Good morning and happy Thursday. We have a gray day with a light wind that will keep it feeling like it’s in the mid-30s. Make the most of the dry spell, as we are due another rainy day tomorrow.
Shhhh! Hell’s Kitchen just got a new bar — and if you haven’t noticed it yet, you’re not alone. Like any good speakeasy, The Living Room is easy to miss. Read more…
Before the spotlight hits Madison Square Garden in March for the International Battle of the Badges, FDNY firefighters are grinding it out at a Hell’s Kitchen gym. We went to take a look…
What We’ve Been Reading
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Alternative side parking is back today — so remember to move your car! (Eyewitness News)
Injured bald eagle rescued from Hudson River ice floe. (UPI)
Relay, one of the city’s major delivery companies, is shutting down its operations in NYC. (Streetsblog)
Dog poop in the snow is pissing off New Yorkers. (Hell Gate 💰)
As prices take flight, the chicken dinner is no longer a winner in NYC. (New York Times 🎁)
Freeze Frame
Catie spotted new scaffolding at 335–337 W55th Street — a building that’s become a neighborhood endurance test since construction began back in 2012. What really caught her eye: lilac posters taped around the site, laying out the neighbors’ running list of grievances and basically asking the question everyone on the block has asked at some point: Will this ever end?
This week’s fresh trigger was safety. A DOB complaint said inspectors observed pieces of plaster falling from underneath a fifth-floor balcony onto the street and pedestrian sidewalk, prompting a partial stop work order for exterior work. The posters (and our research) also point to the deeper backstory — a once–rent-stabilized SRO pair that morphed into an illegal hotel saga and then a drawn-out, never-quite-finished rebuild — while the building now sits on the market “as-is” for $14.9 million.
Happy birthday to Lana Johnson, Xian Horn, Robert Conkling and Ryan Ratelle.
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