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Applications are Now Open for This Year’s West Side Community Fund Grants
Local small businesses and community groups are facing surging rent and labor costs, supply chain delays, and inflation. Step up to the plate, the West Side Community Fund (WSCF), a consortium of Midtown West corporations…
One Moment Caller… In Search of New York’s Payphones
The removal of Midtown’s last public payphone on Monday was met not only with its own hero’s salute, but a citywide wave of nostalgia for what once was New York’s ubiquitous corner landmark. In addition…
Time Travel Through Hell’s Kitchen as Google Street View Turns 15 Years Old
Google Street View celebrated its 15th birthday yesterday. Among a host of new features, Google announced that users would soon be able to step back in time on their mobile phones and check out how…
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Going with the Flow… Drink in the Story of New York’s Tap Water
There’s nothing like New York City tap water — often referred to as “the champagne of tap water” and mythically credited as the source of our…
More New Yorkers Ignoring Subway and Bus Mask Mandate as Riders, Experts Debate Value
Mask compliance among subway and bus riders has sunk to its lowest level since early in the pandemic, the MTA’s most recent figures show, as commuters…
Time to Hang Up — Final Call For Midtown’s Last Working Public Phone Booth
Put away your quarters — Midtown’s last remaining public phone booth has made its last call as city leaders gathered on Monday to commemorate the removal…
Turning the Spotlight on Best Ways to Score Affordable Broadway and Off-Broadway Theater Tickets
One thing we New Yorkers will never take for granted again is the ability to catch a great show almost any day of the week. And…
Sailors Ahoy! Wave Hello to Fleet Week in New York City
While you may not see any sailors spontaneously breaking into song, you’re guaranteed to spot throngs of uniformed service members throughout Hell’s Kitchen as in-person Fleet…
Could Contentious Video Signal the End of Horse Carriages in Central Park?
Video of a grounded horse in Central Park has reignited debate over the future of horse carriage rides in New York — with carriage drivers and…
Double Blow to Hell’s Kitchen Restaurants as City Target More Dining Sheds and Feds Funding Fails
The body blows just keep on coming for Hell’s Kitchen restaurateurs. Yesterday, a number of 9th Avenue businesses were given notice to dismantle their side street…
Bad News for Bodegas and Small Business as Dark Stores Prepare to Come into the Light
As a 15-minute delivery service uncovers its windows for business amid newly-proposed city regulations, local politicians still insist that “dark stores” — otherwise known as micro-fulfillment…
Don’t Let Ticks Tick You Off — Steering Clear of Lyme Disease and Powassan Virus
Planning a weekend trip upstate or a summer walk in the park? Be sure to add long pants and insect repellent to your checklist. Tick populations…
Hands Up — Who Thinks Amazon’s New Palm-Scanning Payment Option is the Future of Grocery Shopping?
Did you wake up today and think, “Gee, it doesn’t feel quite dystopian enough in here?” Well, do we have news for you! Thanks to Space…
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Payphone Nostalgia + West Side Grants
Happy Thursday. Are you ready for another lovely spring day? We’re going to be in the high 60s this afternoon, but after today the temperatures will…
HK Street View History + NYC Tap Water
Good morning and happy Wednesday. We got distracted writing the newsletter this morning by the arrival of some very large ships and the buzzing of helicopters…
Payphone Hang Up + Subway Masks
Happy Tuesday. It’s going to be pleasant today with some clouds around and a high of 68 degrees this afternoon. It will be pretty much like…
Fleet Week + Theater Ticket Deals
Good morning and happy Monday. Did you survive the sweaty weekend? Today is going to be more seasonal and a light wind is going to blow…
Contentious Carriage Horse Video + HK This Week
Happy Saturday. This early morning mist is going to hang around until 10am — and then we will be soaring to afternoon temperatures at least in…
Double Blow for HK Businesses + Weekend Newsletter
Happy Friday. Today is going to be a pretty perfect May day with temperatures in the mid-70s. Tomorrow and Sunday we skip a month or two…
West side stories
Artist Dana Nehdaran’s Brush with COVID Led to Portrait Painting Passion
Dana Nehdaran is an Iranian Jewish artist living in Hell’s Kitchen. In March 2021, he got COVID and 15 days later had a stroke. As a result, he lost a quarter of his vision. After three days in hospital, his neurologist asked him to not do anything strenuous for three months while he recovered. During this time Dana painted…
“I’ve Got a Lot of Odd Stories to Tell” — David Dean Bottrell on Life in Hell’s Kitchen and Beyond
He’s a familiar face on any number of TV shows, but now David Dean Bottrell is back in his spiritual home of New York City he’s ready to spill the beans in a wide-ranging one-man theater show. Get a taste of what’s in store as David shares his West Side Story… So, what’s your New…
“It Happened. I Can’t Believe it” — Why Neighborhood Life is a Dream Come True for Sharon Wheatley
Actor, author and mom Sharon Wheatley originated the role of Diane and others in the Tony Award-winning musical Come From Away and has been in the show ever since. Originally from Ohio, she “married into Hell’s Kitchen” and lives here with her wife and kids. This is Sharon’s West Side Story. So, what’s your New…
“I Wanted to Be in the Thick of It” — Why Photographer Robbie Quinn Loves Living on the West Side
From visiting his avant garde great aunts to performing at CBGB, Robbie Quinn has always considered himself a New Yorker. Now the photographer is settled in Hell’s Kitchen and feels right at home. Here’s Robbie’s West Side Story. So, what’s your New York story? Born here, or just arrived?My family moved out to Stony Brook…
Hangry New Yorkers Find There’s No Such Thing as a Grubhub Free Lunch
In an amusingly “too-good-to-be-true” campaign, popular delivery platform GrubHub offered every single New Yorker a free lunch on Tuesday — prompting an unsurprising system crash, mayhem at local restaurants, and thousands of hangry customers shut out of the gratis meal promo. As you may have guessed, there is no such thing as a free lunch,…
Grab Your Credit Cards, Century 21 is Making a New York Comeback!
Attention, bargain shoppers — the much loved, erstwhile discount designer destination Century 21 is getting a restock. Women’s Wear Daily (WWD) reports the COVID-shuttered department store plans to reopen its flagship FiDi location in 2023. Retail and hospitality firm Legends, the management company behind merchandising at the MLB flagship on Sixth Avenue, Yankee Stadium, and…
Man Shot in Hell’s Kitchen This Morning — New York Shootings Highest Since 1997
Hell’s Kitchen awoke this morning to another shooting, as NYPD reports that gun crime in Manhattan South is at its highest since 1997. Multiple shots rang out at around 5am today at the corner of W47th Street and 10th Avenue, police reported. Officers from the Midtown North Precinct responded to the shooting after a 911…
LGBTQ+ Community Seeks Answers in Disappearance and Mysterious Death of Julio Ramirez
Friends, family, investigators and the LGBTQ+ community are seeking answers in the disappearance and mysterious death of 25-year-old Julio Ramirez, last seen leaving the Ritz Bar and Lounge in Hell’s Kitchen. Julio Ramirez was a masters graduate of the University of Buffalo working as a mental health counselor and living in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Ramirez was…
¡Americano! — the Musical Story of a Dreamer Shared by Author and Actor
Seeing your life’s hardest moments depicted onstage is a distinctly uncanny feeling — one that Tony Valdovinos, the real-life inspiration for new musical ¡Americano! is still getting used to. “When I watch the show, it’s not just my story,” he said. “It’s the story of the organizers. It’s the story of students getting together from…
“The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same” — Poseidon’s Lili Fable Recalls Early Days of 9th Avenue Food Festival
“That’s Ed Koch, looking very young, and me — very young,” said Lili Fable as she pored over a black and white photo of herself and the Mayor at the very first 9th Avenue Food Festival. “Look at all these faces, these New York faces.” Fable has seen a lot of faces over her years…
AIDS Walk New York Returns to Central Park on Sunday — and You Can Still Join
After two years of fighting both COVID-19 and HIV remotely, one of the city’s longest-standing public health fundraisers, the AIDS Walk New York, returns to Central Park this Sunday. Now in its 35th year, AIDS Walk New York has planned a full morning of activity — including an opening ceremony, the traditional 4-mile walk beginning…
Trees, Tech and AC Top Poll for Million Dollar West Side Funding
The votes are in — and the million-dollar discretionary funding available to West Siders from the City’s budget has been allocated towards more trees, technology upgrades and an air conditioning repair at a Hell’s Kitchen school. More than 2,000 West Siders cast their ballot to choose which proposed projects will be put in front of…
Old Italian Torta Recipe Brings Memories of Alps Drugstore and Lots of Spinach
We recently shared nostalgic posters of the Ninth Avenue International Food Festival, and asked for your memories. In response, reader Sherrie Allan shared her copy of the Ninth Avenue Festival Cookbook from 1974. Seemed like the perfect opportunity to take some of those Hell’s Kitchen recipes and see if they could be recreated! Step up…
Taxi Cab Ends Up On 10th Avenue Sidewalk — Ironically on Site of Safe Streets Protest
A taxi cab ended up on the sidewalk on 10th Avenue this afternoon after being rear-ended by another car. Police said that a car had collided with the cab. There were minor injuries to one passenger and no arrest was made. It appears the cab took out a parking meeting on its way across the…
Surprise Delete of ‘SpeakerCoJo’ Twitter Triggers Look at City Archive Policy
When former City Council Speaker Corey Johnson’s official Twitter account abruptly vanished in January, social media observers and good-government watchdogs were left wondering if he had scrubbed four years of pithy political posts to make way for a career as a lobbyist. Katie Honan, The City This article was originally published on May 11 4:24pm…
Lime Moped Quietly Ends its Ride Sharing Program in New York
In the city’s latest moped race, battery-powered Revel has revved ahead across the finish line — as competitor Lime quietly ends its ride sharing program in Manhattan less than a year after it began. The eclectic transportation company, based out of California, launched last spring as a cheaper alternative to the omnipresent blue Revel Vespa-style…
From Wall Street to Fashion Week — Jason Brings Style to 9th Avenue
Jason Alexander didn’t plan for a career in fashion. London-born and St Lucia-raised, Alexander had earned a university degree in business, moved to New York, and was working on Wall Street when he found himself pulled in an entirely new direction. “My job was on Wall Street but it wasn’t something that I was passionate…
Hell’s Kitchen’s Filipino Culinary History Stirred By 1974 Shredded Beef Recipe
We recently shared nostalgic posters of the Ninth Avenue International Food Festival, and asked for your memories. In response, reader Sherrie Allan shared her copy of the Ninth Avenue Festival Cookbook from 1974. Seemed like the perfect opportunity to take some of those Hell’s Kitchen recipes and see if they could be recreated! Step up…
“What If Buildings Could Feel?” Rombo’s New York Titans Bring an Alternate City to Life
New York is a city with real character, mythologized in countless novels, plays, movies, and songs. But while most characterizations focus on the city as a whole, one artist has imagined a world where New York’s most recognizable buildings are players in an urban drama. Brooklyn-based artist Diego “Rombo” Salazar’s New York Titans series takes…
Still Shuttered After 21 Weeks, Chez Napoleon Seeks Fast Track Through Never-Ending Red Tape
Beloved French eatery Chez Napoleon is still unable to open, over 10 weeks after our first report and 21 weeks in — stymied by a never-ending saga of New York City maintenance paperwork and approvals. The 62-year-old restaurant is one of the oldest French establishments in the city and has been run by Elyane Bruno…
Times Square Will Have a British Chippy — Hell’s Kitchen Chef Ramsay Brings Fish & Chips to NYC
Profanity-laden culinary personality, chef, and restaurateur Gordon Ramsay of Hell’s Kitchen fame will be arriving in Hell’s Kitchen later this year (well, a block over), opening a branch of his popular fish and chips franchise in Times Square. Never one to shy away from the spotlight, the aptly-named Gordon Ramsay Fish & Chips opening at…
The Brits are Coming — With An Invitation! Mayor of London and Cast of “SIX” Takeover Times Square
The Brits took over the Crossroads of the World this morning — but they came in peace to invite New Yorkers to visit London. Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, was joined in Times Square by cast members of SIX (nominated for eight Tony awards this morning) to attract American visitors back to London. As London…
Goodness Gracious, Great Balls of Rice! Recreating Arancini from Manganaro’s — 1970s Style
We recently shared nostalgic posters of the Ninth Avenue International Food Festival, and asked for your memories. In response, reader Sherrie Allan shared her copy of the Ninth Avenue Festival Cookbook from 1974. Seemed like the perfect opportunity to take some of those Hell’s Kitchen recipes and see if they could be recreated! Step up…
Prepare to Stomp and Stop the Chomp Because Spotted Lanternflies are Back
They’re back… and it’s time for action! Spotted Lanternflies have once again been seen in Hell’s Kitchen — and this time it’s their babies (known as nymphs) leading the charge. The pesky pests that play havoc with our trees are BIG trouble — and the advice of everyone (even environmental conservationists) is to “squish ‘em”…
Attacker Sought After Hell’s Kitchen Businesses Targeted with Neo-Nazi Graffiti and Broken Windows
NYPD is seeking the culprit behind two hate crimes as Epstein’s Paint Center and Cybert Tire were vandalized with neo-Nazi imagery overnight. Windows at both W52nd Street stores just east of 11th Avenue were smashed with the top of a fire hydrant ripped from the sidewalk. A swastika was spray-painted on the door of Epstein’s…
How Much?!? Take a Wild Ride Through the West Side Real Estate Market
We’re living in one of the wildest housing markets in recent history — from surging rents, to never-before-seen sale prices, to aggressive renters offering well over asking prices, New York’s real estate sector feels a little bit like a battlefield, but should you choose to charge into the fray, here are a few of the…
Graffiti on Subway Surges as World Visits NYC for ‘Risky Game’
The deaths of two French artists last month highlight a recent spike in the number of subway graffiti reports as well as the enduring allure of tagging New York trains. Jose Martinez, THE CITY This article was originally published on May 5 at 6:48pm EDT by THE CITY On April 18, the French graffiti artist…
Two Men Killed in Shooting at Hell’s Kitchen Recording Studio
Police are searching for four suspects after two men were killed early this morning at a recording studio on W37th Street just east of 9th Avenue. The recording space at Nightlife Productions studio has been operating in the neighborhood for over 15 years. City Council Member Erik Bottcher spoke to studio owner Bernadette Brennan after…
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