{"id":22420,"date":"2017-06-29T11:22:18","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T15:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/?p=22420"},"modified":"2022-03-27T11:50:20","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T15:50:20","slug":"things-to-do-july-4th-nyc-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/22420\/things-to-do-july-4th-nyc-2\/","title":{"rendered":"oM Staycation Agenda: 12 Ways to Celebrate July 4th in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Staying in the city? <strong><a title=\"Sailing NYC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.manhattanbysail.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sail on a schooner<\/a><\/strong> down the Hudson River and wave hello to the Statue of Liberty. [ManhattanBySail]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Kick off the weekend with old timey tunes by<strong>\u00a0<span class=\"productnamecolorLARGE colors_productname\">Red Rust &#8211; featuring Jason Ardell. Felix, &amp; Red Hook Slim<\/span> <\/strong>\u00a0at the Jalopy Theater in Brooklyn. [Jalopy]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>These are the <a title=\"Hamptons july 4th parties 2011\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/nightlife\/where-to-party-in-nyc-on-the-4th-of-july\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>best places to party in NYC<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0this weekend, from Riis Park Beach Bazaar to the LIC Flea, these parties are subway accessible. [Time Out]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Macy\u2019s enormous <strong><a title=\"July 4th fireworks event\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklynvegan.com\/where-to-watch-the-2017-fourth-of-july-fireworks-in-nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">4th of July fireworks<\/a><\/strong> are back Tuesday over the East River, so here is where to get the best views of the show. [BrooklynVegan]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The annual <strong>July Fourth International Hot Dog Eating Contest<\/strong> brings competitive eaters from all over the country to Coney Island on Monday. [Nathan\u2019s]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Performances, crafts and food make up the <a title=\"African Arts Festival\" href=\"http:\/\/iaafestival.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>46th Annual African Arts Festival <\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Saturday through Tuesday in Brooklyn. [IAA Festival]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Swim the sites with New York Open Water&#8217;s 2-mile <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/govisland.com\/events\/governors-island-swim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Governors Island swim <\/a><\/strong>\u00a0leaving from Castle Williams [Governors Island]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Brooklyn Grange once again hosts its<strong>\u00a0rooftop BBQ <\/strong>with beer, wine, and live music. [Brooklyn Grange]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get nerdy with a\u00a0<strong>revolutionary walking tour<\/strong> around City Hall. [Big Onion]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Head to the Lower East Side to <strong>watch documentary &#8220;Quest&#8221;<\/strong> in this donation based night at Rooftop Films [Rooftop Films]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The celebration continues on Tuesday with a little history, birding, and even patriotic arts and crafts at the family friendly <strong>Independence Day at Prospect Park<\/strong>. [Prospect Park]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>All New York City Parks <a title=\"go swimming in NYC\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nycgovparks.org\/facilities\/outdoor-pools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>outdoor pools are now open<\/strong><\/a> for the season. [NYC Parks]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Photo: Courtesy of Manhattan By Sail<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Staying in the city? Sail on a schooner down the Hudson River and wave hello to the Statue of Liberty. [ManhattanBySail] Kick off the weekend with old timey tunes by\u00a0Red Rust &#8211; featuring Jason Ardell. Felix, &amp; Red Hook Slim \u00a0at the Jalopy Theater in Brooklyn. [Jalopy] These are the best places to party [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":57552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[757,784,224,759,785,756,758,829,837,315,4,839,770,855,841,842,325,847],"tags":[1618,656,196,142,655,43,254,213,352,586,269,654,25],"class_list":{"0":"post-22420","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-activity-2","8":"category-adventure-activity-2","9":"category-arts","10":"category-bar-activity-2","11":"category-beaches-adventure-activity-2","12":"category-cafe-2","13":"category-cafe-activity-2","14":"category-culture-2","15":"category-dance-culture-2","16":"category-day-trips","17":"category-events","18":"category-film-culture-2","19":"category-food-drink","20":"category-health-2","21":"category-holidays-culture-2","22":"category-music-culture-2","23":"category-new-york","24":"category-tours-culture-2","25":"tag-arts","26":"tag-bbq","27":"tag-coney-island","28":"tag-festival","29":"tag-films","30":"tag-fireworks","31":"tag-free","32":"tag-governors-island","33":"tag-hamptons","34":"tag-live-music","35":"tag-party","36":"tag-pools","37":"tag-sailing"},"acf":[],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":57552,"thumbnail_uri":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Sailing-Hudson-e1498750588172-350x197.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}