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$20 Dinner

The Utopia Bagels Crew Opens a Classic Slice Shop in LIC

$20 Dinner

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The Utopia Bagels Crew Opens a Classic Slice Shop in LIC

Scott Lynch

March 25, 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

NYC's Most Sociopathic Motorists Will Pay $60K/Year to Drive Like Assholes

Bad Behavior

Going Places

NYC's Most Sociopathic Motorists Will Pay $60K/Year to Drive Like Assholes

Adlan Jackson

March 05, 2026

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

New York City Has Finally Decriminalized Street Vending

City of Immigrants

Fresh Hell

New York City Has Finally Decriminalized Street Vending

Max Rivlin-Nadler

March 09, 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

If Mayor Mamdani Really Cared About the Irish He Would Have Spoken Some Irish

Correct Opinions

If Mayor Mamdani Really Cared About the Irish He Would Have Spoken Some Irish

Hell Gate

March 17, 2026

Critters of New York

Behold NYC's First-Ever Trumpeter Swan

Critters of New York

Fresh Hell

Joy

Behold NYC's First-Ever Trumpeter Swan

Jessy Edwards

March 09, 2026

Cultural Capital

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

Cyber

AI Slop, Coming to a Bodega Near You

Cyber

Fresh Hell

AI Slop, Coming to a Bodega Near You

Adlan Jackson

March 23, 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

How to Pick a Viral Fight With Eric Adams

Eric Adams

Bad Behavior

Q&A

How to Pick a Viral Fight With Eric Adams

Adlan Jackson

February 05, 2026

Eternal City

'It's Easy to Forget That We Actually Do Love the Team for Being Bad'

Eternal City

'It's Easy to Forget That We Actually Do Love the Team for Being Bad'

Lucas Trevor

March 25, 2026

First 100 Days

Mayor's Office of Managing Expectations

First 100 Days

Mayor's Office of Managing Expectations

Katie Way, Adlan Jackson, Max Rivlin-Nadler, Nick Pinto

March 19, 2026

Fresh Hell

AI Slop, Coming to a Bodega Near You

Cyber

Fresh Hell

AI Slop, Coming to a Bodega Near You

Adlan Jackson

March 23, 2026

Going Places

NYC's Most Sociopathic Motorists Will Pay $60K/Year to Drive Like Assholes

Bad Behavior

Going Places

NYC's Most Sociopathic Motorists Will Pay $60K/Year to Drive Like Assholes

Adlan Jackson

March 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 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

Armand Hammer Want You to Know Hip-Hop Is Thriving in Brooklyn

Leave Your Apartment

Armand Hammer Want You to Know Hip-Hop Is Thriving in Brooklyn

Adlan Jackson

March 12, 2026

Locked Up

Why These Reporters Are Suing New York's Prison System

Locked Up

Why These Reporters Are Suing New York's Prison System

Nick Pinto

March 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

A Rare Victory for the Residents of This East Village SRO

Morning Spew

A Rare Victory for the Residents of This East Village SRO

Hell Gate

March 25, 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

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 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 Idea That Housing Supply Is Not Part of the Story Here Is Kind of Absurd'

Paying Rent

'The Idea That Housing Supply Is Not Part of the Story Here Is Kind of Absurd'

Jessy Edwards

March 18, 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

Students Can Sue Columbia and Trump for Colluding to Stamp Out Pro-Palestine Speech

Power

Students Can Sue Columbia and Trump for Colluding to Stamp Out Pro-Palestine Speech

Nick Pinto

March 24, 2026

Q&A

How to Shoot a Medieval Film in NYC on a Shoestring Budget

Cultural Capital

Q&A

How to Shoot a Medieval Film in NYC on a Shoestring Budget

Daniel Schindel

March 24, 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 Sanctions Hearing for Frank Seddio

Seddio

Power

A Sanctions Hearing for Frank Seddio

Nick Pinto

March 13, 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

Mamdani Is Getting Snowballed by His Own NYPD

The Cops

Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani Is Getting Snowballed by His Own NYPD

Nick Pinto

February 26, 2026

The State of New York

The 'Tax the Rich' Albany Takeover Had Everything (Except Zohran Mamdani)

The State of New York

First 100 Days

The 'Tax the Rich' Albany Takeover Had Everything (Except Zohran Mamdani)

Katie Way

February 26, 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

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

Mamdani Is Getting Snowballed by His Own NYPD

The Cops

Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani Is Getting Snowballed by His Own NYPD

Nick Pinto

February 26, 2026