INWOOD — Uptown Manhattan is the top spot in the city for illegal fireworks complaints — with Dyckman Street and Riverside Drive the biggest problem areas, according to city data.
DNAinfo analyzed 311 complaints made over a five-year period from 2010 to 2014 and found that Northern Manhattan got more complaints than any other area of the city.
Inwood — which is home to an unofficial Fourth of July fireworks competition that was the subject of a 2013 documentary — led the city with 36 complaints during the five-year period. Fifteen of those complaints were filed between July 1 and July 4.
Dyckman Street saw the most complaints, with five complaints between Payson and Nagle avenues. Post Avenue and Broadway north of Isham Street also had multiple complaints.
In 2014, the 34th Precinct cracked down on the use of illegal fireworks, making 24 arrests between June 27 and July 6, according to the Daily News.
Washington Heights had only slightly fewer complaints, at 31 over the five-year period. Fifteen of those complaints were registered from July 1-4.
All but one of those complaints came from below 181st Street, with the greatest concentration along Riverside Drive in the upper 150s and lower 160s.
In a recent post on the 34th Precinct's Facebook page, Deputy Inspector Chris Morello asked Uptowners to report illegal fireworks in the lead-up to the holiday.
"Just a reminder that as July 4th approaches, please call 911 if you see illegal fireworks activity," he said. "We will continue to enforce the law with regard to fireworks to keep our neighborhood safe through the holiday weekend."
