Independence Day, you’re a firework.
Thousands of spectators gathered across the Big Apple were awed at the patriotic pyrotechnic miracle of the 49th Annual Macy’s 4th of July fireworks show — a spectacle that unleashed a flood of emotions Friday night.
The celebration, which kicked off at 9:25 p.m., featured 80,000 shells launched in the night sky from four barges on the East River — including a ghost shell that rocketed 1,000 feet in the air — and an unprecedented art show projected on the majestic Brooklyn Bridge.
“Thank you, Macy’s, every year for what you do. I’m crying. Yes. I’m crying. This is New York City. This doesn’t happen this way, anywhere else,” Brooklynite Maribel Abreu, 54, told The Post as she wiped tears from her eyes at South Street Seaport’s Pier 17.
“There’s (nothing) more beautiful than the Brooklyn Bridge in the world, and the bridge