Should I go to Battery Park tomorrow?

So this will be my first 4th in the city, and I want it to be awesome. I figured that I couldn’t do much better than the big show by the Statue. But my friends are telling me that they would be put off by the size of the crowd. Is it worth it? If not, what should I do instead? The celebration on Roosevelt Island is another tempting possibility, and will also have fireworks. Or I guess I could go to NJ and watch the show from Liberty State Park.