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$20 Dinner

A Whitestone Pizza Legend Lands in Astoria

$20 Dinner

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A Whitestone Pizza Legend Lands in Astoria

Scott Lynch

May 06, 2026

2025 Election

Mayoral Spew: Mamdani Mandate (and Cuomo Copium)

NYC Mayoral Election

2025 Election

Mayoral Spew: Mamdani Mandate (and Cuomo Copium)

Hell Gate

November 11, 2025

2026 Election

Follow the Money in the 'Commie Corridor' Congressional Race: Atlantic City Lawyers, Supermarket Titans, and Ed Norton

2026 Election

Fresh Hell

Follow the Money in the 'Commie Corridor' Congressional Race: Atlantic City Lawyers, Supermarket Titans, and Ed Norton

Christopher Robbins

May 04, 2026

Bad Behavior

Sorry, Virginia: SantaCon Is a Con, Feds Say

Fresh Hell

Bad Behavior

Sorry, Virginia: SantaCon Is a Con, Feds Say

Christopher Robbins

April 15, 2026

CCRB

Police Union Sues NYPD Watchdog to Turn Back Clock and Make Misconduct Records Secret

CCRB

The Cops

Police Union Sues NYPD Watchdog to Turn Back Clock and Make Misconduct Records Secret

Nick Pinto

April 21, 2026

City of Immigrants

A NYC Social Worker Referred a Shelter Resident to ICE

City of Immigrants

A NYC Social Worker Referred a Shelter Resident to ICE

Nick Pinto

March 31, 2026

Climate

Governor Hochul’s Assault on New York’s Climate Law

Climate

Power

Governor Hochul’s Assault on New York’s Climate Law

Max Rivlin-Nadler

March 03, 2026

Correct Opinions

Alexa, Show Me a Shitty Ass Met Gala

Correct Opinions

Cultural Capital

Alexa, Show Me a Shitty Ass Met Gala

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd

May 05, 2026

Courts of Contempt

Vote Trading in Mill Basin With the Brooklyn Democrats

Courts of Contempt

Vote Trading in Mill Basin With the Brooklyn Democrats

Max Rivlin-Nadler

May 06, 2026

Creative Accounting

An Outsider Artist Is Fronted $1,000 for His MoMA Debut and Drops $80 on Groceries

Creative Accounting

Cultural Capital

An Outsider Artist Is Fronted $1,000 for His MoMA Debut and Drops $80 on Groceries

Adlan Jackson

April 24, 2026

Critters of New York

We're So Bat: NYC's Nocturnal Creatures Are Making a Comeback

Fresh Hell

Critters of New York

We're So Bat: NYC's Nocturnal Creatures Are Making a Comeback

Jessy Edwards

April 20, 2026

Cultural Capital

A 90-Year-Old NYC Printmaker Finally Gets His Hometown Due

Eternal City

Cultural Capital

A 90-Year-Old NYC Printmaker Finally Gets His Hometown Due

Aaron Fox-Lerner

May 07, 2026

Cyber

'Stop Saying No To Me': AI Brainrot Hits New York's Federal Courts

Cyber

Fresh Hell

'Stop Saying No To Me': AI Brainrot Hits New York's Federal Courts

Katie Way

April 14, 2026

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, Once the Mayor, Now Albanian

Eric Adams

Eric Adams, Once the Mayor, Now Albanian

Max Rivlin-Nadler

April 10, 2026

Eternal City

A 90-Year-Old NYC Printmaker Finally Gets His Hometown Due

Eternal City

Cultural Capital

A 90-Year-Old NYC Printmaker Finally Gets His Hometown Due

Aaron Fox-Lerner

May 07, 2026

First 100 Days

Mayor Mamdani Talks Met Gala, Rich People, and the BQE

First 100 Days

Mayor Mamdani Talks Met Gala, Rich People, and the BQE

Christopher Robbins, Hell Gate

April 16, 2026

Fresh Hell

Can We All Take a Minute to Acknowledge What Absolute Babies These Billionaires Are?

Fresh Hell

Can We All Take a Minute to Acknowledge What Absolute Babies These Billionaires Are?

Christopher Robbins

May 06, 2026

Going Places

Carl Has Come Around: New York Will Finally Slow Down NYC's Super Speeders

The State of New York

Going Places

Carl Has Come Around: New York Will Finally Slow Down NYC's Super Speeders

Christopher Robbins

May 07, 2026

High Life

Tompkins Square Narc: NYPD Started 4/20 With Barricades, Left With Contact Highs

High Life

The Cops

Tompkins Square Narc: NYPD Started 4/20 With Barricades, Left With Contact Highs

Max Rivlin-Nadler

April 20, 2026

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

The Weather Is Fucking Awesome Right Now, Go Outside

Joy

The Weather Is Fucking Awesome Right Now, Go Outside

Adlan Jackson

March 10, 2026

Leave Your Apartment

'Angelic Architectures' Choreographer Symara Sarai Wants You to Get Into Open Movement

Leave Your Apartment

'Angelic Architectures' Choreographer Symara Sarai Wants You to Get Into Open Movement

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd

May 01, 2026

Locked Up

Are New Yorkers Held on Rikers Getting Timely Access to Their Lawyers? The City Says: None of Your Business

Locked Up

Are New Yorkers Held on Rikers Getting Timely Access to Their Lawyers? The City Says: None of Your Business

Max Rivlin-Nadler

April 17, 2026

Meet a Worker Co-op

The New Gourmet Is Well Done

Meet a Worker Co-op

Q&A

The New Gourmet Is Well Done

Max Rivlin-Nadler

January 30, 2026

Morning Spew

Hell Gate's Sold-Out Judicial Convention

Morning Spew

Hell Gate's Sold-Out Judicial Convention

Hell Gate

May 07, 2026

Navel Gazing

Hell Gate Keeps Growing

Navel Gazing

Hell Gate Keeps Growing

Hell Gate

March 17, 2026

New York Review of Blogs

5 Takeawaÿs From GQ's Jaÿ-Z Interview

New York Review of Blogs

Cultural Capital

5 Takeawaÿs From GQ's Jaÿ-Z Interview

Adlan Jackson

March 24, 2026

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

Panic! at the Goop Kitchen

Fresh Hell

Nosh Pit

Panic! at the Goop Kitchen

Christopher Robbins

April 23, 2026

NYC Mayoral Election

Andrew Cuomo Is Riding This Thing All the Way to the Bottom

Power

NYC Mayoral Election

Andrew Cuomo Is Riding This Thing All the Way to the Bottom

Nick Pinto

November 24, 2025

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

One Cool Thing

The Karaoke Queen of Montero's Reigns Three Nights a Week

What's Your Deal

One Cool Thing

Cultural Capital

The Karaoke Queen of Montero's Reigns Three Nights a Week

Katie Way

February 09, 2026

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

Should I Actually Move Into This $1,800/Month One-Bedroom in Kensington?

Open House

Should I Actually Move Into This $1,800/Month One-Bedroom in Kensington?

Adlan Jackson

November 25, 2025

Paying Rent

The First Task for Mayor Mamdani's Office of Mass Engagement: Pack the Rent Guidelines Board Hearings

Zohran Mamdani

Paying Rent

The First Task for Mayor Mamdani's Office of Mass Engagement: Pack the Rent Guidelines Board Hearings

Katie Way

April 29, 2026

Podcast

Jessica Tisch, Snow Days, and Elizabeth Street Garden: Zohran Mamdani Meets the Hell Gate Podcast

2025 Election

NYC Mayoral Election

Podcast

Jessica Tisch, Snow Days, and Elizabeth Street Garden: Zohran Mamdani Meets the Hell Gate Podcast

Hell Gate

October 25, 2025

Porcelain New York

The Future of Public Toilets In NYC Is Muddy, Bleak, and Kind of See-Through

Porcelain New York

The Future of Public Toilets In NYC Is Muddy, Bleak, and Kind of See-Through

Jessy Edwards

July 08, 2025

Power

Albany Approaches Peak Budget Mindfuck

The State of New York

Power

Albany Approaches Peak Budget Mindfuck

Max Rivlin-Nadler

May 07, 2026

Q&A

Inside the World of an Orchard Beach Nutcracker Salesman

Cultural Capital

Q&A

Inside the World of an Orchard Beach Nutcracker Salesman

Adlan Jackson

April 16, 2026

RHONY

Stick a Fork in OG RHONY. It's Done

RHONY

Stick a Fork in OG RHONY. It's Done

Katie Way

February 11, 2026

Sales

Finally: A Hell Gate T-shirt!

Sales

Finally: A Hell Gate T-shirt!

Hell Gate

February 23, 2026

Seddio

A Judge's Illicit and Uncashable Check Was Supposed to Make the Case of the Missing $2 Million Go Away. It Didn't.

Seddio

A Judge's Illicit and Uncashable Check Was Supposed to Make the Case of the Missing $2 Million Go Away. It Didn't.

Nick Pinto

April 15, 2026

Staying Alive

After a Bruising, Freezing Month, the Nurses Strike Is Ending

Surplus Labor Values

Staying Alive

After a Bruising, Freezing Month, the Nurses Strike Is Ending

Max Rivlin-Nadler

February 09, 2026

Surplus Labor Values

ProPublica workers practiced striking outside their NYC office Wednesday. (Hell Gate)

Surplus Labor Values

Fresh Hell

New York Review of Blogs

ProPublica Workers Demand Accountability—From Their Own Bosses

Jessy Edwards

February 12, 2026

Table of Success

A Teensy Glimpse Into Mayor Adams's Phone

Table of Success

Eric Adams

Fresh Hell

A Teensy Glimpse Into Mayor Adams's Phone

Hell Gate

December 03, 2025

Talk Mayor to Me

Talk Mayor to Me: Bed-Stuy and Mott Haven

Talk Mayor to Me

NYC Mayoral Election

2025 Election

Talk Mayor to Me: Bed-Stuy and Mott Haven

Olivia Bensimon

October 31, 2025

The Cops

Did the NYPD Check If This Controversial Unit Was Making Constitutional Stops? Nope

The Cops

Did the NYPD Check If This Controversial Unit Was Making Constitutional Stops? Nope

Nick Pinto

April 22, 2026

The State of New York

Albany Approaches Peak Budget Mindfuck

The State of New York

Power

Albany Approaches Peak Budget Mindfuck

Max Rivlin-Nadler

May 07, 2026

Touch Grass

There Are No Winners in the Columbia Waterfront Montessori Garden Access Turf War

Touch Grass

There Are No Winners in the Columbia Waterfront Montessori Garden Access Turf War

Katie Way

May 01, 2026

What's Your Deal

The Karaoke Queen of Montero's Reigns Three Nights a Week

What's Your Deal

One Cool Thing

Cultural Capital

The Karaoke Queen of Montero's Reigns Three Nights a Week

Katie Way

February 09, 2026

Working for the City

A DSNY Worker Answers All Your Burning Questions About the Blizzard (And Yes, the Trash)

Working for the City

Q&A

A DSNY Worker Answers All Your Burning Questions About the Blizzard (And Yes, the Trash)

Adlan Jackson

February 10, 2026

Zohran Mamdani

Mayor Mamdani Speaks Out Against West Bank ‘Real Estate Expo’ at Manhattan Synagogue

Zohran Mamdani

Fresh Hell

Mayor Mamdani Speaks Out Against West Bank ‘Real Estate Expo’ at Manhattan Synagogue

Nick Pinto

May 05, 2026