I'll be in the city on the evening of the fourth at my son's apartment near Central Park on the upper West Side. I don't really want to be out among the hordes, but I'd like to see some of the fireworks. Is it possible to see them from anywhere in Central Park? Thanks for any help!

I wouldn't think so, too many buildings in the way between the park and the East River. You might want to head south to the South St. Seaport and watch from there, less crowds, that's where I am heading tomorrow night.

Enjoy the fireworks here are some of the best you will ever see.

To see the fireworks you have to be either along the banks of the east river fairly far downtown or on top of a building with an unobstructed view -also downtown and east side unless it's a really tall building.

Central Park is surrounded by high rise apartments and you can see things in the sky only diretly over the Park.

Take a look at the web page from Macys, which puts on the fireworks:

http://www1.macys.com/campaign/fireworks/map_2.jsp

There are 3 locations for the fireworks, none in or near Central Park or the upper westside. The biggest is on the east side around 34th st. If your son's building has any views, people will be on the roof to watch.