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“I Fell in Love with Hell’s Kitchen the First Long Weekend We Stayed” — Leanne Buckley’s West Side Story

Part-time Hell’s Kitchen resident Leanne Buckley is a retired public school music teacher whose love of Broadway led her to volunteer at the TDF autism-friendly performances. “There is just nothing like it,” she says. Here’s Leanne’s West Side Story. So, what’s your New York story? Born here, or just arrived?I’ve been in the neighborhood as…

From Broadway to Real Estate: Jeff’s Journey Through Hell’s Kitchen

Jeff Dyksterhouse’s Hell’s Kitchen journey began as a wide-eyed midwestern boy with just $300 to his name, to working on some of the biggest musicals of the late 80s and 90s, and finally settling down to becoming a successful neighborhood real estate broker. Read on for his West Side Story… So, what’s your New York…

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Toilet Paper Ban + HK This Week

Good morning and welcome to the weekend. We’re starting the month with some light rains, strong winds, a sunny afternoon and a 2023 high of 70…

The Way We Were

Good afternoon, this is W42ST Lifestyle Editor Sarah Beling with “Make Way For The Weekend” — your curated guide to the best of New York events…

Q Club Closes + 11th Ave Biotech Corridor

Happy Thursday. Although it looks glorious out of the window this morning — it actually feels like 20 degrees with the windchill out there! Layer up…

Garment District Fabric + TV Pilot Cops

Good morning and happy Wednesday. Today will be a typical spring day with sunny skies and a high of 54 degrees. But don’t let that fool…

Power Cut on 8th + New Penn Station Design

Good morning and happy Tuesday. It’s a cloudy day with gusting winds at time. Temperatures will get into the low 50s. The sun will return on…



Walk this Way! 9th Avenue “Super Sidewalk” is Officially Open

The long-awaited 9th Avenue sidewalk and bike lane extension officially opened today. Local leaders and pedestrian safety advocates gathered to celebrate the newly completed throughway, while Hell’s Kitchen residents highlighted a need for more protected lanes across the neighborhood.  City Council Member Erik Bottcher, Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez, Department of Design and…

We ❤️ NYC: City’s Campaign Features HK Hero and Asks 8 million New Yorkers to Volunteer

“I ❤️ NY” has become “We ❤️ NYC” as the city announced a new civic campaign to encourage community engagement and highlight the Big Apple’s most dedicated “do-ers” — including our very own Hell’s Kitchen Hero, Litter Legion founder Catie Savage.  Mayor Eric Adams, Governor Kathy Hochul, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine and other elected…

“New York City Always Seemed Like This Distant Wonderland” — How Christian John Wikane Ended Up in Hell’s Kitchen

Christian John Wikane is a writer and contributing editor for online magazine PopMatters and presenter of interview series Unscripted. He moved to Hell’s Kitchen in 2005 and loves the neighborhood’s serendipity. Here, Christian John shares his West Side Story. So, what’s your New York story? Born here, or just arrived?I was born and raised in…

Why Chad MacDonald is Here to Stay — ‘‘I Was Never So Happy as When I Returned to NYC For Good’’

Chad R MacDonald’s West Side Story involves acting, magic tricks, balloon sculpture, robocalls — and the Hell’s Kitchen Rangers. “The history of this neighborhood is palpable, pulsing perceptively all around, at all times of the day, like a heartbeat,” says the web content consultant. So, what’s your New York story? Born here, or just arrived?My…

NYC Sheriff Deputies Question Legality of Their Pot Shop Busts

Union wrote Eric Adams’ top lawyer last month asking how the sheriff’s office has authority to carry out certain cannabis crackdowns backed by the mayor. It’s still waiting for an answer. The union representing deputy sheriffs on the front line of the city’s bid to crack down on smoke shops that are illicitly selling cannabis…

‘‘In the Days of Porn Stores and Movie Theaters, Nobody Bothered You’’ — Paul Ford on the Changing Face of Hell’s Kitchen

Paul Ford played piano for Broadway shows for over 40 years, with Stephen Sondheim publicly declaring him the “indefatigable master of the musical theatre”. Paul has lived in Hell’s Kitchen since the 1970s — this is his West Side Story. So, what’s your New York story? Born here, or just arrived?I’m from Atlanta and moved…

Here Comes the Sun! Time to Embrace the Sidewalks as Pols Plan to “Shed the Shed”

New York’s ubiquitous scaffolding structures — officially known as sidewalk sheds — cast a giant shadow over the city’s streets, where some sheds have been obscuring businesses (and photo opportunities) for decades. A short walk on 9th Avenue displays a patchwork quilt of sheds, where large-scale structures like the one obscuring the Film Center Building…

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