Engine 34/Ladder 21 (continued)
Hell's Kitchen:
Hell's Kitchen Name:
Exact origin of name "Hells Kitchen" unknown. Possibilities include:
1. a tenement on 54th Street
2. a building at 39th Street
3. a gang or local dive with similar name at that time
4. a similar violent area of London at that time
5. NJ residents who would see smoke rising from neighborhood
6. a corruption of "Heil's Kitchen", a German lady who ran a restaurant near the docks
Dutch Fred NYPD "Hells Kitchen" name origin: A veteran NYPD cop, Dutch Fred, on patrol with a rookie cop on West 39th St near 10th Ave. The two cops witnessed a small riot and the rookie said to Dutch, "This place is Hell itself," to which the veteran cop replied, "Hell's a mild climate. This is Hell's Kitchen, no less."
Dutch Fred:
Hell's Kitchen:
Hell's Kitchen History:
https://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/cesario08/articles/h/e/l/Hell's_History_7e51.html
Hell's Kitchen:
http://nyc-architecture.com/MID/MID-HellsKitchen.htm
http://forgotten-ny.com/2003/05/forgotten-tour-12-hells-kitchen-manhattan/
http://untappedcities.com/2012/10/12/gang-history-in-hells-kitchen/
Hell's Kitchen:
Hell's Kitchen Name:
Exact origin of name "Hells Kitchen" unknown. Possibilities include:
1. a tenement on 54th Street
2. a building at 39th Street
3. a gang or local dive with similar name at that time
4. a similar violent area of London at that time
5. NJ residents who would see smoke rising from neighborhood
6. a corruption of "Heil's Kitchen", a German lady who ran a restaurant near the docks
Dutch Fred NYPD "Hells Kitchen" name origin: A veteran NYPD cop, Dutch Fred, on patrol with a rookie cop on West 39th St near 10th Ave. The two cops witnessed a small riot and the rookie said to Dutch, "This place is Hell itself," to which the veteran cop replied, "Hell's a mild climate. This is Hell's Kitchen, no less."
Dutch Fred:
Hell's Kitchen Bar Pays Homage To Man Who Gave The Neighborhood Its Name
Legend has it a police officer named Dutch Fred first called the neighborhood "Hell's Kitchen."
www.dnainfo.com
Hell's Kitchen:
Hell's Kitchen History:
https://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/cesario08/articles/h/e/l/Hell's_History_7e51.html
Hell's Kitchen:
http://nyc-architecture.com/MID/MID-HellsKitchen.htm
http://forgotten-ny.com/2003/05/forgotten-tour-12-hells-kitchen-manhattan/
http://untappedcities.com/2012/10/12/gang-history-in-hells-kitchen/