Fireworks?

Anyone know why all the fireworks last night?

"Celebrate Brooklyn"

I heard it from my apartment and it sounded really close but I couldn't see anything from my windows (I'm north of the park and my windows all face north). Figured it was in the park, though.

Anfield, are you sure it was Celebrate Brooklyn? I looked at the schedule online and it's not supposed to start for another week and a half:
http://www.briconline.org/celebrate/schedule_2007.asp

it was last nite. they had the fireworks, then showed a movie.

it's part of the brooklynbest festival that continues today with the tour de brooklyn and a festival in grand army plaza...i think the schedule and everything was posted in the park slope forum this past week.

here's that post about it:

http://brooklynian.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=35347

I dont know... i think there were some others going off too. Like corner of Sterling and Washington.

so much for bike riding in the park today, huh? dammit

Here's today's Brooklyn's Best schedule (I left out the Tour de Brooklyn info since the ride is already underway):

11:00am-6:00pm
Main Stage at the park entrance of Grand Army Plaza presents live entertainment from Brooklyn's summer festivals:

11:00am - International African Arts Festival presents
Creative Outlet Dance Theatre of Brooklyn
11:30am - West Indian American Carnival presents
Patonic Steel Orchestra and the Juice Crew
12:30pm - Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival presents Tanya Morgan
1:00pm - Boricua Festival presents Willie Villegas Y Entre Amigos
2:00pm - Brooklyn Book Festival presents readings from Paula Fox,
Ben Greenman, Tad Hills, and Glenville Lovell
3:00pm - Mermaid Parade presents Todd Robbins, the Coney Island
Wonder Worker and Bambi, Queen of the Mermaids
3:30pm - Afro-Punk Festival presents The Smryk
4:30pm - Jelly NYC Pool Parties presents Kudu
5:00pm - the Brooklyn New Music Festival presents Shrine for the Black Madonna

With additional performances by:
Toni Blackman, the Brooklyn Music Conservatory, Sparlha Swa, Nycha, Trevor Exter and DEEP.

11:00am-6:00pm
Brooklyn Icons Miniature Golf -
Bailey Fountain at Grand Army Plaza

11:00am-6:00pm
Brooklyn Tourism Tents featuring cultural institutions and attractions from across the borough - park entrance at Grand Army Plaza

2:00pm and 4:00pm
Two Fab Fashion Shows featuring Brooklyn Designers - Brooklyn Museum Plaza

jayce wrote: I dont know... i think there were some others going off too. Like corner of Sterling and Washington.

so much for bike riding in the park today, huh? dammit

scared the crap out of me!!! :oops:

ditto. i felt like my windows were going to be blown out, no joke.

It didn't scare me -- I could tell the sound was fireworks right away. But I did have to peel a couple of cats off the ceiling afterward.

jayce wrote: ditto. i felt like my windows were going to be blown out, no joke.

Same here. So i went to my roof, caught a pretty spectacular finale...

jayce wrote: ditto. i felt like my windows were going to be blown out, no joke.

I thought I was going to go deaf from all the noise. I face towards the park, so I got a nice view from my window (yay top floor for a change!) and could smell the fumes from the explosions. It was cool though.

iz - looks like you're across the st from me. i'm wash b/t sterling and st johns.

my cats and girlfriend freaked out. the echo between my building and the ones around me was even louder than the fireworks when i went up to the roof

I think they actually blast them from the parking lot behind the museum, if I'm not mistaken. Even after living next door for 10 years, I still think it's World War III, and I always have to remind myself.

Cool video Izisharp- thanks!

For those of you that are new too the neighborhood, there is a fireworks display every New Year's Eve in Prospect Park near the Grand Army Plaza entrance.