57th Street was traditionally the boundary between the Upper West Side and Hell's Kitchen, but another interpretation puts the northern border at 59th Street, where the names of the north–south avenues change. The northern edge of Hell's Kitchen borders the southern edge of the Upper West Side, though the section west of Ninth Avenue and south of 57th Street is also part of the Columbus Circle neighborhood. Included in the transition area on Eighth Avenue are the Port Authority Bus Terminal at 42nd Street, the Pride of Midtown fire station (from which an entire shift, 15 firefighters, died at the World Trade Center), several theatres including Studio 54, the original soup stand of Seinfeld 's " The Soup Nazi"' and the Hearst Tower. Two landmarks are located here – the New Yorker Hotel at 481 Eighth Avenue, and the Manhattan Center building at the northwest corner of 34th Street and Eighth Avenue. On its southeast border, it overlaps the Garment District also on Eighth Avenue. The neighborhood overlaps Times Square and the Theater District to the east at Eighth Avenue. The post office for 10019 is called Radio City Station, the original name for Rockefeller Center on Sixth Avenue.
For the most part, the neighborhood encompasses the ZIP Codes 1006. As a result, most of the buildings are older, and are often walk-up apartments. Starting west of Eighth Avenue and the north side of 43rd Street, city zoning regulations generally limit buildings to six stories. The name "Hell's Kitchen" generally refers to the area between 34th to the south and 59th Street to the north. General map of the Hell's Kitchen area, including the northern part of Hudson Yards to the south, but excluding the Columbus Circle transition area to the north It is also known for its extensive selection of multiethnic, small, and relatively inexpensive restaurants, delicatessens, bodegas, bars, and associated nightlife. The area provides transport, medical, and warehouse-infrastructure support to the business district of Manhattan.
It is patrolled by the 10th and Midtown North Precincts of the New York City Police Department. Hell's Kitchen is part of Manhattan Community District 4. Today, the area has a large LGBTQ population and is home to a large number of LGBTQ bars and businesses. Home of the Actors Studio training school, and adjacent to Broadway theatres, Hell's Kitchen has long been a home to fledgling and working actors. Since the early 1980s, the area has been gentrifying, and rents have risen rapidly. Though its gritty reputation had long held real-estate prices below those of most other areas of Manhattan, by 1969, the City Planning Commission's Plan for New York City reported that development pressures related to its Midtown location were driving people of modest means from the area. Until the 1970s, Hell's Kitchen was a bastion of poor and working-class Irish Americans. It is considered to be bordered by 34th Street (or 41st Street) to the south, 59th Street to the north, Eighth Avenue to the east, and the Hudson River to the west. It does not store any personal data.Hell's Kitchen, also known as Clinton, is a neighborhood on the West Side of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly.