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Hell's Kitchen

American  

noun

  1. (in New York City) a section of midtown Manhattan, west of Times Square, formerly notorious for its slums and high crime rate.


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The three stables that house the carriage horses sit on prime real estate in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

Ramsay is best known for presenting popular TV programmes such as Hell's Kitchen and Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, and for his Michelin-starred restaurants.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2025

It affects vehicles entering Manhattan south of 60th Street and covers areas that are typically clogged with traffic, including Times Square, the theater district, Hell's Kitchen, Chelsea and SoHo.

From Salon Jan. 6, 2025

But recently she had been living in an apartment in Hell’s Kitchen, with her partner and her best friend, while starring in the Broadway revival of “Cabaret.”

From New York Times Nov. 30, 2024

Although both are ostensibly Portuguese, Beira is to Lorenço Marquez what the cleanest street of Greenwich Village, of New York City, is to "Hell's Kitchen" and the Chinese Quarter.

From The Congo and Coasts of Africa by Richard Harding Davis

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