Morning Spew
New Year, New Law Enforcement Scandals
Catch up on some huge stories you may have missed at the end of 2024.
$20 Dinner
St. Marks Gets Two New Top-Notch Burger Joints
HighLife, from the Electric Burrito folks, and St. Marks Burgers and Dogs, are worthy East Village destinations.
Navel Gazing
Ferry Rides and Lymphatic Drainage Routines: What Made Life Bearable in 2024
Maybe some of them will brighten your 2025.
Correct Opinions
Hell Gate's 2025 Predictions
You can thank us at the end of 2025 when all of these prophesies have been fulfilled.
Leave Your Apartment
Mundo Wants to Make Rave Culture a Bronx Thing
The proprietors of the celebrated Bodega Rave are stepping outside the deli for New Year's Eve.
Correct Opinions
Hell Gate's 2024 Winners and Losers
Can people and events be sorted neatly into winners and losers? Absolutely.
Navel Gazing
Hell Gate's 20 Most Popular Stories of 2024
Readers especially loved our twisted fascination with the Evil Brooklyn Tower—and holding the NYPD's feet to the fire.
Q&A
Why Vikram Oberoi Is Every NYC Journalist's Favorite New Yorker
His project, citymeetings.nyc, transcribes and summarizes *every* *single* City Council meeting.
The Cops
415 NYPD Employees Made More than $100,000 in Overtime Last Year—Some of Them Have Faced Serious Misconduct Allegations
More than a third of the NYPD's top 30 overtime earners last year had substantiated misconduct allegations or were named defendants in lawsuits the City has paid to settle.
Cultural Capital
Time Gets Weird at the All-Night Viewing of 'The Clock'
At MoMA's all-night Christian Marclay madness.
Correct Opinions
Hell Gate Announces Our Favorite Blogs of 2024
The stories most beloved by Hell Gate's writers and editors in 2024.
Morning Spew
Jeffrey Maddrey, Long Protected by Eric Adams, Finally Resigns After Horrifying Sexual Assault Allegations
And other links to start the (very short) week.