High School for Evnironmental Studies Principal Heather DeFlorio. ( Photo: Courtesy Heather DeFlorio) High School for Environmental Studies: A Green Oasis in Hell’s Kitchen There’s a remarkable educational institution in Hell’s Kitchen located in a building with such an unusually storied past,... News 02 Mar 2026 | 09:19
Outside 441 West 47th Street, site of gunpoint robbery, Feb. 4. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Gunpoint Robbery in Hell’s Kitchen: Several Migrants Charged, Then Released The migrant crisis returned to Hell’s Kitchen in the form of a gunpoint robbery, allegedly perpetrated by four young men.... News 09 Feb 2026 | 01:33
A Restaurant Week jewel in Battery Park City: Treadwell Park ( Photo: Brian Berger) Restaurant Week Takes Midtown & Downtown— for 23 Days! What’s big, brassy, beauteous and a no-holds-barred invitation to strap on the ol’ feedbag? That’s right, gastronauts and... News 19 Jan 2026 | 02:02
Photo rendered by developers, displaying DeWitt Clinton Park CB4 Committee Examines Rezoning of Far West Side Apt Towers Near Hudson River Park Two luxury towers proposed for Hell’s Kitchen’s Far West Side received a tentative nod from a community board committee—but... News 16 Jan 2026 | 07:10
Broadway legend and trailblazer Nat Horne, in the Hell’s Kitchen home he’s lived in for 57 years. A GoFundMe campaign is in progress to keep the 96-year-old in his apartment with 24/7 eldercare. ( Photo: Lorraine Duffy Merkl) Broadway Legend Nat Horne, 96, Needs Help: His Amazing Story Longtime Hell’s Kitchen resident Nat Horne, a.k.a. “The Mayor of 47th Street,” is a Broadway legend and also a beloved and... News 04 Jan 2026 | 08:06
Friends have started a GoFundMe for the family of Kimberly Olmos, an 18-year-old who was killed in the stairwell of a NYCHA housing project in Hell’s Kitchen on Nov. 2. Police are seeking a friend who ran off on potential homicide charges. ( Photo: GoFundMe) NYPD: Teenager Shot in Head at NYCHA Building, Friend Sought for Homicide A teenage girl died of a gunshot wound to the head at the Harborview Terrace NYCHA complex, located on Tenth Avenue and West... News 07 Nov 2025 | 10:49
Left: Times Square subway station; Right: Nicholas Fuelling Wanted flyer. ( Photo: Brian Berger, NYPD) Bomb Scare Suspect Indicted; Hells Kitchen Sublet Scammer Surrenders The alleged Times Square bomb scare suspect, Desean Maryat, 26, was indicted on Friday September 19, Manhattan District Attorney... News 21 Sep 2025 | 06:19
Left: Entrance to 142 W. 34th St., Moka & Co. Right: Nicholas Fuelling, wanted for apartment rent deposit scam. ( Photo: discoverwithme12 TikTok; NYPD) Coffee Shop Slasher Indicted; Hell’s Kitchen Apartment Scammer Wanted! The revolving door of justice and social services in lieu of prison time goes round and round—sometimes it works, and sometimes... News 15 Sep 2025 | 06:26
Alleged rapist Anthony Smith on Aug. 10, 2025. ( Photo: NYPD) Alleged Hell’s Kitchen Rapist Arrested on Lower East Side A suspect in the recent assault and attempted rape of a 21-year-old woman in Times Square has been arrested. To the surprise... News 17 Aug 2025 | 06:27
Left: Uptown 1 station at 50th Street where a pedetrician from the UWS was violently shoved onto tracks but saved by Good Samaritans who helped him climb out of tracks before a train arrived. Right: Miguel Mora (top) and Christian Aybar face new state charges in Inwood shooting. ( Photos: Left: Brian Berger; Right: SDNY) UWS Doc Saved after Shove onto Tracks; 2 Migrants Indicted in Inwood Officer Shooting An Upper West Side resident doctor was shoved to the tracks while waiting for an uptown 1 train at 7th Avenue and 50th Street... News 11 Aug 2025 | 11:42
Missing: Moudupe Carpenter, 53, missing since June 18, 2025. ( Photo: NYPD) Homeless Man Bites Cop Near Union Square; Woman Missing from Hell’s Kitchen A troubled person allegedly took a bite out of an NYPD officer on July 24 at approximately 1:37pm. The individual approached... News 28 Jul 2025 | 10:43
The Harbor club with Stafford Room, 621 W. 46th Street, September 2024. ( Photo: Google Maps) Man Shot in Hell’s Kitchen Robbery; Assault in Times Sq. Subway A tourist hotspot punctuated by side street drug havens during the day, the western edge of Hell’s Kitchen turns into a gritty... News 21 Jul 2025 | 10:45
Left: wanted for assault in Hell’s Kitchen; center and right: wanted for assault in the Algonquin Hotel. ( NYPD) Seniors Attacked in Times Square & Hell’s Kitchen Police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the perpetrators of two recent but separate assaults targeting... News 23 May 2025 | 11:16
E-bike bandits, two per bike, in Hudson River Park, April 24, 2025. ( Photos: NYPD) Man Indicted for Threat to Kill Jews at East Side Synagogue; E-bikers Attack Teen in Chelsea E-Bike Gang Attacks Youth in Hudson River Park in Chelsea Police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying four... News 12 May 2025 | 01:58
A “spider” crane crashed through scaffolding at a building on the corner of W. 38th St. & 9th Ave. on Friday, April 4. Nobody was injured. ( Photo: Jack Ahern ) Crane Crashes Through Scaffolding One Day After DOB Lifts Stop Work Order An unmanned crane tumbled off a rooftop and crashed through scaffolding in Hell’s Kitchen on Friday, April 4, shattering... News 08 Apr 2025 | 11:23
