Holiday special · July 4

Illegal Fireworks, July 4 weekend 2026

Hot

A fireworks-only read of 311 so the Independence Day spike is documented once — not misread as a mystery anomaly on every Community Board page.

Illegal Fireworks · Jul 3–5

4,479

complaints filed · YoY -18.3% vs 5,481 in 2025

4,387 points mapped with lat/lng
Not a map of confirmed pyrotechnics — only where someone filed 311
Use this special instead of treating every CB WoW spike as news

Jul 3–5 2026

4,479

Illegal Fireworks

Same days 2025

5,481

Jul 3 – Jul 5, 2025

YoY

-18.3%

Three-day holiday window

Mapped points

4,387

With coordinates for heat map

Why this special exists

Illegal Fireworks is near-zero most weeks and explodes around July 4. Comparing this week's Community Board totals to mid-June without naming the holiday would invent fake “anomalies.” We call the holiday out, map fireworks alone, and keep the full weekly review for everything else.

Fireworks-only hex heat map

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Every Community Board — fireworks count

#	Board	Fireworks	Share	Week total
1	Manhattan CB12 · Washington Heights & Inwood	350	7.8%	3,468
2	Queens CB1 · Astoria & Long Island City	216	4.8%	1,986
3	Brooklyn CB14 · Flatbush & Midwood	200	4.5%	1,747
4	Staten Island CB3 · South Shore	170	3.8%	1,505
5	Manhattan CB10 · Central Harlem	152	3.4%	1,646
6	Manhattan CB9 · Morningside Heights & Hamilton Heights	139	3.1%	1,385
7	Queens CB10 · Howard Beach & South Ozone Park	131	2.9%	1,792
8	Bronx CB7 · Kingsbridge Heights & Bedford Park	124	2.8%	2,487
9	Bronx CB11 · Pelham Parkway & Morris Park	121	2.7%	1,299
10	Bronx CB9 · Parkchester & Soundview	118	2.6%	2,439
11	Bronx CB4 · Highbridge & Concourse	108	2.4%	3,635
12	Queens CB12 · Jamaica & St. Albans	106	2.4%	2,216
13	Brooklyn CB9 · Crown Heights South & Prospect Lefferts Gardens	106	2.4%	1,235
14	Queens CB13 · Queens Village & Cambria Heights	101	2.3%	1,361
15	Brooklyn CB4 · Bushwick	99	2.2%	1,376
16	Staten Island CB1 · North Shore	96	2.1%	1,444
17	Bronx CB5 · Fordham & University Heights	92	2.1%	3,398
18	Queens CB5 · Ridgewood & Maspeth	87	1.9%	1,554
19	Brooklyn CB18 · Canarsie & Flatlands	87	1.9%	1,512
20	Staten Island CB2 · Mid-Island	87	1.9%	812
21	Brooklyn CB17 · East Flatbush	86	1.9%	1,740
22	Queens CB9 · Kew Gardens & Woodhaven	86	1.9%	1,713
23	Brooklyn CB11 · Bensonhurst & Bath Beach	83	1.9%	1,657
24	Bronx CB8 · Riverdale & Kingsbridge	79	1.8%	1,421
25	Bronx CB12 · Williamsbridge & Wakefield	77	1.7%	1,702
26	Brooklyn CB5 · East New York & Cypress Hills	71	1.6%	2,434
27	Queens CB8 · Fresh Meadows & Briarwood	65	1.5%	1,393
28	Manhattan CB3 · Lower East Side	65	1.5%	1,168
29	Brooklyn CB3 · Bedford-Stuyvesant	64	1.4%	1,542
30	Manhattan CB11 · East Harlem	61	1.4%	1,151
31	Bronx CB10 · Throgs Neck & Co-op City	56	1.3%	1,070
32	Queens CB11 · Bayside & Douglaston	54	1.2%	773
33	Queens CB2 · Sunnyside & Woodside	51	1.1%	994
34	Brooklyn CB1 · Greenpoint & Williamsburg	50	1.1%	1,788
35	Bronx CB3 · Morrisania & Crotona Park East	46	1%	1,381
36	Queens CB14 · The Rockaways & Broad Channel	46	1%	1,080
37	Manhattan CB7 · Upper West Side	45	1%	877
38	Brooklyn CB12 · Borough Park & Kensington	44	1%	1,272
39	Queens CB7 · Flushing & Whitestone	43	1%	1,767
40	Bronx CB1 · Mott Haven & Melrose	43	1%	1,318
41	Brooklyn CB2 · Brooklyn Heights & Fort Greene	42	0.9%	1,440
42	Queens CB3 · Jackson Heights & East Elmhurst	42	0.9%	1,210
43	Manhattan CB4 · Chelsea & Clinton	42	0.9%	1,154
44	Brooklyn CB15 · Sheepshead Bay & Gravesend	40	0.9%	1,269
45	Brooklyn CB10 · Bay Ridge & Dyker Heights	40	0.9%	1,106
46	Brooklyn CB8 · Crown Heights North & Prospect Heights	36	0.8%	1,136
47	Brooklyn CB16 · Brownsville & Ocean Hill	36	0.8%	925
48	Brooklyn CB13 · Coney Island & Brighton Beach	34	0.8%	837
49	Queens CB4 · Elmhurst & Corona	32	0.7%	1,040
50	Brooklyn CB7 · Sunset Park & Windsor Terrace	29	0.6%	1,059
51	Bronx CB6 · Belmont & East Tremont	28	0.6%	1,315
52	Bronx CB2 · Hunts Point & Longwood	23	0.5%	835
53	Brooklyn CB6 · Park Slope & Carroll Gardens	19	0.4%	1,367
54	Queens CB6 · Rego Park & Forest Hills	9	0.2%	697
55	Manhattan CB2 · Greenwich Village	7	0.2%	648
56	Manhattan CB8 · Upper East Side	5	0.1%	741
57	Manhattan CB5 · Midtown	3	0.1%	956
58	Manhattan CB1 · Lower Manhattan	3	0.1%	589
59	Manhattan CB6 · East Midtown	1	0%	635

Method & disclosure

Figures are aggregated from NYC Open Data 311 Service Requests (dataset erm2-nwe9). They count complaints filed, not proven violations or tickets. We do not claim that any single 311 case became an OATH summons. Holiday windows (e.g. July 4) produce known spikes — especially Illegal Fireworks — and should not be read as unexplained structural change.

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Holiday special · July 4

Illegal Fireworks, July 4 weekend 2026

Hot

A fireworks-only read of 311 so the Independence Day spike is documented once — not misread as a mystery anomaly on every Community Board page.

Illegal Fireworks · Jul 3–5

4,479

complaints filed · YoY -18.3% vs 5,481 in 2025

4,387 points mapped with lat/lng
Not a map of confirmed pyrotechnics — only where someone filed 311
Use this special instead of treating every CB WoW spike as news

Jul 3–5 2026

4,479

Illegal Fireworks

Same days 2025

5,481

Jul 3 – Jul 5, 2025

YoY

-18.3%

Three-day holiday window

Mapped points

4,387

With coordinates for heat map

Why this special exists

Fireworks-only hex heat map

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Every Community Board — fireworks count

#	Board	Fireworks	Share	Week total
1	Manhattan CB12 · Washington Heights & Inwood	350	7.8%	3,468
2	Queens CB1 · Astoria & Long Island City	216	4.8%	1,986
3	Brooklyn CB14 · Flatbush & Midwood	200	4.5%	1,747
4	Staten Island CB3 · South Shore	170	3.8%	1,505
5	Manhattan CB10 · Central Harlem	152	3.4%	1,646
6	Manhattan CB9 · Morningside Heights & Hamilton Heights	139	3.1%	1,385
7	Queens CB10 · Howard Beach & South Ozone Park	131	2.9%	1,792
8	Bronx CB7 · Kingsbridge Heights & Bedford Park	124	2.8%	2,487
9	Bronx CB11 · Pelham Parkway & Morris Park	121	2.7%	1,299
10	Bronx CB9 · Parkchester & Soundview	118	2.6%	2,439
11	Bronx CB4 · Highbridge & Concourse	108	2.4%	3,635
12	Queens CB12 · Jamaica & St. Albans	106	2.4%	2,216
13	Brooklyn CB9 · Crown Heights South & Prospect Lefferts Gardens	106	2.4%	1,235
14	Queens CB13 · Queens Village & Cambria Heights	101	2.3%	1,361
15	Brooklyn CB4 · Bushwick	99	2.2%	1,376
16	Staten Island CB1 · North Shore	96	2.1%	1,444
17	Bronx CB5 · Fordham & University Heights	92	2.1%	3,398
18	Queens CB5 · Ridgewood & Maspeth	87	1.9%	1,554
19	Brooklyn CB18 · Canarsie & Flatlands	87	1.9%	1,512
20	Staten Island CB2 · Mid-Island	87	1.9%	812
21	Brooklyn CB17 · East Flatbush	86	1.9%	1,740
22	Queens CB9 · Kew Gardens & Woodhaven	86	1.9%	1,713
23	Brooklyn CB11 · Bensonhurst & Bath Beach	83	1.9%	1,657
24	Bronx CB8 · Riverdale & Kingsbridge	79	1.8%	1,421
25	Bronx CB12 · Williamsbridge & Wakefield	77	1.7%	1,702
26	Brooklyn CB5 · East New York & Cypress Hills	71	1.6%	2,434
27	Queens CB8 · Fresh Meadows & Briarwood	65	1.5%	1,393
28	Manhattan CB3 · Lower East Side	65	1.5%	1,168
29	Brooklyn CB3 · Bedford-Stuyvesant	64	1.4%	1,542
30	Manhattan CB11 · East Harlem	61	1.4%	1,151
31	Bronx CB10 · Throgs Neck & Co-op City	56	1.3%	1,070
32	Queens CB11 · Bayside & Douglaston	54	1.2%	773
33	Queens CB2 · Sunnyside & Woodside	51	1.1%	994
34	Brooklyn CB1 · Greenpoint & Williamsburg	50	1.1%	1,788
35	Bronx CB3 · Morrisania & Crotona Park East	46	1%	1,381
36	Queens CB14 · The Rockaways & Broad Channel	46	1%	1,080
37	Manhattan CB7 · Upper West Side	45	1%	877
38	Brooklyn CB12 · Borough Park & Kensington	44	1%	1,272
39	Queens CB7 · Flushing & Whitestone	43	1%	1,767
40	Bronx CB1 · Mott Haven & Melrose	43	1%	1,318
41	Brooklyn CB2 · Brooklyn Heights & Fort Greene	42	0.9%	1,440
42	Queens CB3 · Jackson Heights & East Elmhurst	42	0.9%	1,210
43	Manhattan CB4 · Chelsea & Clinton	42	0.9%	1,154
44	Brooklyn CB15 · Sheepshead Bay & Gravesend	40	0.9%	1,269
45	Brooklyn CB10 · Bay Ridge & Dyker Heights	40	0.9%	1,106
46	Brooklyn CB8 · Crown Heights North & Prospect Heights	36	0.8%	1,136
47	Brooklyn CB16 · Brownsville & Ocean Hill	36	0.8%	925
48	Brooklyn CB13 · Coney Island & Brighton Beach	34	0.8%	837
49	Queens CB4 · Elmhurst & Corona	32	0.7%	1,040
50	Brooklyn CB7 · Sunset Park & Windsor Terrace	29	0.6%	1,059
51	Bronx CB6 · Belmont & East Tremont	28	0.6%	1,315
52	Bronx CB2 · Hunts Point & Longwood	23	0.5%	835
53	Brooklyn CB6 · Park Slope & Carroll Gardens	19	0.4%	1,367
54	Queens CB6 · Rego Park & Forest Hills	9	0.2%	697
55	Manhattan CB2 · Greenwich Village	7	0.2%	648
56	Manhattan CB8 · Upper East Side	5	0.1%	741
57	Manhattan CB5 · Midtown	3	0.1%	956
58	Manhattan CB1 · Lower Manhattan	3	0.1%	589
59	Manhattan CB6 · East Midtown	1	0%	635

Method & disclosure

Pages may include automated analysis and AI-assisted drafting. A human publishes Substack copies. Snapshots are retained with the edition JSON. Retrieved 2026-07-09T18:22:28.300Z.

Corrections: hello@sidewalksnitch.com. File a report: sidewalksnitch.com.

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