Hell Gate, named after the city’s sturdy railroad bridge over the East River, was founded by five journalists who wanted to produce quality work on their own terms, free from the whims of ...

Nineteen men would fall into it, cheating death and proclaiming themselves the Halfway to Hell Club ... Workers completed the Golden Gate Bridge in 1937. When the immediate landmark opened ...

A documentary covering many aspects of the Hell Gate waterway history, including the clearing of the channel, the building of Hell Gate Bridge, and the General Slocum steamship disaster.