here. The best seat in the house is next to the trash can right here, right? Yeah, Monica, this is live, by the way. These are no amateur fireworks. It's a really nice display. It's hosted by the fireworks by Grucci, and they do... I went to their website. They did the opening of the casino in Las Vegas, Vegas. I think it's called the MGM something. That casino just opened. They did fireworks over there. They did another fireworks display, and where else? I have their website loaded now. Yeah, my internet's slowing up now. Oh, I'm getting unstable connection.

I kind of knew this was going to happen. I may not be able to live stream this because there's already a bad connection here, and then when people use the data, it's going to slow up the livestream even more. So let's just cross our fingers we stay connected. I am going to be recording on my GoPro here, so we should be able to get good views regardless. If not on the live stream, then I'll upload this as soon as I can. [Music] Laurie says greetings, great to see me out. How was the road trip back home? It was wonderful. It's a long road trip, but made it back. You know what? Why don't I put on my earplugs now? Because I'm gonna need to put them on anyway later, so might as well just put them on. It's not like it's gonna hurt me if I put them on early versus later, right? All right, so I'll see my earplugs now. You can shout on me, and I can't hear a thing. Just kidding, I can hear pretty well.

these are specialty earplugs. I think they're called the etymotics. You can still hear different tones without muffling the whole thing. I sound louder though to myself. I sound loud, but I know I'm probably speaking at an old pace. Everything's just quieter sometimes. Here's another ferry coming by. Hey, they're packing up the film. Let's see what happens here. Is the coast guard gonna tell these boats to leave because there's a fireworks show coming up? I know who's going into the water right now. Look at this big family of geese. Melissa Solos, thank you so much. Appreciate it very much. Thank you. Oh, hopefully these ducks or geese don't get in the way. They're swimming in the hellgate treacherous waters. Oh, they're bringing out the toys now, the lighter toys. [Music] Yay, Rob Parker. Next year invited to live stream from the house. Thank you, Rob. Appreciate it. Thank you, everyone. Wondering where the barge is, but there is no barge.

it's being launched from the land. Look at all these jet skis coming now. Oh wow, they're just going to stop here and watch the fireworks, I guess. I guess the coast guard is letting me. As Stella said, I sound a little sick. I think it's the earplugs, but they really mess with my sinuses. Like, I feel quieter, so oh wow, look, all the jet skis are stopping at the boat. Yes, this bridge actually inspired the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It's the Hellgate Bridge. Oh warning, why are you talking about a card? Laurie's asking me if I've already announced the purpose for my trip to Fort Wayne. No, I haven't yet, but I could reveal why I went to Fort Wayne now. I went there because my brother was getting married. I went there for a wedding, so I went with my family. My friends went out to Fort Wayne and enjoyed it. It was a very nice wedding, and we had a lot of fun, and that's why I couldn't really travel.

anywhere else. I had to be in Fort Wayne for the wedding. Everyone's saying congratulations. Welcome. I've shown my brother on my channel before too. He's the chasing shinster, also the weak fingers YouTube channel. We did a few videos together when I was up in Massachusetts. What made them choose Indiana? Well, he met her at Indiana. That's where her family is. And plus, it's in the middle of the country pretty much, so it's a lot easier for members of both families to come to Indiana rather than have it like New York because the people from Indiana honestly were not going to go out to New York for the wedding. So, Indiana was a better choice for the veg. Best choice actually. But it also gave me an opportunity to explore Fort Wayne, which was a really nice city. Yeah, snow dog money had to do with it too. It was cheaper to have it hosted in Indiana compared to Boston or New York City. It's uh 8:40 PM now.

So about 20 minutes until the fire whips start. Well, I assume they start at nine. I would prefer for the sun to cool down a lot more. It's still very light in the sky. Oh wow, the jet skis have lights on the bottom now. That's a really neat feature. A story of fire. So you were hoping I was going to stream this. I like these fireworks better than Macy's sometimes because you get right up close to it. There's plenty of space for people. It's not too crowded, and it's just beautiful. And New York Life Vlog is here. What's up, man? I joined his live stream today where he went to Williamsburg. I don't know where that film club went. They were set up over here before. Oh Ronald, you saw it's 9:15 for the fireworks instead of nine. Well, regardless, I'm going to be setting up the GoPro to record at nine o'clock. [Music] Also, when the fireworks start, I won't reply to the chat messages. I'll just be

giving my genuine reaction to the fireworks because this camera is going to be recording, and it'll be kind of weird to hear me reply to chat messages on that video. Also, there is that possibility that I disconnect because the connection here isn't really strong to begin with, and if a lot of people use the data, then this live stream is not going to be able to be stable. So, in that case, I don't think I'll be restarting the stream, and you'll just have a video from here is [Music]. Wow, it cooled down a lot. According to Nightbot, it was like 95 or now it's 89. [Music]. Hey, stop doing that. You have to have it. I wonder if these geese are gonna get back onto the land. The swimming pools are sure now. Hopefully, these geese don't get scared by the fireworks [Music]. And if you want more [Music]. But that's how they handled it. All the severe thunderstorms. Not just the ducks are going to be scared, dogs too, pets.

animals. They really get frightened when there's fireworks. I know some dogs and cats, they like to hide in the corner, and they wet themselves. It gets that bad. Dawn says your cats freak out. They don't take it well. Puma, the fireworks are gonna be lit up right across the water from us. Billy darlings, I got my ear plugs. Let's do another view of our surroundings. More people will gather now. The entire lawn area is filled up now. [Music] Also, some people have the same idea I did like four or five years ago, and they're watching it from the bridge. It's a good view over there too, but nothing over here is much better. Over there on the pedestrian walkway, it still seems kind of far. You really need like a zoom lens to see it, but where we are right here, there's a better view. But it's not bad from up on the bridge itself. [Music] Oh, thank you man, glad you could enjoy by watching the channel here. So it starts around 9:15, someone says.

I think if we're here at nine, we could wait 15 minutes. If it doesn't start then, then I don't know when it's gonna start. [Music] Um, wow, Lyn, you have to close all your windows, put the TV on loud and fancy, drown out the noise of the fireworks. Hey, anything that makes them more comfortable, right? They are explosive, you know. [Music] Fireworks look very pretty, but if you don't handle them right or you're standing in the wrong place, you can get seriously hurt from her, from fireworks. Yeah, text man, I don't know who's paying for it. Um, uh, USA, NYC. I don't think they'll be doing this every night, maybe in a different spot leading up to Independence Day, but where she got the spot, it's like this. She like blocked it off. She don't have a chair. She put a blanket. So I said, I got two chips. You can sit on this. Whoa, Maria was at 6.99. I know because when you talk about me sometimes, I'll be really selling like a stuck-up.

cheers. It's what she drinks. I don't know people. You make that first of all because I might like the ground. If you notice, I said I don't like that. You know exactly. So you're coming to meet me and I was gonna bring my blanket, but I came straight from the city. I don't know. It's not. I don't want you to think that only people. I just say my friends. Nobody knows. She doesn't think whatever. Oh, that's so cool. All the vendors are coming out now. The blinkers [Music]. Oh, the bridge walkway doesn't really seem too crowded still, but there's still spots there at that partner. Get him some batteries. Yes [Music]. Um, rats down there now. They're scurrying around the rocks. That was a long buffering time [Music]. [Music]. All right, now it is 8:59. Wait another few seconds and then start the camera. Here we go. Let's take a look. Let's check the view out. Is it gonna be that boat that's right

there with the light that the fireworks was gonna come. No, it's gonna shoot from the land. They were testing it. Yeah, right where that big tree is. Maybe I even need to point it more up. Let me do that. Yeah, I just want to just like I'm sorry I pointed it up just a little bit more. That's much better right there. It's as up as it can go without it without clearing the water. I think I think that's a good view. I want some of the water as well. [Music] Hopefully, the battery lasts for the entire time. Maybe it's gonna start at 9:15. Who knows? [Music] FFC says 9:15. Okay, all right. I don't think it's starting now. They won't start at an odd time like 9:02. So, I'm going to wait till like 9:10 and start up this camera again. I want to save the battery because now it's 9:00. It's 9:02. Yeah. [Music] That's gonna go, but I'll try to change the message too, but

it's gonna be hard. Schedule will start at 9 PM. I was wrong. I'm gonna change to start at any moment. That's if YouTube can connect. I can't update the message. It's going to be stuck there. Oh wow and everything [Music] yes wow that's a big boat um nothing [Music] yay this is gonna be fun [Music] [Music] yeah Mike I'm still not sure on that. I mean I've only got information from people in the chat room that it might start at 9:15. [Music] but it's any moment's notice you don't want to miss it [Music] [Music] I wonder if I should do it on a wide-angle mode. Yeah why not this one huh. This is gonna be perfect for fireworks here Friday [Music] thanks two minutes until I turn my camera on is do you know how to make your fingers alright. I'm gonna start it up here we go just waiting for it now. I'm like the only one with earplugs on.

Right now, here's where you want to have earplugs on if you want to protect your hearing aid. I'm getting hyped for this. Any moment, we're gonna hear some boom boom bang bangs. My do you body, you didn't get it. By the way, for those of you wanting my GoPro settings, I have it on 4K at 24 frames a second. You want to set the frame rate lower so it captures more light. It makes it seem more cinematic. Is I can adjust it a little bit here. Maybe it'll look better like this. You know when you go to bed [Music] [Music] all right, there's negative 0.5 like right here. So it'll go like this. Yeah, and then the only way that I would be able to sit here is you're holding me pretending [Music] all right, we have less than two minutes until 9:15. Let me turn it to negative one instead of negative one-half. There we go, it's better [Music] um [Music]

just come on, let's go. We've been waiting here for like two hours now. [Music] Is [Music] okay, yes. [Music] [Music] Oh [Music] is what's going on there. Bite it already. Oh, little literally. They're gonna be lit but wondering where they are now. Oh [Music] [Music] videos like wow, uh.

NYC LIVE Fireworks Independence Celebration - Astoria Park, Queens [Bad Connection] (June 29, 2021)

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Independence Day Fireworks Celebration in Astoria Park

The live stream host is back in New York City for the summer and is on the way to Astoria Park for an Independence Day fireworks celebration.

The event features a swing time big band and live music, with the fireworks scheduled to launch around 8:30 PM.

The host shares their experience of the fireworks in Astoria Park, mentioning it often being better than the Macy's fireworks due to smaller crowds and a more central location.

The Astoria fireworks display, visible from the rooftop and various spots in the park, starts around 9 PM.

A Zumba class is taking place in the hot weather, while the Astoria skate park is also a popular spot to wait for the fireworks.

The live music for the event is expected to be launched from Randall's Island, and the speaker is trying to set up a GoPro to record the fireworks.

The speaker is trying to find the best spot to set up their GoPro for filming the fireworks.

They consider various options, including clamping the camera to a trash can and their bag.

The speaker reflects on past experiences filming the fireworks and improvises to get a good view, while also chatting with locals and waiting for the show to start.

Fireworks Celebration and Hellgate's Etymology

Lena and Filo are waiting by the water for a fireworks show, enjoying the cool breeze despite the heat.

The event is sponsored by the Central Park Alliance, with a live performance from the Swing Time big band.

Lena also shares the interesting etymology of Hellgate, the treacherous body of water, and mentions the General Slocum disaster that occurred in the area.

The early fireworks celebration avoids conflict with the Fourth of July events, drawing a large crowd to the Great Lawn.

The best views of the fireworks are from the waterfront, with the New York City ferry boats and jet skis offering a unique perspective.

The fireworks are expected to start around 9 PM, and the area is bustling with people eager to see the show.

The group has prime seats for the upcoming fireworks display, with a live camera and film crew set up nearby.

The fireworks are hosted by Grucci, known for their impressive displays, including the opening of a Las Vegas casino.

The live stream connection is unstable, but the speaker plans to record the event on a GoPro for good views.

Exploring Fort Wayne and the Wedding Celebration

The narrator's brother chose Indiana for his wedding, as it was centrally located for both families and more affordable than Boston or New York City.

The wedding provided an opportunity to explore Fort Wayne, which the narrator found to be a nice city.

The narrator plans to livestream the fireworks after the wedding, hoping for a good view and expressing empathy for pets that get scared by the noise.

The speaker is waiting for a fireworks show, trying to capture the perfect view with their camera.

They mention the time, the crowd, and the vendors, while also discussing their camera settings for the best shot.

The speaker is excited and anxious for the show to start, interacting with the chat room for updates and trying to conserve battery life.