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$20 Dinner

Laghman Express Brings Their Delicious Uyghur Feast to Gravesend

$20 Dinner

Laghman Express Brings Their Delicious Uyghur Feast to Gravesend

Scott Lynch

January 15, 2025

Bad Behavior

How Bill de Blasio Can Raise the $500,000 He Owes Us

Bad Behavior

How Bill de Blasio Can Raise the $500,000 He Owes Us

Hell Gate

January 15, 2025

City of Immigrants

The Adams Administration Is Sending Scores of Migrants to the Randall's Island Tent Complex They Promised to Close

City of Immigrants

The Adams Administration Is Sending Scores of Migrants to the Randall's Island Tent Complex They Promised to Close

Olivia Bensimon

January 09, 2025

Climate

Brooklyn Residents Say Recycling Concrete Should Not Involve Breathing It

Climate

Fresh Hell

Brooklyn Residents Say Recycling Concrete Should Not Involve Breathing It

Max Rivlin-Nadler

November 25, 2024

Correct Opinions

Hell Gate's 2025 Predictions

Correct Opinions

Hell Gate's 2025 Predictions

Hell Gate

December 30, 2024

Critters of New York

The Very Sad, Very Online Story of P'Nut the Squirrel

Critters of New York

The Very Sad, Very Online Story of P'Nut the Squirrel

Katie Way

November 04, 2024

Cultural Capital

David Lynch’s Cinematographer Talks About How That Incredible NYC Rat PSA Got Made

Cultural Capital

David Lynch’s Cinematographer Talks About How That Incredible NYC Rat PSA Got Made

Christopher Robbins

January 17, 2025

Cyber

83 Percent of ShotSpotter Alerts Might Not Have Been Gunfire at All

The Cops

Cyber

83 Percent of ShotSpotter Alerts Might Not Have Been Gunfire at All

Nick Pinto

December 04, 2024

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

The Mayor Jumped on a Plane to Florida to Kiss Trump's Ass

Eric Adams

Fresh Hell

The Mayor Jumped on a Plane to Florida to Kiss Trump's Ass

Adlan Jackson

January 17, 2025

Eternal City

An Evening With Robert Caro Superfans

Cultural Capital

Eternal City

An Evening With Robert Caro Superfans

Katie Way

October 09, 2024

Fresh Hell

The Mayor Jumped on a Plane to Florida to Kiss Trump's Ass

Eric Adams

Fresh Hell

The Mayor Jumped on a Plane to Florida to Kiss Trump's Ass

Adlan Jackson

January 17, 2025

Going Places

Traffic Data: Holy Shit, This Congestion Pricing Thing Is Working

Going Places

Traffic Data: Holy Shit, This Congestion Pricing Thing Is Working

Max Rivlin-Nadler

January 14, 2025

High Life

Planes, Trains, and Magnolia Bakery Edibles

High Life

Planes, Trains, and Magnolia Bakery Edibles

Katie Way

November 27, 2024

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

Joy

Meet the DJ Who Brings the House Down in Herbert Von King Park—Every Day of the Week

Joy

Eternal City

What's Your Deal

Meet the DJ Who Brings the House Down in Herbert Von King Park—Every Day of the Week

Meghna Rao

July 10, 2024

Leave Your Apartment

Spotify Wants You in the 'Mood Machine.' Liz Pelly Wants You in the Music Scene

Leave Your Apartment

Spotify Wants You in the 'Mood Machine.' Liz Pelly Wants You in the Music Scene

Adlan Jackson

January 03, 2025

Locked Up

Study Reveals How NY Judges Undermine Bail Reform

Locked Up

Study Reveals How NY Judges Undermine Bail Reform

Nick Pinto

January 13, 2025

Meet a Worker Co-op

Worker-Owned Music Journalism? We're Hearing Things

Cultural Capital

Meet a Worker Co-op

Q&A

Worker-Owned Music Journalism? We're Hearing Things

Adlan Jackson

October 15, 2024

Morning Spew

Cuts to Parks and 3K, More Cops on the Subway

Morning Spew

Cuts to Parks and 3K, More Cops on the Subway

Hell Gate

January 17, 2025

Navel Gazing

Ferry Rides and Lymphatic Drainage Routines: What Made Life Bearable in 2024

Navel Gazing

Fresh Hell

Ferry Rides and Lymphatic Drainage Routines: What Made Life Bearable in 2024

Hell Gate

December 30, 2024

New York Review of Blogs

Hell Gate 2024 Annual Report

Navel Gazing

New York Review of Blogs

Hell Gate 2024 Annual Report

Hell Gate

October 11, 2024

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

Scoops Will Stay on Flatbush Avenue

Nosh Pit

Scoops Will Stay on Flatbush Avenue

Adlan Jackson

August 07, 2024

NYPD

Mayor Adams Taps Sanitation Commissioner to Clean Up the NYPD's Mess

NYPD

Eric Adams

Mayor Adams Taps Sanitation Commissioner to Clean Up the NYPD's Mess

Christopher Robbins

November 20, 2024

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

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

Will This $6,477/Month Sutton Place One Bedroom Prepare Me for My Mayoral Campaign?

Open House

Will This $6,477/Month Sutton Place One Bedroom Prepare Me for My Mayoral Campaign?

Adlan Jackson

November 12, 2024

Paying Rent

Pigeons, Collapsed Ceilings, and Mold: Daniel Ohebshalom's Tenants Are Still Living in Hell

Paying Rent

Pigeons, Collapsed Ceilings, and Mold: Daniel Ohebshalom's Tenants Are Still Living in Hell

Steven Wishnia

January 17, 2025

Podcast

PODCAST: Congestion Pricing, Cops on the Subway, and Cash in the Mayoral Race

Podcast

PODCAST: Congestion Pricing, Cops on the Subway, and Cash in the Mayoral Race

Hell Gate

January 17, 2025

Porcelain New York

Looking at City Hall through the gate on the west side.

Porcelain New York

Mayor Adams’s Claim: The Public Can Pee at City Hall. Hell Gate Porcelain New York Rating: FALSE

Katie Way

June 10, 2024

Power

Production Workers' Strike Means Curtains for Two Atlantic Theater Company Shows

Power

Production Workers' Strike Means Curtains for Two Atlantic Theater Company Shows

Katie Way

January 15, 2025

Q&A

Why Vikram Oberoi Is Every NYC Journalist's Favorite New Yorker

Q&A

What's Your Deal

Why Vikram Oberoi Is Every NYC Journalist's Favorite New Yorker

Esther Wang

December 26, 2024

RHONY

The 'Real Housewives of New York City' Beach and Moan

RHONY

The 'Real Housewives of New York City' Beach and Moan

Katie Way

January 17, 2025

Sales

Give the Gift of Hell Gate!

Sales

Give the Gift of Hell Gate!

Hell Gate

December 12, 2024

Staying Alive

PTA of Lower Manhattan Elementary School Backs Anti-Homeless Shelter Lawsuit

Staying Alive

Fresh Hell

PTA of Lower Manhattan Elementary School Backs Anti-Homeless Shelter Lawsuit

Erin Durkin

October 16, 2024

The Cops

415 NYPD Employees Made More than $100,000 in Overtime Last Year—Some of Them Have Faced Serious Misconduct Allegations

The Cops

415 NYPD Employees Made More than $100,000 in Overtime Last Year—Some of Them Have Faced Serious Misconduct Allegations

Nick Pinto

December 23, 2024

The State of New York

A Cop on Every Subway Train, and More Ideas From Governor Hochul

The State of New York

A Cop on Every Subway Train, and More Ideas From Governor Hochul

Christopher Robbins

January 14, 2025

What's Your Deal

The Hipster Grifter Looks Back

What's Your Deal

The Hipster Grifter Looks Back

Esther Wang

January 07, 2025

Working for the City

Outside of the New York Public Library's Stephen A. Schwarzman Building.

Working for the City

Power

The NYPL Stands Against Censorship—Except When It Comes to Palestine, According to Some of Its Workers

Katie Way

September 25, 2024