brooklyn, coney island, highline and 4th of july fireworks.

Wednesday 4th July 2018

Today was going to be a massive day involving a huge amount of walking.  Started off by walking from our hotel to the Brooklyn Bridge, over the bridge in to Dumbo and a bit of a walk around Brooklyn.  We actually made our way towards the transport museum but it was shut due to 4th July.   We then caught a subway all the way to Coney Island where I think half of the population of NY had gone for the day.  It was packed in the amusements and on the boardwalk and beach.  After looking around for a while we got an ice cream before getting back on the subway.  We caught the subway F line to 14th Street and walked from there to Carrie Bradshaw's  house from Sex  and the City.  Got some photos on the front steps.   From there we walked to the start of the highline at Gansevoort St and walked the full length of it.  The highline is really nice and the flowers and trees are beautiful.  

Got some 5 Guys Burgers for dinner and then walked past the Flatiron building to the end of E 23rd at FDR Drive to see the fireworks.  Unfortunately the police had closed off the entry apparently due to there being too many people already on the elevated roadway.  So there we stood with thousands of people looking at the elevated road which blocked half the fireworks. At least we were there and got to see most of the show. 

After the 25 minute display we then walked back to the subway and caught it back to the hotel.  The Empire State Building was lit up all red white and blue and looked really nice.   It was now 11pm and we had been gone 12 hours and walked over 37000 steps.  Our poor feet were so sore.  Tomorrow we won't walk so far as I don't think we'll be able.