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$20 Dinner

A Terrific Little Tamale Shop Opens in Crown Heights

$20 Dinner

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A Terrific Little Tamale Shop Opens in Crown Heights

Scott Lynch

January 15, 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

Bad Behavior

Killing Bike Lanes for Cash and Fame: How Eric Adams's Former Top Aide Allegedly Ran This Filthy Town

Bad Behavior

Fresh Hell

Eric Adams

Killing Bike Lanes for Cash and Fame: How Eric Adams's Former Top Aide Allegedly Ran This Filthy Town

Max Rivlin-Nadler

August 21, 2025

CCRB

Adams Names Police Accountability Foe to Chair Police Accountability Agency

CCRB

Adams Names Police Accountability Foe to Chair Police Accountability Agency

Nick Pinto

December 11, 2025

City of Immigrants

A Queens Woman Describes What It’s Like to Be Held in Immigration Detention With Her First Grader

City of Immigrants

A Queens Woman Describes What It’s Like to Be Held in Immigration Detention With Her First Grader

Nick Pinto

December 22, 2025

Climate

How Mayor Mamdani Can Revive NYC's Most Important Climate Law

First 100 Days

Climate

Zohran Mamdani

How Mayor Mamdani Can Revive NYC's Most Important Climate Law

Max Rivlin-Nadler

December 16, 2025

Correct Opinions

Hell Gate's Predictions for 2026

Correct Opinions

Hell Gate's Predictions for 2026

Hell Gate

December 29, 2025

Critters of New York

The Bill to Ban Carriage Horses Is Dead

Critters of New York

Power

The Bill to Ban Carriage Horses Is Dead

Katie Way

November 14, 2025

Cultural Capital

The Diamond District Strikes Viral Gold

Cultural Capital

The Diamond District Strikes Viral Gold

Adlan Jackson

January 07, 2026

Cyber

Eric Adams's NYC Memecoin Just Made $1 Million Disappear

Eric Adams

Cyber

Eric Adams's NYC Memecoin Just Made $1 Million Disappear

Adlan Jackson

January 13, 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's NYC Memecoin Just Made $1 Million Disappear

Eric Adams

Cyber

Eric Adams's NYC Memecoin Just Made $1 Million Disappear

Adlan Jackson

January 13, 2026

Eternal City

The NYC Municipal Archive Book Sale Was a Banger

Eternal City

One Cool Thing

The NYC Municipal Archive Book Sale Was a Banger

Katie Way

November 07, 2025

First 100 Days

The Mayor and Tenants Lost the Pinnacle Bankruptcy Sale Battle—But Vow to Win the War Against Bad Landlords

Paying Rent

First 100 Days

Zohran Mamdani

Power

The Mayor and Tenants Lost the Pinnacle Bankruptcy Sale Battle—But Vow to Win the War Against Bad Landlords

Jessy Edwards

January 16, 2026

Fresh Hell

The Missing $2 Million Is Gone—And All Eyes Are on Frank Seddio

Power

Fresh Hell

The Missing $2 Million Is Gone—And All Eyes Are on Frank Seddio

Nick Pinto

January 15, 2026

Going Places

Mamdani and Hochul Celebrate One Politically Controversial Initiative While Dodging Another

Going Places

Power

Mamdani and Hochul Celebrate One Politically Controversial Initiative While Dodging Another

Nick Pinto

January 05, 2026

High Life

Four Years After Marijuana Legalization, Many Prosecutors Refuse to Give New Yorkers the Clean Slate They Were Promised

High Life

The State of New York

Four Years After Marijuana Legalization, Many Prosecutors Refuse to Give New Yorkers the Clean Slate They Were Promised

Wes Parnell

August 20, 2025

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 Hell Gate Guide to Grilling and Chilling

Navel Gazing

Joy

The Hell Gate Guide to Grilling and Chilling

Hell Gate

August 29, 2025

Leave Your Apartment

OG Wants You to Touch the Magic This New Year's Eve

Leave Your Apartment

OG Wants You to Touch the Magic This New Year's Eve

Adlan Jackson

December 26, 2025

Locked Up

Kathy Hochul Promised More Clemencies—Where Are They?

Locked Up

Kathy Hochul Promised More Clemencies—Where Are They?

Victoria Law

December 23, 2025

Meet a Worker Co-op

New York City's First Lesbian Cooperative Coffee & Cocktail Bar Is Opening in Bushwick

Meet a Worker Co-op

Cultural Capital

New York City's First Lesbian Cooperative Coffee & Cocktail Bar Is Opening in Bushwick

Ella Fassler

March 28, 2025

Morning Spew

Velázquez Tells Mamdani to Stay in His Lane

Morning Spew

Velázquez Tells Mamdani to Stay in His Lane

Hell Gate

January 16, 2026

Navel Gazing

Hell Gate's Favorite Blogs of 2025

Navel Gazing

Correct Opinions

Hell Gate's Favorite Blogs of 2025

Hell Gate

December 29, 2025

New York Review of Blogs

Hell Gate 2025 Annual Report

Navel Gazing

New York Review of Blogs

Hell Gate 2025 Annual Report

Hell Gate

September 29, 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

As the Sun Sets on Curbside Dining This Year, City Council Eyes Overhaul for 2026

Nosh Pit

As the Sun Sets on Curbside Dining This Year, City Council Eyes Overhaul for 2026

Erin Durkin

November 24, 2025

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 NYC Municipal Archive Book Sale Was a Banger

Eternal City

One Cool Thing

The NYC Municipal Archive Book Sale Was a Banger

Katie Way

November 07, 2025

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 Mayor and Tenants Lost the Pinnacle Bankruptcy Sale Battle—But Vow to Win the War Against Bad Landlords

Paying Rent

First 100 Days

Zohran Mamdani

Power

The Mayor and Tenants Lost the Pinnacle Bankruptcy Sale Battle—But Vow to Win the War Against Bad Landlords

Jessy Edwards

January 16, 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

The Mayor and Tenants Lost the Pinnacle Bankruptcy Sale Battle—But Vow to Win the War Against Bad Landlords

Paying Rent

First 100 Days

Zohran Mamdani

Power

The Mayor and Tenants Lost the Pinnacle Bankruptcy Sale Battle—But Vow to Win the War Against Bad Landlords

Jessy Edwards

January 16, 2026

Q&A

I Think Paul Muldoon's Rock Music Has Improved. Paul Muldoon Disagrees

Cultural Capital

Q&A

I Think Paul Muldoon's Rock Music Has Improved. Paul Muldoon Disagrees

Adlan Jackson

September 09, 2025

RHONY

The 'Real Housewives of New York City' Reboot Is Over. It's Actually Over

RHONY

The 'Real Housewives of New York City' Reboot Is Over. It's Actually Over

Katie Way

May 12, 2025

Sales

Hell Gate Hats for the Holidays Sale

Sales

Hell Gate Hats for the Holidays Sale

Hell Gate

December 15, 2025

Staying Alive

A Model for Mamdani's Affordable Grocery Stores Might Reside in Woodside

Staying Alive

A Model for Mamdani's Affordable Grocery Stores Might Reside in Woodside

Max Rivlin-Nadler

October 30, 2025

Surplus Labor Values

Queens Charter School Terminates Its Teachers Union Via Email

Surplus Labor Values

Queens Charter School Terminates Its Teachers Union Via Email

Katie Way

January 14, 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

Week One of Zohran Mamdani's NYPD

The Cops

Zohran Mamdani

Week One of Zohran Mamdani's NYPD

Hell Gate

January 09, 2026

The State of New York

Governor Hochul Shows Off Her Guns at 2026 State of the State

The State of New York

Governor Hochul Shows Off Her Guns at 2026 State of the State

Max Rivlin-Nadler

January 13, 2026

Touch Grass

After All That, the New East River Park Is...Fucking Awesome

Correct Opinions

Touch Grass

After All That, the New East River Park Is...Fucking Awesome

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd

October 14, 2025

What's Your Deal

This Man Runs the NYC Subway—On Foot

What's Your Deal

Going Places

This Man Runs the NYC Subway—On Foot

Katie Way

November 03, 2025

Working for the City

Police Unions Broke the Law to Get a CCRB Investigator Fired, Suit Alleges

Working for the City

The Cops

CCRB

Police Unions Broke the Law to Get a CCRB Investigator Fired, Suit Alleges

Nick Pinto

September 30, 2025

Zohran Mamdani

The Mayor and Tenants Lost the Pinnacle Bankruptcy Sale Battle—But Vow to Win the War Against Bad Landlords

Paying Rent

First 100 Days

Zohran Mamdani

Power

The Mayor and Tenants Lost the Pinnacle Bankruptcy Sale Battle—But Vow to Win the War Against Bad Landlords

Jessy Edwards

January 16, 2026