Just steps from the chaos of Times Square and a few avenues away from the Hudson River, you’ll find the best hotels in Hell’s Kitchen, clustered around a vibrant stretch of Ninth Avenue filled with fine dining restaurants, cheap eats and Manhattan’s trendiest gayborhood. Booking a hotel in this neighborhood lets you take advantage of all this and more. The further west you go, the newer the developments, but the best part of Hell’s Kitchen is that it still retains (at least for now) a touch of that urban grittiness New Yorkers love.
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