Fireworks ‘hordes’ locked out of Williamsburg park
By Mary Frost
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
That rumbling sound you heard Wednesday night may not have been fireworks.
It just might have been the distant thunder of thousands of spectators trying to cram into East River State Park on the Williamsburg waterfront, in the hours before the Fourth of July fireworks were set to go off.
So many were drawn to the park, in fact, that officials decided to close the gates just a few minutes before the display began, prompting many to cry foul.