Actually, both of these posts are incorrect. The first fireworks of the year begin in Central Park right after the ball falls in Times Square on New Year's Day, but this year's Lunar New Year pyro got closer - about 3 weeks closer than last year's (January 23 vs. February 12).
I got closer too.......well, my zoom did, so the images look a little less anemic than last year's.
BTW - that red horizontal line near the bottom of this year's last image and all of last year's shots was made by cars on Rt 80 while the shutter was open.
Click to explode.