NYPD, FDNY appear to let illegal fireworks show play out, video shows

At least they weren’t setting them off this time.

Brooklyn firefighters and cops simply stood around and watched as a massive illegal fireworks show lit up Crown Heights, a fed-up neighborhood resident told The Post.

“It was insane,” said Roxane Steinhauser of the display she caught on video Saturday night, as NYPD and FDNY vehicles rolled up to Empire Boulevard and Kingston Avenue with lights and sirens blaring — only for the responders to apparently do nothing to stop the pyrotechnics.

Steinhauser, 38, was home around 11 p.m. when an “extremely loud” round of fireworks started up, part of what’s become the new normal across the city — and generated nearly 9,000 complaints to 311 between June 1 and Sunday.

“It literally felt like it was inside my bedroom,” the real estate agent said. “The amount of noise it caused, there was no way anyone can sleep through this.”

Steinhauser headed up to the roof of her building to get a better look, and saw the pyrotechnicians calling the shots down below.

“We [saw] a bunch of guys just doing firecrackers in the middle of the street, literally stopping traffic, asking cars to stop,” she said.

Eventually, a pair of NYPD squad cars pulled up, followed about five minutes later by “at least seven fire trucks,” Steinhauser said.

“I see police cars show up, like OK, finally, the police is coming to stop them,” she recalled thinking.

But instead, the cops just stood by, while the smoke-eaters huddled around the fireworks display, Steinhauser said.

“A bunch of firefighters came out of their trucks, [and] stood there … like they were watching them,” she said. “They all surrounded them, and they seemed like they told the boys they could do it.

“They basically came to protect them or surround them, make sure they don’t blow something up,” Steinhauser surmised.

The display continued for another 15 to 20 minutes, before the Finest and Bravest both pulled out, Steinhauser said.

But the fireworks were just getting started.

“They didn’t stop,” said Steinhauser, estimating that the night only fell silent around 3 a.m. Sunday.

Asked about the apparent caught-on-video cold shoulder, FDNY spokesman Jim Long said only that the NYPD — which has enforcement authority — was on scene.

The NYPD did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

Hours after protesters leaned on their car horns in protest outside Gracie Mansion, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday that the city would crack down with a task force to cut off the pipeline of pyrotechnics coming into the boroughs.

He balked, however, at the idea of cops busting those lighting the fuses, calling it “not a good use of police’s time and energy.”

Steinhauser said the situation wasn’t helped by some in the neighborhood verbally attacking the cops when they arrived.

“The sad part is, when the police showed up, there were a bunch of people screaming at them, cursing at them, like they had no right to show up to a firecracker show,” she said.

But the lack of a crackdown still left her feeling “fear” for what the future holds.

“I don’t know if the police are scared, unfortunately, with everything that’s happening,” she said, in reference to recent unrest. “I don’t know if the police’s hands are tied.

“Everyone’s allowed to have fun, everyone loves firecrackers,” she said. But “It’s become a zoo. Everyone seems to not be scared [of consequences].”