Maxwell Place Park

If you are visiting NYC for 4^th of July, the only good thing about being in NJ instead of NYC? Well the view of the fireworks. If you are on the NYC, you better believe the traffic is awful, very crowded and the view is of NJ! Where as if you are on the NJ side you get to look at the fireworks and the Manhattan skyline. I came here for view the 4^th of July Fireworks and it’s glorious!

I’m an uptown girl, and I prefer this park head and shoulders above Pier A.
It’s farther from the train station and has no porta potties so you don’t get the vagrants. You don’t get as many people in general, which is nice if you wanna spread out on the lawn with a blanket and catch some rays without inhaling someone’s secondhand smoke or getting hit in the head with a football. It can get rather goose poopy at some times of the year so be careful where you lay your head.
For those of you with rugrats, there’s a playground at the near side. Just keep them there, I don’t pay exorbitant monthly copays for birth control for no reason. I don’t have my own and I don’t wanna hear yours, either.
Finally, in case you’re really drunk or just stupid, heed the «no bathing» sign next to the rocky beach. We don’t want people coming out of the Hudson with a third eye or something.