Log in / Subscribe

RSS

Hell Gate is owned & run by journalists covering NYC.

FYI:

Parade weather forecast looking chaotic but not apocalyptic. The NYPD says they're going to be staffing 10,000 officers to police the celebration—the largest single deployment in the department's history. Get your access points and restricted items here.

All Topics

$20 Dinner

Maqluba Serves a Feast of Palestinian and Lebanese Specialties in Bay Ridge

$20 Dinner

View on map

Maqluba Serves a Feast of Palestinian and Lebanese Specialties in Bay Ridge

Scott Lynch

June 11, 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

Talk Congress To Me: 'Adriano Espaillat, You Need to Really Get Involved Because I Don't Know Your Name'

2026 Election

Talk Congress To Me: 'Adriano Espaillat, You Need to Really Get Involved Because I Don't Know Your Name'

Alisha Allison

June 12, 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

'This Neighborhood Is Like a Hornet's Nest': Protesters Are Calling Attention to ICE Vehicles Parked on Manhattan Streets

City of Immigrants

'This Neighborhood Is Like a Hornet's Nest': Protesters Are Calling Attention to ICE Vehicles Parked on Manhattan Streets

Nick Pinto

June 17, 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

Sorry, NYPD: New York City Belongs to Knicks Fans Now

Correct Opinions

Fresh Hell

Sorry, NYPD: New York City Belongs to Knicks Fans Now

Max Rivlin-Nadler

May 26, 2026

Courts of Contempt

Will the Process of Selecting State Supreme Court Judges Ever Change?

Courts of Contempt

Will the Process of Selecting State Supreme Court Judges Ever Change?

Jessy Edwards

June 02, 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

Cultural Capital

Q&A

'I'm a Nightlife Girlie': 15 Minutes With Diya Vij, Mamdani's Cultural Affairs Commissioner

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd

June 17, 2026

Cyber

A New AI Documentary Wonders: Are Humans Toast?

Cyber

Fresh Hell

Cultural Capital

A New AI Documentary Wonders: Are Humans Toast?

Jessy Edwards

June 12, 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

Knicks Fans Messed With Texas—and Won

Fresh Hell

Eternal City

Knicks Fans Messed With Texas—and Won

Max Rivlin-Nadler

June 15, 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

Famous Singer/Songwriter to 20,000 Fans at MSG: A NYT Journalist Picked Me Up in His Vintage Car, Kissed Me in the Times Office, But Apparently Had a Girlfriend

Fresh Hell

New York Review of Blogs

Famous Singer/Songwriter to 20,000 Fans at MSG: A NYT Journalist Picked Me Up in His Vintage Car, Kissed Me in the Times Office, But Apparently Had a Girlfriend

Christopher Robbins

June 17, 2026

Going Places

What Did My Ride on The Ordinary Bus Have to Do With the Wasian Meetup? More Than You Might Think

Going Places

What Did My Ride on The Ordinary Bus Have to Do With the Wasian Meetup? More Than You Might Think

Adlan Jackson

May 28, 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

Comedian Dan Yang Wants You to Sneak a Tallboy on a Bench

Leave Your Apartment

Comedian Dan Yang Wants You to Sneak a Tallboy on a Bench

Adlan Jackson

June 10, 2026

Locked Up

The Story of the Woman Who Gave Birth in Brooklyn Arraignment Court Is Worse Than You’ve Heard

Locked Up

The Cops

The Story of the Woman Who Gave Birth in Brooklyn Arraignment Court Is Worse Than You’ve Heard

Nick Pinto

May 18, 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

Espaillat on the Attack

Morning Spew

Espaillat on the Attack

Hell Gate

June 17, 2026

Navel Gazing

A Perfect Sunday Night for a Movie in the Rockaways

Navel Gazing

A Perfect Sunday Night for a Movie in the Rockaways

Hell Gate

June 08, 2026

New York Review of Blogs

Famous Singer/Songwriter to 20,000 Fans at MSG: A NYT Journalist Picked Me Up in His Vintage Car, Kissed Me in the Times Office, But Apparently Had a Girlfriend

Fresh Hell

New York Review of Blogs

Famous Singer/Songwriter to 20,000 Fans at MSG: A NYT Journalist Picked Me Up in His Vintage Car, Kissed Me in the Times Office, But Apparently Had a Girlfriend

Christopher Robbins

June 17, 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

Endless Construction and $14,000 Concession Fees Have Finally Killed Red Hook's Latin Food Truck Scene

Nosh Pit

Fresh Hell

Endless Construction and $14,000 Concession Fees Have Finally Killed Red Hook's Latin Food Truck Scene

Erin Durkin

June 16, 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

Casting Company Regrets That This Landlord 'Duped' Them Into Hiring Zombies for His Anti-Rent Freeze Demonstration

Paying Rent

Fresh Hell

Casting Company Regrets That This Landlord 'Duped' Them Into Hiring Zombies for His Anti-Rent Freeze Demonstration

Jessy Edwards

June 16, 2026

Podcast

PODCAST: Max and the ‘Mad Dog’ Julianne Knicks Call-In Special (feat. Will Menaker, Councilmember Sandy Nurse, Jayson Buford, and Giri Nathan)

Podcast

PODCAST: Max and the ‘Mad Dog’ Julianne Knicks Call-In Special (feat. Will Menaker, Councilmember Sandy Nurse, Jayson Buford, and Giri Nathan)

Max Rivlin-Nadler

June 01, 2026

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

Cultural Capital

Q&A

'I'm a Nightlife Girlie': 15 Minutes With Diya Vij, Mamdani's Cultural Affairs Commissioner

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd

June 17, 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

All Rise for the Hell Gate Trial Subscription Sale!

Sales

All Rise for the Hell Gate Trial Subscription Sale!

Hell Gate

May 11, 2026

Seddio

Frank Seddio Now Claiming He Wasn't the One Who Submitted Court Filings Under the Name Frank Seddio in the Case of the Missing $2 Million

Seddio

Frank Seddio Now Claiming He Wasn't the One Who Submitted Court Filings Under the Name Frank Seddio in the Case of the Missing $2 Million

Nick Pinto

June 05, 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

The Journalists at NYC's Largest Local News Print Chain Are Unionizing

Surplus Labor Values

New York Review of Blogs

The Journalists at NYC's Largest Local News Print Chain Are Unionizing

Nick Pinto

June 15, 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

Inside the NYPD's Massive Knicks Frozen Zone: 'This Is Such a Mess'

The Cops

Fresh Hell

Inside the NYPD's Massive Knicks Frozen Zone: 'This Is Such a Mess'

Nick Pinto, Max Rivlin-Nadler, Alisha Allison

June 10, 2026

The State of New York

Governor Hochul's Budget Victory Is Great if You Don't Need Health Insurance or a Habitable Planet Earth

The State of New York

Governor Hochul's Budget Victory Is Great if You Don't Need Health Insurance or a Habitable Planet Earth

Christopher Robbins

May 29, 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

World Cup 2026

Hypebeast Mayor Mamdani Drops Mega-Exclusive Kit and the Crowd Goes Wild

Fresh Hell

Zohran Mamdani

World Cup 2026

Hypebeast Mayor Mamdani Drops Mega-Exclusive Kit and the Crowd Goes Wild

Max Rivlin-Nadler

June 12, 2026

Zohran Mamdani

Hypebeast Mayor Mamdani Drops Mega-Exclusive Kit and the Crowd Goes Wild

Fresh Hell

Zohran Mamdani

World Cup 2026

Hypebeast Mayor Mamdani Drops Mega-Exclusive Kit and the Crowd Goes Wild

Max Rivlin-Nadler

June 12, 2026