Apr 2, 2025 · Hell’s Kitchen Filmmaker Confronts Disaster Preparedness — and Disability Justice — in Gripping New Short. Emergency Plan, the latest short film from Hell’s Kitchen-based director Anna Pakman, is a taut five-minute thriller that captures the harrowing reality many people with disabilities face during disasters — and the systemic failures that often leave them behind.

We love Hell's Kitchen! It's the fastest-growing area of Manhattan with new glass and steel luxury buildings at the edges mixing with the classic walkup apartment buildings at the center. The newcomers to New York rub shoulders with old-timers in the neighborhood. We have published a monthly print magazine for the last 6 years. Since the pandemic, we have suspended publication of the magazine ...

1 day ago · Community leaders from Hell’s Kitchen and Chelsea remained skeptical at a City Council hearing on Related Companies and Oxford Properties Group’s proposal to develop the Western Rail Yards — despite the developer’s last-minute announcement that it would greatly increase the amount of housing units in the project. Related CEO Jeff Blau (second from left) presented the most recently ...

3 days ago · A long-troubled Hell’s Kitchen building was the scene of another major police operation over the weekend, as officers arrested eight individuals late Saturday night at 366 W52nd Street, just east of 9th Avenue. Police arrested eight individuals at 366 W52nd Street late on Saturday evening. Photo ...

1 day ago · A man was slashed in the arm late Monday night while trying to stop two individuals from stealing his bicycle outside 526 W47th Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues. Police and EMS at the scene on W47th Street laste last night. Photo via Citizen Police say the incident happened around 11:25pm in ...

Mar 12, 2025 · When I first started W42ST a decade ago, it was a monthly print magazine meant to capture the pulse of Hell’s Kitchen — its people, its culture, and its ever-changing landscape.But on March 13, 2020, everything changed. On March 30, the city was uplifted by the sight of USNS Comfort coming up the Hudson River to dock in Hell’s Kitchen. Photo Chris Welty

W42ST is a hyperlocal media brand celebrating Hell’s Kitchen. We use high-quality journalism to keep residents, visitors, business owners, and workers in-the-know about what’s happening in the fastest-growing, most authentic area of New York City.

Dec 31, 2024 · JULY Cesare Vangeli and his husband, Kevin Batista, opened FOODANCE on W47th Street this summer. Photo: Dashiell Allen Hell’s Kitchen legend Hattie Wiener, known as “The Oldest Cougar”, died at 88. Photo: SBS Dateline We stepped back into the 1930s with the art of Edmund Yaghijan — this was painted from his home on W56th Street. Image: Edmund Yaghijan/ACA Galleries Filmmaker Jay ...

Sep 20, 2024 · As this year’s Best of Awards season begins, W42ST is highlighting winners and finalists from past years’ contests — be sure to cast your vote before midnight on Saturday, September 21 to sound off and make your voice heard at our formal awards ceremony on September 27 at the Intrepid Museum!

Nov 23, 2024 · Diana Kusko (aka Mary Geneva) — Dating Columnist. When I landed in Hell’s Kitchen 13 years ago, it instantly felt like home. W42ST amplified that sense of belonging, offering me a platform to connect with my neighbors and share stories from the WILD world of online dating in my former column Tales from the Shallow End (of the Manhattan Dating Pool).