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Search ArticlesHoly Cannoli! Is Robert Moses in Heaven???
(Hell Gate) 5:30 PM EDT on August 28, 2026 Is Robert Moses smiling down on Mamdani’s BQE? Why didn’t Frank Seddio bring cannolis to the Brooklyn Dems function? And what did we uncover when we requested the transcripts from a weird New York Times interview with Governor Kathy Hochul? All this and more on this week’s Hell Gate Podcast. Hell Gate is a reader-funded NYC news outlet owned & run by journalists: hellgatenyc.com Trending Great! You’ve successfully signed up.
Finally, They Made a Prestige TV Show About the Javits Center
(Brooke Palmer / MGM+) This month, the Javits Center celebrated its 40th anniversary as the premiere (and only) large-scale convention center on Manhattan's west side. Also this month, the prestige drama "The Westies" concluded its first season of a show about how the Javits Center was, in its telling, erected in a spray of bullets and blood.
Sad Moviegoers Mourn AMC Kips Bay, Soon Gobbled Up by NYU Langone
(Jim Henderson / Wikicommons) In a week when New York City's culture aficionados were already reeling from huge losses—the passing of Dolly Parton, Yayoi Kusama, and Tim Curry—news of the impending closure of the AMC Kips Bay came as yet another tough blow. On Monday, Variety reported that the beloved New York City movie theater would be shutting its doors by the end of the year. AMC told the outlet the property owner was terminating the lease.
How the 'Sex Purge' Rom-Com Filmed Its Alternate-Universe NYC
What's more New York than a guy on the street with a pizza box, amirite? (Nicole Rivelli / Universal Pictures) 11:37 AM EDT on August 28, 2026 New York City is so often described as its own distinct character in rom-coms, which lean incessantly on the city's all-hours open-endedness and aspirational glitz, that the concept has become a cliché to the point of parody.
How Did the 'Mangionistas' Get Approved for NYC Press Cards? We Got Their Applications
CEO shooting suspect Luigi Mangione arrives in New York City after waiving extradition in Pennsylvania on Thursday, December 19, 2024. (Michael Appleton / Mayoral Photography Office) How Did the 'Mangionistas' Get Approved for NYC Press Cards? We Got Their Applications 10:18 AM EDT on August 28, 2026 Give us your email to read the full story Sign up now for our free newsletters. Sign up Great! You’ve successfully signed up. Welcome back! You've successfully signed in.
Mamdani Is Critical of Israel, and the Times Is on It
(New York Times / Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office) 8:54 AM EDT on August 28, 2026 This week's episode of the Hell Gate Podcast arrives later today. Make sure you never miss an episode by subscribing here or wherever you get your podcasts, or by tuning into our YouTube channel.
Two Factions, One Toilet, Zero Journalists: Inside the Brooklyn Dems' Closed-Door Takeover
Outside the Thomas Jefferson Club in Mill Basin (Hell Gate) 3:58 PM EDT on August 27, 2026 A controversial special meeting of the Brooklyn Democratic Party in Mill Basin Tuesday began with appeals to "treat each other with respect," before devolving into a witch hunt, with one member telling people to "get the fuck out" if they didn't like the fact they'd blocked out the windows so no one could see in, audio obtained by Hell Gate reveals.
Chi Ossé Remembers a Girl Puking on a Rat at the Club, and Other Tales
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This East Village Sandwich Shop Is As Good As You've Heard
name:20 Blocks;address:215 E 4th St;longitude:-80.841995;latitude:35.224851;website:https://asandwichshop.com/;picks:Beef and Broc, $19.; Turkey Town, $18 (Scott Lynch / Hell Gate) 10:49 AM EDT on August 27, 2026 Willy Corman and Jack August are total New Yorkers, born and raised and still living in and crushing on this crazy city.
I Guess We're Speculating Where the Mole People Were Born Now
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