Editing Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan (section)

==Transportation==
[[File:Port-authority-terminal.jpg|thumb|The Port Authority Bus Terminal at 42nd and Eighth Avenue]]
[[File:Amtrak Manhattan trench jeh.JPG|thumb|An Amtrak train in the [[Empire Connection]] trench]]

===Public transport===
Hell's Kitchen is bounded on the east by the [[New York City Subway]]'s [[IND Eighth Avenue Line]] ({{NYCS trains|Eighth south}}). The [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority|MTA]] built the [[7 Subway Extension]] ({{NYCS trains|Flushing}}) for the aforementioned Hudson Yards development. The extension to [[34th Street–Hudson Yards (IRT Flushing Line)|34th Street–Hudson Yards]] opened on September 13, 2015,<ref name="nyt20150913">{{cite web |last=Fitzsimmons |first=Emma G. |title=Subway Station for 7 Line Opens on Far West Side |work=The New York Times |date=September 10, 2015 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/14/nyregion/no-7-subway-station-far-west-side-manhattan.html |access-date=September 13, 2015 |archive-date=September 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914231924/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/14/nyregion/no-7-subway-station-far-west-side-manhattan.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="wsj20150913">{{cite web |last=Tangel |first=Andrew |title=New Subway Station Opens on NYC's Far West Side |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=September 13, 2015 |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-subway-station-opens-on-nycs-far-west-side-1442171470 |access-date=September 13, 2015 |archive-date=December 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216171800/https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-subway-station-opens-on-nycs-far-west-side-1442171470 |url-status=live }}</ref> making the [[IRT Flushing Line]] the westernmost New York City Subway line within Midtown.<ref>{{cite web |title=MTA's 469th Station is First Addition to Subway System in 26 Years |website=MTA |date=September 13, 2015 |url=http://www.mta.info/news-hudson-yards-7-subway/2015/09/13/mta%E2%80%99s-469th-station-first-addition-subway-system-26-years |access-date=September 13, 2015 |archive-date=September 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914203834/http://www.mta.info/news-hudson-yards-7-subway/2015/09/13/mta%E2%80%99s-469th-station-first-addition-subway-system-26-years |url-status=live }}</ref>

Several [[New York City Bus]] [[List of bus routes in Manhattan|routes]], namely the {{NYC bus link|M11|M12|M31|M34 SBS|M42|M50|prose=y}}, as well as express bus routes, service the area.<ref>{{cite NYC bus map|M}}</ref>

Ferry operations in the neighborhood include [[Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises]] at West 42nd Street.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://hudsonriverpark.org/explore-the-park/locations/pier-83 |title=Pier 83 |website=Hudson River Park |access-date=October 16, 2019 |archive-date=April 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408195146/https://hudsonriverpark.org/locations/pier-83/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[NY Waterway]] service is available at the [[West Midtown Ferry Terminal]] at 38th Street.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/21/nyregion/new-and-flashy-big-and-glassy.html |title=New and Flashy, Big and Glassy |last=McGeehan |first=Patrick |date=October 21, 2005 |work=The New York Times |access-date=October 16, 2019 |archive-date=October 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016013250/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/21/nyregion/new-and-flashy-big-and-glassy.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Service on the St. George route of the [[NYC Ferry]] system will also begin serving 38th Street in 2020.<ref name=":29">{{cite web |url=https://www.amny.com/transit/nyc-ferry-routes-1.25782023 |title=NYC Ferry is adding 2 new routes |date=January 10, 2019 |website=am New York |access-date=January 11, 2019 |archive-date=January 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111042323/https://www.amny.com/transit/nyc-ferry-routes-1.25782023 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Plitt 2019">{{cite web |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2019/1/10/18177078/nyc-ferry-transportation-staten-island-coney-island |title=NYC Ferry will launch service to Staten Island, Coney Island |last=Plitt |first=Amy |date=January 10, 2019 |website=Curbed NY |access-date=January 11, 2019 |archive-date=January 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112044224/https://ny.curbed.com/2019/1/10/18177078/nyc-ferry-transportation-staten-island-coney-island |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NYC Ferry Expansion 2019">{{cite web |url=https://www.ferry.nyc/nycferry-2020-2021-service-route-expansion/ |title=2020-2021 Expansion |website=New York City Ferry Service |access-date=January 11, 2019 |archive-date=January 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111232547/https://www.ferry.nyc/nycferry-2020-2021-service-route-expansion/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Private transport===
The [[Lincoln Tunnel]] connects New York City to [[New Jersey]]. The tunnel consists of three vehicular tubes of varying lengths, with two traffic lanes in each tube. The center tube contains [[reversible lane]]s.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jox4CAAAQBAJ&pg=PT168 |title=Reference Guide to Famous Engineering Landmarks of the World: Bridges, Tunnels, Dams, Roads and Other Structures |last=Berlow |first=L. |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-135-93261-9 |page=168 |access-date=April 12, 2018 |via=[[Google Books]] |archive-date=April 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408195652/https://books.google.com/books?id=Jox4CAAAQBAJ&pg=PT168 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":20">{{Cite web |url=https://www.panynj.gov/bridges-tunnels/lincoln-tunnel-facts-info.html |title=Facts & Info: Lincoln Tunnel |publisher=[[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]] |access-date=March 27, 2018 |archive-date=March 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328041645/https://www.panynj.gov/bridges-tunnels/lincoln-tunnel-facts-info.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Parking lots dot the neighborhood, but are dwindling in quantity as developments are being built. [[Eleventh Avenue (Manhattan)|Eleventh Avenue]] is lined with car dealerships, many of which claim to have the highest volume among all dealerships for their brands in the country.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/24/automobiles/24LOTS.html |title=On 11th Avenue, an Car Dealer Boomtown |last=Sederstrom |first=Jotham |date=April 22, 2011 |work=The New York Times |access-date=October 16, 2019 |archive-date=October 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016013248/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/24/automobiles/24LOTS.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Many of the horse-drawn carriages from [[Central Park]] stay in stables just off the [[West Side Highway]]. It is not uncommon to hear the sound of horses in the neighborhood. There have been calls for banning horse-drawn carriages, especially from [[Mayor of New York City]] [[Bill de Blasio]] following a handful of collisions between cars and carriages.<ref>Michael M. Grynbaum, [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/26/nyregion/for-de-blasio-carriage-horse-ban-is-no-walk-in-the-park.html "For de Blasio, Carriage Horse Ban Is No Walk in the Park"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002171629/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/26/nyregion/for-de-blasio-carriage-horse-ban-is-no-walk-in-the-park.html |date=October 2, 2017 }}, ''The New York Times'', April 4, 2014</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/30/us/new-york-horse-drawn-carriage-ban/ |title=Bill de Blasio: Central Park's horse-drawn carriages should ride into history |last=Malloy |first=Allie |date=January 1, 2014 |work=CNN |access-date=December 31, 2013 |archive-date=December 31, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231214022/http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/30/us/new-york-horse-drawn-carriage-ban/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/liam-neeson-blasts-mayor-de-blasio-skipping-horse-stable-tour-article-1.1716111 |title=Liam Neeson blasts Mayor de Blasio for skipping carriage horse stable tour: 'He should have manned up and come' |date=March 9, 2014 |work=New York Daily News |access-date=May 26, 2014 |archive-date=June 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629134330/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/liam-neeson-blasts-mayor-de-blasio-skipping-horse-stable-tour-article-1.1716111 |url-status=live }}</ref> The carriage horses live in stables originally built in the 19th century, but today contain modern design features such as fans, misting systems, box stalls, and sprinkler systems. The carriage horses live upstairs in their stables while the carriages are parked below on the ground floor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://untappedcities.com/2014/01/16/behind-the-scenes-in-the-clinton-park-horse-stables-for-the-central-park-carriages/ |title=Behind the Scenes in the Clinton Park Horse Stables for the Central Park Carriages |date=April 28, 2014 |publisher=Untapped Cities |access-date=May 6, 2014 |archive-date=May 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506165602/http://untappedcities.com/2014/01/16/behind-the-scenes-in-the-clinton-park-horse-stables-for-the-central-park-carriages/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/the-stables-where-central-park-carriage-horses-live-2012-4#!Jw |title=The Stables Where Central Park Carriage Horses Live |date=April 6, 2012 |publisher=Business Insider |access-date=May 6, 2014 |archive-date=May 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506170019/http://www.businessinsider.com/the-stables-where-central-park-carriage-horses-live-2012-4#!Jw |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Intercity and long-distance transport===
The massive [[Port Authority Bus Terminal]] is between 40th and 42nd Streets and Eighth and Ninth Avenues. It serves numerous commuter and intercity routes, as well as airport shuttles and tour buses.<ref>{{cite web |title=Carriers & Routes – Port Authority Bus Terminal |website=The Port Authority of NY & NJ |date=July 28, 2018 |url=http://www.panynj.gov/bus-terminals/pabt-carriers-routes.html |access-date=October 16, 2019 |archive-date=December 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211213826/http://www.panynj.gov/bus-terminals/pabt-carriers-routes.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Cruise ship]]s frequently dock at the [[New York Passenger Ship Terminal]] in the 48th to 52nd Street piers, respectively numbered Piers 88, 90, and 92.<ref name="MaritimeHistoryNY-2004">{{cite book |url=http://www.goingcoastal.org/img/mhpdf/Ch%2012%20Epilogue%201941-Present.pdf |title=A maritime history of New York |last1=Brouwer |first1=Norman |last2=La Rocco |first2=Barbara |date=2004 |publisher=Going Coastal |isbn=978-0972980319 |location=Brooklyn, N.Y. |pages=262–295 |chapter=Epilogue |access-date=May 25, 2016 |archive-date=June 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615070835/http://www.goingcoastal.org/img/mhpdf/Ch%2012%20Epilogue%201941-Present.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The piers originally built in 1930 are now considered small, and some cruise traffic uses other locations.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/12/nyregion/thecity/sailing-away.html |title=Sailing Away |last=Maxtone-Graham |first=John |author-link=John Maxtone-Graham |date=March 12, 2006 |work=The New York Times |access-date=September 19, 2017 |archive-date=September 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920100516/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/12/nyregion/thecity/sailing-away.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Located just southeast of Hell's Kitchen is [[Pennsylvania Station (New York City)|Penn Station]]. It is the busiest railroad station in North America,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/nyregion/old-penn-station-pictures-new-york.html |author=Michael Kimmelman |author-link=Michael Kimmelman |title=When the Old Penn Station Was Demolished, New York Lost Its Faith |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 24, 2019 |access-date=April 24, 2019 |archive-date=April 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430025213/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/nyregion/old-penn-station-pictures-new-york.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-01-10/the-most-awful-transit-center-in-america-could-get-unimaginably-worse |title=The Most Awful Transit Center in America Could Get Unimaginably Worse |author=Devin Leonard |publisher=Bloomberg L.P |date=January 10, 2018 |access-date=November 14, 2018 |archive-date=February 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215044304/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-01-10/the-most-awful-transit-center-in-america-could-get-unimaginably-worse |url-status=live }}</ref> with 600,000 [[Long Island Rail Road]], [[NJ Transit Rail Operations|NJ Transit Rail]], and [[Amtrak]] passengers using the station on an average weekday {{as of|2013|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite web |last=Randolph |first=Eleanor |title=Transplanting Madison Square Garden |website=Taking Note |date=March 28, 2013 |url=http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/28/transplanting-madison-square-garden/ |access-date=January 8, 2016 |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125032120/http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/28/transplanting-madison-square-garden/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Robert Sciarrino |title=How to squeeze 1,200 trains a day into America's busiest transit hub |website=The Star-Ledger |date=December 26, 2013 |url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/11/how_to_squeeze_1200_trains_a_day_into_americas_busiest_transit_hub.html |access-date=January 8, 2016 |quote=...a transit hub that handles 650,000 people a day&nbsp;– twice as busy as America's most-used airport in Atlanta and busier than Newark, LaGuardia and JFK airports combined. |archive-date=December 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228114059/http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/11/how_to_squeeze_1200_trains_a_day_into_americas_busiest_transit_hub.html |url-status=live }}</ref> One railroad line to Penn Station runs through the neighborhood, the [[Empire Connection]], which is located in the sunken [[West Side Line]] west of Tenth Avenue. Parts of the trench have been covered over.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303411604575168253383408586 |title=Secret Gardens Grow in Hell's Kitchen |last=Barbanel |first=Josh |date=April 30, 2010 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |access-date=October 16, 2019 |archive-date=October 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016013248/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303411604575168253383408586 |url-status=live }}</ref>