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By Daniel Goldberg
for The Brooklyn Paper

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No matter who you’re kissing when the clock strikes 12 on New Year’s Eve, if you’re in Brooklyn, there will be fireworks.

The most famous of the displays is the Zambelli Fireworks Company’s annual show in Prospect Park. The midnight fireworks — which come in a variety of hues and shapes like peonies and whistles — are launched from the park’s Long Meadow and aimed to frame the arch at Grand Army Plaza. We suggest camping out early, especially in prime viewing areas like inside the Park on West Drive and along Prospect Park West between Grand Army Plaza and Ninth Street, since the crowds flock to this once-a-year spectacle.

You won’t have to wait until midnight to start enjoying the festivities, though. Sporty types will be trotting along in the 3.3-mile Fun Run beginning at 11:15 pm, and the less athletically inclined can enjoy complimentary hot cocoa and live music from Blacksmith and Friends at Grand Army Plaza starting at 11 pm.

Those hoping to burn even more calories in the New Year can get started right away with the New York Talks and Walks annual trek from Lower Manhattan over the Brooklyn Bridge. The walk, which begins near City Hall at 10:15 pm, gives those brave enough to walk across the bridge in December an in-depth history of the Brooklyn Bridge and — if the weather cooperates — should provide a chance to see fireworks from Brooklyn, Staten Island, Central Park and the far away land of New Jersey.

The New Year’s Eve festivities kick off at 11 pm at Grand Army Plaza. For information, call (718) 965-8951 or visit www.prospectpark.org.

The New York Talks and Walks Tour of the Brooklyn Bridge will begin at 10:15 pm on Dec. 31 at 132 Nassau St. at Beekman Street in Manhattan. $50. For information, call (888) 377-4455 or visit www.newyorktalksandwalks.com.

©2007 The Brooklyn Paper

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