The biggest celebration in the area was the Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks show. The 25-minute display lit up the sky over the East River, and with the Brooklyn Bridge as the backdrop, it was truly a spectacular sight witnessed by hundreds of thousands of spectators.

Let freedom fly! A photographer who doubles as a pilot was the highest in the Manhattan sky on July 4th — and The Post obtained his breathtaking aerial photographs of the 49th Annual Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks show taken from a staggering altitude of 7,