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- In the wake of Erik Bottcher’s departure for Albany, political club Hell’s Kitchen Democrats hosted a wide-ranging forum — then made an endorsement that could shape West Side politics for years. #W42ST
- After last month's snowstorm Department of Sanitation snowplows quickly cleared local streets – but progress on sidewalks was much slower, leaving members of the disabled community struggling behind piles of snow. #W42ST
- For over five years, the hulking former home of the Copacabana at 8th Avenue and W47th Street has been dark — now it's being reimagined as a permanent home for Magic Mike Live. #W42ST
- NYPD is touting record-low shootings and murders for January, but on our blocks, the day-to-day picture can be harder to pin down. After a mid-afternoon W49th Street slashing yesterday, we’re still pressing cops for basic details — and there is a spike in felony assaults locally. #W42ST
- If you’ve ever sat through a public meeting, emailed a city agency about a lingering problem, or wondered how neighborhood decisions get made, now’s your chance to step inside the process — applications are open for Manhattan’s 12 community boards. #W42ST
- Au Revoir! Chez Napoléon closes after six decades on W50th Street, as regulars toast Sir William and Elyane Bruno on their final night. #W42ST w42st.com/post/chez-na...
- NYC Ferry is paused, but the Hudson River crossing with NY Waterway is still happening — with tugboats churning ice and ferries following in their wake. W42ST photographer David Gray rode along to shoot the big freeze. #W42ST w42st.com/post/ny-wate...
- A Hell's Kitchen staple on 10th Avenue, the family-run Everyday Convenient Store is preparing to close for the last time. #W42ST
- After a two-day pause during the snowstorm, nurses at Mount Sinai West returned to the picket line this week to continue calls for improved workplace safety, staffing and benefits. #W42ST
- Craft beer taproom and bar As Is this week celebrates a decade as one of the neighborhood’s go-to watering holes. #W42ST
- The conversion of the former Watson Hotel on W57th Street is picking up momentum — and we now have a clearer picture of what it may look like when it’s finished. #W42ST
- New today: "Ask Dr Steph — The Vet". Hell’s Kitchen’s Dr Stephanie Liff from Pure Paws on W42nd Street shares winter paw-safety tips for NYC streets — salt, snow, grit and all. #W42ST w42st.com/post/steps-t...
- Da Tommaso Ristorante on 8th Avenue has closed after 38 years, as the Vulaj family bids farewell to their longtime Theatre District home. #W42ST w42st.com/post/da-tomm...
- Tenants of the Times Square Hotel are raising alarms about the condition and security of the city’s largest supportive housing residence. #W42ST
- A dangling sculpture of hangers. A violin wrapped in yarn, feathers and beads. A collage of Polaroids found on a New York City street — just some of the installations you can find at Fountain House Gallery’s newest exhibition, Re/Invention. #W42ST
- Snow’s falling in Hell’s Kitchen — and we’ve a special winter weather edition newsletter ❄️ Expect 8–12" by Monday, plus sleet/freezing rain tonight. Also, we’re flashing back to Snowpocalypse 2016. #W42ST w42st.com/post/newslet...
- Hell’s Kitchen Democrats packed Rise Bar for their Gala, mixing drag with early campaigning from West Side candidates and big-name visitors. #W42ST w42st.com/post/special...
- Hell’s Kitchen will lose a margarita hotspot this Saturday, when Tacuba closes its doors after 10 years in the neighborhood. #W42ST
- A water main break along W43rd Street between 9th and 10th Avenues disrupted service for residents and businesses for much of Thursday, prompting an FDNY response early in the morning and hours of repair work by city crews. #W42ST w42st.com/post/water-m...
- Laura Maioglio, longtime owner of Barbetta on Restaurant Row, has died. She preserved a century-old Hell’s Kitchen institution and its Piedmontese traditions. #W42ST w42st.com/post/laura-m...
- The Hudson River Park Trust will end its longstanding contract with ICE amid concerns about the Trump administration’s heavy-handed tactics. Report by Gwynne Hogan and Alex Krales via @thecity.nyc #W42ST w42st.com/post/hudson-...
- Michael Musto kicks off his “I’ll Take Manhattan” column for #W42ST with drag spectacle at The Glams, Midtown bargains, standout service and Broadway buzz. w42st.com/post/ill-tak...
- FDNY responded to reports of fumes at New World Stages this evening (Sunday) — the five-theater Off-Broadway complex at 340 W50th Street beneath Worldwide Plaza in Hell’s Kitchen. #W42ST w42st.com/post/emergen...
- Comptroller DiNapoli’s new audit flags safety, vacancy, and spending concerns at Clinton Towers, raising fresh questions about oversight of this Hell’s Kitchen Mitchell-Lama housing. #W42ST w42st.com/post/audit-f...
- Councilmember Gale Brewer delivered a clear message to developers behind a proposed pair of residential skyscrapers on Hell’s Kitchen’s Far West Side — a project that would bring more than 1,000 apartments to the blocks near DeWitt Clinton Park and Hudson River Park. #W42ST w42st.com/post/council...
- Life coach, motivational speaker and author Lois Barth arrived in “Upper Hell’s Kitchen” after moving 10 times in 26 months — and stayed. “It feels like a real neighborhood,” says the Long Island native. This is Lois’s West Side Story. #W42ST w42st.com/post/lois-ba...
- The Manhattan Cruise Terminal has lost one of its working piers. Pier 90 has been taken out of service just as the city is pushing a sweeping plan to rebuild and expand the facility into the Hudson River. #W42ST
- Some of New York City’s garbage trucks are about to get a makeover — and local artists can get paid to make it happen. #W42ST
- Real estate investor Mahesh Ratanji has purchased the Holiday Inn Express in Hell’s Kitchen for $26.5 million. Ratanji, who has several hotels operating as shelters in his portfolio, acquired the property at 538 W48th Street in December. #W42ST
- Gov Hochul has laid out a sweeping agenda to make New York more affordable — and stand up to federal threats — in her State of the State address. Report by Samantha Maldonado by @thecity.nyc #W42ST w42st.com/post/state-o...
- Less than two years after Mayor Eric Adams stood inside a newly opened life sciences hub on W54th Street to celebrate the arrival of an 11th Avenue “biotech corridor,” the same building has entered a new and more uncertain chapter. #W42ST
- The Michael J Quill Bus Depot — Hell’s Kitchen’s block-long bus garage on 11th Avenue — underwent emergency repairs this weekend after transit unions ramped up pressure on management over falling concrete and long-running concerns about the facility’s safety. #W42ST
- A new billboard finding a home on 8th Avenue is unlikely to make headlines – unless that is, it’s advertising cannabis. The sign for a Hell's Kitchen dispensary that appeared late last year above Beer Authority is prohibited under New York State Law. #W42ST
- 2026 is shaping up to be a year of political reshuffling at city, state and federal levels. We’ve waded through the alphabet soup of districts, dates and vacancies to bring you a clear guide to what’s coming — and why it matters. #W42ST
- A $94M Hudson Yards lot sale could force Central Park carriage-horse stables to sell or endure years of disruptive skyscraper construction. #W42ST w42st.com/post/94m-hud...
- A fire broke out this morning at Barbour House, an eight-story building at 330 W36th Street between 8th and 8th Avenues, prompting a major FDNY response and leaving a civilian critically injured. #W42ST
- For 21 years, Manhattan Eyeworks has been a go-to for Hell’s Kitchen residents in need of eyeglasses and eye care. Now, owner Marina Kleyman is preparing to close the 9th Avenue staple. #W42ST
- Hell’s Kitchen is about to lose one of its most stubbornly old-school dining rooms. Chez Napoléon — the tiny French restaurant on W50th Street. #W42ST w42st.com/post/chez-na...
- Hell’s Kitchen residents will get a chance this evening to weigh in on what could become one of the largest physical transformations of Manhattan’s waterfront in decades. #W42ST
- As the Row Hotel ends its stint as a migrant site, Mayor Zohran Mamdani orders DHS to deliver a mid-February plan to phase out NYC’s migrant shelter network. Report by @gwynnefitz.bsky.social via @thecity.nyc. #W42ST w42st.com/post/row-hot...
- LOOK Dine-In Cinema has closed at VIA 57, a blow for Hell’s Kitchen moviegoers and fewer big-screen choices for New Yorkers. #W42ST w42st.com/post/look-ci...
- If you were awake before dawn today — or jolted out of sleep by that sharp, burnt-pine smell — you weren’t imagining it. FDNY crews responded to two Christmas tree fires in Hell’s Kitchen within just a few hours. #W42ST w42st.com/post/two-ear...
- Legendary Times Square eatery Café Un Deux Trois closed its doors for the final time last night. We chat to the family that has been serving locals and legends for nearly half a century. #W42ST
- West Side Heliport shut down Saturday as Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and wife arrived by helicopter; West Side Highway closed, Hudson River Park access blocked. #W42ST w42st.com/post/west-si...
- A New Year’s night walk home in Hell’s Kitchen took an unexpected turn just after midnight, when a car caught fire on 9th Avenue near W53rd Street — drawing a crowd of surprised revelers and a rapid response from the FDNY. #W42ST w42st.com/post/car-fir...
- Balcon Salon’s owners filed for Chapter 11 in Manhattan. Court documents outline a plan that could transfer the 674 9th Ave property to lenders. Owner Eric Einstein tells W42ST it’s “business as usual”. #W42ST w42st.com/post/balcon-...
- What’s your wish for 2026? Hold that thought — and head for Times Square, where the New Year’s Eve Wishing Wall is awaiting your “confetti of wishes”. #W42ST w42st.com/post/visit-t...
- A Michelin-starred chef is betting big on Hell’s Kitchen. Sujan Sarkar, known for his elevated Indian restaurants across the US, is heading to the former Legacy Records space with a new multi-concept restaurant. #W42ST w42st.com/post/micheli...
- From DC to Albany in a blink: The West Side's political musical chairs reshuffle as Councilmember Erik Bottcher secures key endorsements after pivot. #W42ST w42st.com/post/bottche...
- Political musical chairs on the West Side: Erik Bottcher exits Nadler race, jumps into State Senate battle. #W42ST w42st.com/post/bottche...
