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$20 Dinner

A Classic Puerto Rican Lunch Counter Still Shines in East Harlem

$20 Dinner

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A Classic Puerto Rican Lunch Counter Still Shines in East Harlem

Scott Lynch

November 04, 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

New York Republicans Are Ripping Each Other to Shreds

2026 Election

New York Republicans Are Ripping Each Other to Shreds

Holly Pretsky

November 06, 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

ICE Maced the Wrong Septuagenarian

Morning Spew

City of Immigrants

ICE Maced the Wrong Septuagenarian

Hell Gate

August 14, 2026

Climate

What if NYC Just Built Its Own Renewable Energy Infrastructure?

Climate

What if NYC Just Built Its Own Renewable Energy Infrastructure?

Max Rivlin-Nadler

October 28, 2026

Correct Opinions

Beyond Abolishing the SRG

The Cops

Correct Opinions

Beyond Abolishing the SRG

Nick Pinto

November 05, 2026

Courts of Contempt

The Verdict Is In on Hell Gate's Courts of Contempt Trivia Night

Courts of Contempt

The Verdict Is In on Hell Gate's Courts of Contempt Trivia Night

Hell Gate

October 27, 2026

Creative Accounting

A Synthpop Musician Drops $388 on Credit Consolidation and Gets a Piece of Gear for Free

Creative Accounting

Cultural Capital

A Synthpop Musician Drops $388 on Credit Consolidation and Gets a Piece of Gear for Free

Adlan Jackson

July 10, 2026

Critters of New York

Vickie Paladino's Steampunk 'Disney World' Vision for Central Park

Morning Spew

Critters of New York

Vickie Paladino's Steampunk 'Disney World' Vision for Central Park

Hell Gate

October 22, 2026

Cultural Capital

If You Have a Minute and One Second, Catch Jalen Brunson's 'SVU' Cameo

Cultural Capital

If You Have a Minute and One Second, Catch Jalen Brunson's 'SVU' Cameo

Katie Way

November 06, 2026

Cyber

A Few of the Diseases Invoked by AI Execs to Evade City Council's Safety Questions

Cyber

Fresh Hell

A Few of the Diseases Invoked by AI Execs to Evade City Council's Safety Questions

Jessy Edwards

October 06, 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 Promised to Pitch a Wisconsin Data Center With 'Rigor.' His Failure Was Spectacular

Eric Adams

New Yorkers Abroad

Eric Adams Promised to Pitch a Wisconsin Data Center With 'Rigor.' His Failure Was Spectacular

Max Rivlin-Nadler

October 13, 2026

Eternal City

Several Theories About Why the Knicks Are Sucking Ass

Eternal City

Several Theories About Why the Knicks Are Sucking Ass

Hell Gate

October 27, 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

Winners and Losers of the 2026 Midterm Elections in New York

Fresh Hell

Winners and Losers of the 2026 Midterm Elections in New York

Hell Gate

November 04, 2026

Going Places

Even the MTA Admits Something Is Very Wrong With Its Bus Fare Enforcement Teams

Going Places

Even the MTA Admits Something Is Very Wrong With Its Bus Fare Enforcement Teams

Max Rivlin-Nadler

October 23, 2026

Hell Apes

Why I'm Resigning: Hell Gate's Proprietary AI Has Grown Too Powerful

Hell Apes

Cyber

Why I'm Resigning: Hell Gate's Proprietary AI Has Grown Too Powerful

Nick Pinto

September 18, 2026

HG IRL

Hell Gate's In Battle, Bands: Tuesday, 10/6 at Night Club 101

HG IRL

Hell Gate's In Battle, Bands: Tuesday, 10/6 at Night Club 101

Hell Gate

September 17, 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

Playful, Princely, Likely Molting: There's a New Hot Duck in Town

Critters of New York

Joy

Playful, Princely, Likely Molting: There's a New Hot Duck in Town

Jessy Edwards

October 19, 2026

Leave Your Apartment

Photographer Alfredo Jimagua Wants You to Find Beauty in Sunnyside and Washington Heights

Leave Your Apartment

Photographer Alfredo Jimagua Wants You to Find Beauty in Sunnyside and Washington Heights

Adlan Jackson

September 22, 2026

Locked Up

Will Tish James Change the Way Her Office Fights Prison Sexual Assault Lawsuits?

Locked Up

Fresh Hell

Will Tish James Change the Way Her Office Fights Prison Sexual Assault Lawsuits?

Chris Gelardi

October 28, 2026

Meet a Worker Co-op

It Feels Good When Your Therapist Feels Good About Their Workplace

Meet a Worker Co-op

It Feels Good When Your Therapist Feels Good About Their Workplace

Adlan Jackson

June 29, 2026

Morning Spew

NY Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie Goes to a Celtics Game…

Morning Spew

NY Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie Goes to a Celtics Game…

Hell Gate

November 06, 2026

Navel Gazing

Hell Gate 2026 Annual Report

Navel Gazing

New York Review of Blogs

Hell Gate 2026 Annual Report

Hell Gate

October 04, 2026

New York Review of Blogs

Larry David Drops a Cringe Nuke on the DSA

New York Review of Blogs

Larry David Drops a Cringe Nuke on the DSA

Adlan Jackson

October 19, 2026

New Yorkers Abroad

Eric Adams Promised to Pitch a Wisconsin Data Center With 'Rigor.' His Failure Was Spectacular

Eric Adams

New Yorkers Abroad

Eric Adams Promised to Pitch a Wisconsin Data Center With 'Rigor.' His Failure Was Spectacular

Max Rivlin-Nadler

October 13, 2026

Nosh Pit

Caffe Paradiso, Line Culture Inferno

Nosh Pit

Caffe Paradiso, Line Culture Inferno

Katie Way

October 26, 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

Getting My $1,300/Month Rent-Stabilized One Bedroom Required an 'Imagination for Evil'

Open House

Paying Rent

Getting My $1,300/Month Rent-Stabilized One Bedroom Required an 'Imagination for Evil'

Adlan Jackson

August 19, 2026

Paying Rent

Landlord Attorney Trying to Kill Mamdani's Rent Freeze Forces Release of SHOCKING Texts Like 'Appreciate the Appointment' and 'Honored to Serve'

Paying Rent

Fresh Hell

Landlord Attorney Trying to Kill Mamdani's Rent Freeze Forces Release of SHOCKING Texts Like 'Appreciate the Appointment' and 'Honored to Serve'

Jessy Edwards

October 01, 2026

Podcast

Riding the Blue Tsunami Wherever it Takes Us—Even to a Celtics Game

Podcast

Riding the Blue Tsunami Wherever it Takes Us—Even to a Celtics Game

Hell Gate

November 06, 2026

Porcelain New York

We Test-Peed NYC's New Modular, App-Activated Public Toilets

Porcelain New York

We Test-Peed NYC's New Modular, App-Activated Public Toilets

Christopher Robbins

September 30, 2026

Power

What Bruce Blakeman's Private Militia Clusterfuck Says About How He'd Run New York

2026 Election

Power

What Bruce Blakeman's Private Militia Clusterfuck Says About How He'd Run New York

Katie Way

October 30, 2026

Q&A

He's Walking from the Bronx to San Francisco, and He's Almost There

Going Places

Q&A

He's Walking from the Bronx to San Francisco, and He's Almost There

Adlan Jackson

September 28, 2026

RHONY

'The Real Housewives of New York City' Act…Normal?!

RHONY

'The Real Housewives of New York City' Act…Normal?!

Katie Way

November 05, 2026

Sales

Hell Gate's Biggest Sale Ever

Sales

Hell Gate's Biggest Sale Ever

Hell Gate

October 05, 2026

Schools

Nikole Hannah-Jones Ritually Humiliated the NYC Schools Chancellor

Schools

Fresh Hell

Nikole Hannah-Jones Ritually Humiliated the NYC Schools Chancellor

Adlan Jackson

October 21, 2026

Seddio

Brooklyn Dems' Coup Tossed Out in Court

Power

Seddio

Brooklyn Dems' Coup Tossed Out in Court

Jessy Edwards, Nick Pinto

September 14, 2026

Staying Alive

An Incomplete List of NYC's Diabolically Desirable Forbidden Beaches

Eternal City

Touch Grass

Staying Alive

An Incomplete List of NYC's Diabolically Desirable Forbidden Beaches

Max Rivlin-Nadler

August 06, 2026

Surplus Labor Values

Can a Documentary Show Workers How to Fight Amazon and UPS?

Surplus Labor Values

Cultural Capital

Can a Documentary Show Workers How to Fight Amazon and UPS?

Adlan Jackson

September 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

Beyond Abolishing the SRG

The Cops

Correct Opinions

Beyond Abolishing the SRG

Nick Pinto

November 05, 2026

The State of New York

Comparing New York's Most Powerful Judges' Records Has Never Been Possible—Until Now

Fresh Hell

The State of New York

Comparing New York's Most Powerful Judges' Records Has Never Been Possible—Until Now

Jessy Edwards

October 15, 2026

Touch Grass

An Incomplete List of NYC's Diabolically Desirable Forbidden Beaches

Eternal City

Touch Grass

Staying Alive

An Incomplete List of NYC's Diabolically Desirable Forbidden Beaches

Max Rivlin-Nadler

August 06, 2026

What's Your Deal

Meet the Tree-Counting Juggernaut of New York City

Touch Grass

What's Your Deal

Meet the Tree-Counting Juggernaut of New York City

Michael Nolan

June 26, 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

Mayor Mamdani, the Dutch Prime Minister, and NYC Teenagers Discuss: What Is Art?

Zohran Mamdani

Joy

Mayor Mamdani, the Dutch Prime Minister, and NYC Teenagers Discuss: What Is Art?

Katie Way

September 25, 2026