Hell's Kitchen New York

Where is Hell’s Kitchen?

Hell’s Kitchen New York is a Manhattan Midtown West neighborhood aka Clinton that in recent years became a trendy hub for restaurants, bars, and coffee shops. In the past, Hell’s Kitchen was mostly occupied by mom-and-pop stores that started to close down after many years of operation. The neighborhood as a whole went through a serious face-lift, few high rises were built, The Biltmore on 8th Ave & 47th St. Platinum Condo NYC on 8th Ave& West 46th St. and Hotel Riu Plaza Hotel.

At first, the change was slow and mostly felt on 8th Ave where the sex stores were closing down and the first well-decorated bar opened bringing young and cheering clientele to celebrate the nightlife, but little by little it was obvious that the whole neighborhood was rapidly taken by bars, restaurant and coffee shops, the change then was felt on 9th,10th, and 11th Ave.  every store that got empty either because the lease was over, or for any other reason, was quickly rented and turned into a trendy bar or a fancy restaurant. For the first time in many years the number of banks in the area has dwindled, banks closed or moved away and a cheerful and thirsty clientele filled up the bars and restaurants.

NYC Hell's Kitchen Restaurants 👈

Why is it Called Hell's Kitchen?

"It used to be a pretty rough area of town. The term supposedly originated with a cop during the late 1800s who was there during some kind of riot. He said something along the lines that it had a hotter climate even than Hell, that this is Hell's Kitchen. Now that it's a more up-and-coming area, people are starting to refer to it as Clinton." Taken from Tripadvisor By Ms. Devan, Miami Florida

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Originally the expression "Hells Kitchen" referred to a rough neighborhood on the South Side of London. The term in reference to New York first appeared in print on September 22, 1881, when a New York Times reporter went to a police guide to get details of a multiple murder there. He referred to a particular tenement at 39th Street and 10th Avenue as "Hell's Kitchen," and said that the entire section was "probably the lowest and filthiest in the city." According to this version, 39th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues became known as Hell's Kitchen and the name was later expanded to the surrounding streets."  Taken from Tripadvisor Live to Travel, Brooklyn, NY 

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Restaurant row is a diverse restaurants strip located on West 46th St. in the heart of Hell’s Kitchen, prior to the pandemic the place was a meeting place for people to meet before and after a Broadway show, the start and during the pandemic, the place lost its luster and the whole neighborhood seemed closed and empty.

Hell's Kitchen Restaurant Row

In recent weeks it seems that more and more businesses open their doors using the sidewalk to serve customers; tables and chairs are spread along the sidewalk and the place seems to revive.

St. Luke's Lutheran Church

Hell’s Kitchen is a major tourist attraction area, because of its close proximity to Times Square, Disneyland, 42nd St. Little Brazil, Rockefeller Center. The neighborhood has the best-rated hotels in the area and they are full to their utmost capacity every night.

NYC MilfordPlaza Hotel

So why are all these tourists from all over the world flocking to this location? 

First of all, it is "The City That Never Sleeps."

The place has the best restaurants in the world, the best theaters, best hotels, the best of everything is right here and this is why NYC has a record number of 67 Million people visiting in 2019 according to the New York Times.

Hell's Kitchen Riu Plaza Times Square Hotel

Some of the tourists' attraction is:

New York Bus Tours-Open-Top-Bus Tour

Restaurant Row / Little Brazil

Madame Tussaud

Disneyland

Time Square

Rockefeller Center

Central Park

Hudson River  

NYC The Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre

"It was one of the first Puerto Rican theater companies to be founded and is credited with kickstarting the Hispanic and Puerto Rican theater scene in New York. The first production by the company was La Carreta (The Oxcart) in 1953, written by René Marqués and directed by founder Roberto Rodríguez." Wikipedia

Located on West 47th St. Between 8-9th Ave

Matthews-Palmer Playground in Hells Kitchen NYC