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Hell's Kitchen

Hell's Kitchen
Neighborhood of Manhattan
Looking south on Ninth Avenue from 49th Street
Looking south on Ninth Avenue from 49th Street
Nickname(s): HK, Clinton
Maps of New York City, New York, and the United States, with the dot showing the position of Hell's Kitchen in Manhattan
Maps of New York City, New York, and the United States, with the dot showing the position of Hell's Kitchen in Manhattan
Hell's Kitchen
Maps of New York City, New York, and the United States, with the dot showing the position of Hell's Kitchen in Manhattan
Maps of New York City, New York, and the United States, with the dot showing the position of Hell's Kitchen in Manhattan
Hell's Kitchen
Maps of New York City, New York, and the United States, with the dot showing the position of Hell's Kitchen in Manhattan
Maps of New York City, New York, and the United States, with the dot showing the position of Hell's Kitchen in Manhattan
Hell's Kitchen
Location of Hell's Kitchen
Coordinates: 40°45′45″N 73°59′36″W / 40.76250°N 73.99333°W / 40.76250; -73.99333Coordinates: 40°45′45″N 73°59′36″W / 40.76250°N 73.99333°W / 40.76250; -73.99333
Country  United States
State  New York
City  New York City
Borough Manhattan
Area
 • Total 0.841 sq mi (2.18 km2)
Population (2010)
 • Total 45,884
 • Density 55,000/sq mi (21,000/km2)
Ethnicity
 • White 56.4%
 • Asian or Pacific Islander 15.0%
 • Hispanic 19.3%
 • Black 6.3%
 • Other 3.0%
ZIP code 10018, 10019, 10036
Area code(s) 212, 917, 646

Hell's Kitchen, also known as Clinton (and formerly as Midtown West) is a neighborhood on the West Side of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It is traditionally considered to be bordered by 34th Street to the south, 59th Street to the north, Eighth Avenue to the east, and the Hudson River to the west. The area provides transport, medical, and warehouse infrastructure support to Midtown's business district.

Once a bastion of poor and working class Irish Americans, Hell's Kitchen's location in Midtown has changed its personality since the 1970s. The 1969 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, and the gritty reputation that Hell's Kitchen developed afterward kept real estate prices below those of most other areas of Manhattan. Since the early 1990s, the area has been gentrifying, and rents have risen rapidly. Located close to both Broadway theatres and the Actors Studio training school, Hell's Kitchen has long been a home to learning and practicing actors.

The name "Hell's Kitchen" generally refers to the area from 34th to 59th Streets. Starting west of Eighth Avenue and north of 43rd Street, city zoning regulations generally limit buildings to six stories. As a result, most of the buildings are older, and are often apartments. For the most part, the neighborhood encompasses the ZIP codes 10019 and 10036. The post office for 10019 is called Radio City Station, the original name for Rockefeller Center on Sixth Avenue.


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