Brooklyn Residents Launch Extended Fireworks Display

Brooklyn residents set up an extensive array of fireworks in the borough’s Prospect Heights neighborhood on June 19, only one of the countless such displays set off in the city this summer. This footage was recorded around 9pm, following commemorations across the city marking the Juneteenth holiday. But the display was nothing new this month: complaints about illegal fireworks in the city have skyrocketed this summer. Between June 1 and June 14, New York City’s 311 information and non-emergency services hotline fielded 1,249 calls about illegal fireworks, according to city officials. During the same period in 2019, only 21 complaints were filed. Credit: Samuel Oakford via Storyful Via news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site https://www.news.com.au