Good morning and welcome to the weekend. Are you sailing on the Pawsitively Perfect Pup Cruise aboard the Circle Line today? Please tag W42ST in your pictures and we will repost the highlights. Enjoy that Hudson River breeze…
Rice X Beans is the new chapter for Chef Carlos Roberto Inácio — known to friends and family as Carlinhos — who is returning to the neighborhood where he gained a reputation for serving top-notch traditional Brazilian cuisine. Read more…
Here’s what’s been going on around Hell’s Kitchen this week.
It was feeling like triple-digits on the West Side last weekend. We took a walk on the hottest afternoon to see how Hell’s Kitchen was keeping cool in the Sunday heatwave. Check out our photo essay…
Tatiana Gallardo recently moved back to New York. It coincided with her deciding to take a break from drinking. She illustrated the story of her sober return to the city and said that she discovered that the Big Apple is “actually BETTER without booze.” Read more…
In July 1922, anthropologist Ferdinand Shuler took his shot at imagining the New York of 2022 in American Weekly magazine. Some forecasts were spot on — others, not so much. Read more…
The last time W42ST did a list of rooftop (and patio) bars in Hell’s Kitchen was in 2015. In that feature, sitting al fresco at the Market Diner was an option and Hudson Terrace was still open. Time to update…
Where’s your favorite local spot to grab drinks with a view? Share with us your go-to rooftop bar and you’ll be included in a sweepstake to win 5 Gallons of Beer at Scruffy Duffy’s. Enter here…
It’s 30 years since De Leonardis Fish Co became Amy’s Bread. W42ST’s Lifestyle Editor Sarah Beling is writing an article that will include readers’ memories about the iconic 9th Avenue store. Please email sarah@w42st.com if you have a tale to tell and would like to be included.
City officials are clambering to find space for displaced MTA buses after a West Side depot’s roof was said to be “a cave-in hazard”. W42ST visited the site to check out the cracks. Read more…
Looking to address the urgent need for permanent, supportive housing in Midtown and beyond, Mayor Eric Adams, homeless outreach nonprofit Breaking Ground and the Partnership for New York City — a collection of over 60 Big Apple-based corporations — announced the launch of the Homeless Assistance Fund. Read more…
Imitation is not the greatest form of flattery for La Vela Dining & Bar owner Antonio Mauro, as the veteran Italian restauranteur battles customer confusion and encroachment from a competitor two blocks away with a near-identical name. Read more…
Summer Streets return to New York this August — a chance to step out and enjoy over 8 miles of pedestrian-friendly city blocks, pedal away on select free Citi Bikes and sample plentiful public events. Read more…
Still making plans for this weekend? Check out W42ST Lifestyle Editor Sarah Beling’s “Make Way For The Weekend” newsletter — your curated guide to the best of New York events.
In a bid to combat the rise of record-setting rat sightings, the Department of Sanitation is floating a proposal to curb the seemingly never-ending presence of odorous trash bags on New York’s sidewalks with a new rule that would shift trash take-out to 8pm. Read more…
As the fate of Hell’s Kitchen’s shuttered hotels slowly comes into focus, the vacant Hudson Hotel on W58th Street and 9th Avenue is slated to be converted into shared space housing by developer CSC Coliving. Read more…
What we’ve been reading
Take a deep dive into the perception vs reality of New York crime. (Bloomberg)
To Kill A Mockingbird will not return to Broadway this fall. (Showbiz 411)
Don’t underestimate the amount of rest you need after COVID. (WSJ)
A third man has been arrested in connection with the double murder at a Hell’s Kitchen recording studio. (New York Post)
How New York City is building parks in vacant places. (WSP)
Freeze Frame
Thanks to Nancy Wilt for this picture of a dramatic sky over Hell’s Kitchen this week.
Happy birthday to Eva Mueller and Erol Zeren.
