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As an aside, when I was still living in Manhattan, the first apartment I had was in a building called "The Rivergate" on 34th and first. I had an 1 bedroom on the 28th floor with a huge balcony, and on a clear day I could see both the Atlantic ocean and the Long Island Sound.

But the best day to be in that building was the 4th of July because Macy's would hold it's fireworks display right outside my window in the east river. You couldn't even get up and down in the elevators after 2PM, and the line to get in the building would stretch up the block because ever resident with an ocean view would have a party.
I have to admit, it was one of the most spectacular things I've ever seen. Because of the way the river bends, fireworks would take up about 200 degrees of your field of view. Whats more, they would launch them from barges in the river and the shells would go about 28 stories into the air before exploding which put the bulk of them more or less at eye level. It was always quite the show.