Good morning and welcome to October! The weekend looks like it’s not going to be as rainy as originally forecast, but the weather has canceled the much anticipated 44th Street Garage Sale. However, don’t despair they have a rain date for next Saturday!
Last night, we celebrated Hell’s Kitchen and the W42ST Best of Awards 2022 at the Intrepid Museum under the wings of Concorde. The cloudy skies didn’t deter us — and the winners received their awards against a backdrop of a beautiful West Side sunset. Check out the winners here…
Here’s the rest of what’s been happening in Hell’s Kitchen this week…
Come hungry — the New York City Wine and Food Festival is back for its 15th year this October, with many events locally centered around Hudson River Park. Read more…
Just how would you spend $1 million to improve the West Side? Hold that thought — because there’s a chance to sign up as a volunteer in the annual Participatory Budgeting process. Read more…
When Tom Mayo-Smith left his Hell’s Kitchen apartment for a long Labor Day weekend, he had no idea that he would return to a nightmare. Someone had broken into his apartment, trashed the space and left disturbing notes and symbols on walls and belongings, leaving many of his valuables but taking sentimental items. Read more…
New Yorkers have a reputation for tolerating small and unusual apartments in the name of love for our fair city, but one Hell’s Kitchen resident’s home may take the cake. Step inside Alaina Randazzo’s $650 a month, 80-square-foot studio (and meet her pup, Pimento, too). Read more…
Eighty five years after the opening of the Lincoln Tunnel, 9th Avenue is reclaiming a lane of traffic back for pedestrians, as the sidewalk expansion and water main repair projects make progress. Read more…
New York’s matching-funds program doled out a record $127 million to election candidates in 2021 — and first-time candidates got a major boost. Read more…
The winners of the W42ST Best of Awards 2022 had the bonus of receiving the work of Joel Holland. The New York illustrator has commemorated hundreds of our most-loved landmarks in his new book, NYC Storefronts. Read more…
After seven years, Trevor Noah is saying goodbye to The Daily Show – and his Hell’s Kitchen audience was the first to know. Read more…
A migrant intake center has opened at the American Red Cross HQ in Hell’s Kitchen. Locals say the plan is largely underfunded, unfinished and will diminish neighborhood resources. Read more…
Meet Hanunah! He can often be seen on #TurtleThursdays on W54th Street walking with Jerone Hsu from Prime Produce coop. If you pop by to see Hanunah, it’s also a great opportunity to try the Jamaican cuisine at Cafe 424!
What we’ve been reading
New York photographer Sonia Handelman Meyer dies at 102. (New York Times)
Would the city’s bureaucratic tangle for small businesses be solved with new legislation? (New York Post)
Council Speaker Adams says: “Outdoor dining, in my perspective, should be sidewalk…the street extensions were designed to be temporary.” (Streetsblog)
It might be time to Rethink the work of this celebrity chef’s non-profit organization. (Eater)
These New Yorkers cannot believe that scaffolding has finally been removed — “It’s been here half my life.” (Gothamist)
Freeze Frame
Thanks to Karin Schall for the chalk love! We’re sorry that we couldn’t get every reader over to the awards last night. If you want to get a sample of the evening, check out our Instagram Stories today.
Happy birthday to Julien Boss, Jason Witcher and Daniel Parisi.
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