Meaning of Hell's Kitchen | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, also known as Clinton, that was historically known for poor living conditions.
2. Any neighborhood with a reputation for poverty and crime.
   broadly

Examples

“They were living someplace in Hell's Kitchen, because that's where the blacks were at that time, before they started moving up, and uptown.”

“Her first assignment was Hell's Kitchen, the infamous violent Manhattan neighborhood with the name that bespoke its environment, and San Juan Hill, the area just above West 59th Street, and on the northern edge of Hell's Kitchen.”

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