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$20 Dinner

Dar Lbahja Is Astoria's New Destination for Terrific Tagine

$20 Dinner

Dar Lbahja Is Astoria's New Destination for Terrific Tagine

Scott Lynch

March 20, 2025

Bad Behavior

Mayor Adams's 'Knight of the Round Table' Assaulted Security Guards and Lied to Police, NYC's Watchdog Concludes

Bad Behavior

Eric Adams

Mayor Adams's 'Knight of the Round Table' Assaulted Security Guards and Lied to Police, NYC's Watchdog Concludes

Nick Pinto

February 20, 2025

City of Immigrants

‘Unprecedented,’ ‘Ugly,’ ‘McCarthyism’: Mahmoud Khalil’s Lawyers Fight His Detention in Court

Power

City of Immigrants

‘Unprecedented,’ ‘Ugly,’ ‘McCarthyism’: Mahmoud Khalil’s Lawyers Fight His Detention in Court

Nick Pinto, Max Rivlin-Nadler

March 12, 2025

Climate

Behold: The Mighty Retractable Floodgates That Will Hold Back Poseidon's Wrath and Save the Epicenter of Global Capitalism

Climate

Behold: The Mighty Retractable Floodgates That Will Hold Back Poseidon's Wrath and Save the Epicenter of Global Capitalism

Max Rivlin-Nadler

February 24, 2025

Correct Opinions

Hell Gate's 2025 Predictions

Correct Opinions

Hell Gate's 2025 Predictions

Hell Gate

December 30, 2024

Critters of New York

The Reign of Christo, the Tompkins Square Park Hawk, Has Apparently Come to an End

Critters of New York

The Reign of Christo, the Tompkins Square Park Hawk, Has Apparently Come to an End

Max Rivlin-Nadler

March 04, 2025

Cultural Capital

What Was the 'William Banks Jail Saga'?

Cultural Capital

What Was the 'William Banks Jail Saga'?

Katie Way

March 19, 2025

Cyber

83 Percent of ShotSpotter Alerts Might Not Have Been Gunfire at All

The Cops

Cyber

83 Percent of ShotSpotter Alerts Might Not Have Been Gunfire at All

Nick Pinto

December 04, 2024

Doggos

Does Rudy Giuliani Look Like a Dog in These Courtroom Sketches?

Fresh Hell

Doggos

Does Rudy Giuliani Look Like a Dog in These Courtroom Sketches?

Adlan Jackson

January 07, 2025

Eric Adams

Eric Adams Is Probably Going to Get Away With It

Eric Adams

Eric Adams Is Probably Going to Get Away With It

Max Rivlin-Nadler

March 07, 2025

Eternal City

Earl 'The Pearl' Vs. 'The Ghost': New York City Is Still Home to Historic Billiards

Fresh Hell

Eternal City

Earl 'The Pearl' Vs. 'The Ghost': New York City Is Still Home to Historic Billiards

Max Pearl

February 03, 2025

Fresh Hell

Zohran Mamdani Is Banging on Andrew Cuomo's Front Door

Fresh Hell

Zohran Mamdani Is Banging on Andrew Cuomo's Front Door

Katie Way

March 21, 2025

Going Places

C&B Cafe Takes Back an East Village Parking Spot for Outdoor Dining

Nosh Pit

Going Places

C&B Cafe Takes Back an East Village Parking Spot for Outdoor Dining

Erin Durkin

March 07, 2025

High Life

Planes, Trains, and Magnolia Bakery Edibles

High Life

Planes, Trains, and Magnolia Bakery Edibles

Katie Way

November 27, 2024

Horoscopes

A dead tree emerges out of a grate, against a gray wall and red stepladders.

Horoscopes

Aries Season Is Here and It’s Dark and Full of Terrors

Rebecca Fishbein

April 03, 2023

How I Cope

Finding Comfort in the Great Lakes Ice Analysis Webpage

How I Cope

Finding Comfort in the Great Lakes Ice Analysis Webpage

Max Rivlin-Nadler

January 31, 2025

Joy

Mr. Marathon Is a 26-Mile Tribute to Cheap Produce

Fresh Hell

Joy

Mr. Marathon Is a 26-Mile Tribute to Cheap Produce

Lauren Hakimi

February 10, 2025

Leave Your Apartment

OHYUNG Wants You to Have an 'Overwhelming Sensory Experience'

Leave Your Apartment

OHYUNG Wants You to Have an 'Overwhelming Sensory Experience'

Adlan Jackson

March 20, 2025

Locked Up

Man Dies in Brooklyn Waiting to Be Arraigned on Charges That Should Have Warranted a Ticket

Locked Up

Man Dies in Brooklyn Waiting to Be Arraigned on Charges That Should Have Warranted a Ticket

Nick Pinto

March 21, 2025

Meet a Worker Co-op

Worker-Owned Music Journalism? We're Hearing Things

Cultural Capital

Meet a Worker Co-op

Q&A

Worker-Owned Music Journalism? We're Hearing Things

Adlan Jackson

October 15, 2024

Morning Spew

A Fool Walks Into a $38 Space-Themed 'Experience' in SoHo

Morning Spew

A Fool Walks Into a $38 Space-Themed 'Experience' in SoHo

Hell Gate

March 21, 2025

Navel Gazing

Ferry Rides and Lymphatic Drainage Routines: What Made Life Bearable in 2024

Navel Gazing

Fresh Hell

Ferry Rides and Lymphatic Drainage Routines: What Made Life Bearable in 2024

Hell Gate

December 30, 2024

New York Review of Blogs

If Conde Nast Can Make a 'Zine' Then the Word 'Zine' Means Nothing

New York Review of Blogs

If Conde Nast Can Make a 'Zine' Then the Word 'Zine' Means Nothing

Adlan Jackson

February 27, 2025

New Yorkers Abroad

She Started the Best Jam Session in NYC. Can It Continue Without Her?

Cultural Capital

New Yorkers Abroad

She Started the Best Jam Session in NYC. Can It Continue Without Her?

Adlan Jackson

July 31, 2024

Nosh Pit

Why the Whole New York City Council Killed Le Dive's Dimes Square Sidewalk Seating

Nosh Pit

Power

Why the Whole New York City Council Killed Le Dive's Dimes Square Sidewalk Seating

Christopher Robbins

March 14, 2025

NYPD

Mayor Adams Taps Sanitation Commissioner to Clean Up the NYPD's Mess

NYPD

Eric Adams

Mayor Adams Taps Sanitation Commissioner to Clean Up the NYPD's Mess

Christopher Robbins

November 20, 2024

Oh, Hell

Oh, Hell: Everything Is Fucked and Nothing Matters. Now What?

Oh, Hell

Oh, Hell: Everything Is Fucked and Nothing Matters. Now What?

Katie Way

November 08, 2024

OnlyFins

Meet the New Fish of New York's Increasingly Warmer Waters

OnlyFins

Q&A

Meet the New Fish of New York's Increasingly Warmer Waters

Esther Wang

October 21, 2024

Open House

I Probably Lost the Housing Lottery. Do I Still Deserve to Live in This $3,950/Month One Bedroom?

Open House

I Probably Lost the Housing Lottery. Do I Still Deserve to Live in This $3,950/Month One Bedroom?

Adlan Jackson

February 25, 2025

Paying Rent

Hang Gliding Into Manhattan From My 'Affordable' $3,261/Month Studio in Astoria

Paying Rent

Hang Gliding Into Manhattan From My 'Affordable' $3,261/Month Studio in Astoria

Adlan Jackson

March 19, 2025

Podcast

PODCAST: Congestion Pricing, Cops on the Subway, and Cash in the Mayoral Race

Podcast

PODCAST: Congestion Pricing, Cops on the Subway, and Cash in the Mayoral Race

Hell Gate

January 17, 2025

Porcelain New York

Looking at City Hall through the gate on the west side.

Porcelain New York

Mayor Adams’s Claim: The Public Can Pee at City Hall. Hell Gate Porcelain New York Rating: FALSE

Katie Way

June 10, 2024

Power

Trump’s DOJ Says They Transported Mahmoud Khalil 1,300 Miles Away From His Lawyers and Family Because of…Bedbugs?

Power

Trump’s DOJ Says They Transported Mahmoud Khalil 1,300 Miles Away From His Lawyers and Family Because of…Bedbugs?

Nick Pinto

March 18, 2025

Q&A

Umber Majeed Brings Her 'Digital Diasporic Experience' to the Queens Museum

Cultural Capital

Q&A

Umber Majeed Brings Her 'Digital Diasporic Experience' to the Queens Museum

Meghna Rao

March 14, 2025

RHONY

The 'Real Housewives of New York City' Are Reunited (And It Feels So Bad)

RHONY

The 'Real Housewives of New York City' Are Reunited (And It Feels So Bad)

Katie Way

February 05, 2025

Sales

Sales

Get a Brand-New Hell Gate Hat During Our ALL CAPS Sale

Hell Gate

January 29, 2025

Staying Alive

Fighting Transphobia Every Month at Manhattan's District 2 Community Education Council Meeting

Staying Alive

Fighting Transphobia Every Month at Manhattan's District 2 Community Education Council Meeting

Nick Pinto

February 28, 2025

The Cops

Discovery Reform: Why It Matters, and Who Wants to Kill It

The State of New York

Locked Up

The Cops

Discovery Reform: Why It Matters, and Who Wants to Kill It

Nick Pinto

March 07, 2025

The State of New York

ICE Arrested a New Yorker in a Schenectady Courthouse Without a Warrant

The State of New York

City of Immigrants

ICE Arrested a New Yorker in a Schenectady Courthouse Without a Warrant

Elissa Welle

March 11, 2025

What's Your Deal

Meet the Man Behind Those West Village Balloon Sculptures

What's Your Deal

Cultural Capital

Meet the Man Behind Those West Village Balloon Sculptures

Whitney Reagan Lynn

January 30, 2025

Working for the City

Outside of the New York Public Library's Stephen A. Schwarzman Building.

Working for the City

Power

The NYPL Stands Against Censorship—Except When It Comes to Palestine, According to Some of Its Workers

Katie Way

September 25, 2024