Hell Gate

a narrow channel in the East River, in New York City.

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In the fourteenth century there existed a kind of hell-gate near Ansedonia in Tuscany.
The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy|Jacob Burckhardt
With a knocking at his heart the Count seized the door-knocker to the heaven- or hell-gate of his future destiny.
Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2)|Jean Paul Friedrich Richter
The idea of the Porter's speech, in which he imagines himself the keeper of hell-gate, shows the same irony.
Shakespearean Tragedy|A. C. Bradley
Everlasting storms howl up and down, tossing the unwary crafts into the Hell-gate.
The Abominations of Modern Society|Rev. T. De Witt Talmage

At a little distance was encamped the tribe of warriors who came from the neighborhood of Hell-gate.
Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete|Washington Irving