Hell's Kitchen (Clinton)

Hell's Kitchen, now renamed Clinton District, was one of New York's roughest, toughest gang neighborhoods back in the day. Now, Ninth Avenue is a trendy assortment of bars, cool restaurants, and coffee shops. Always a place where actors found inexpensive digs because it's so near the Theater District, it's now home to glittering high rises and renovated brownstones with old world character. You'll see a cross section of young professionals, older folks, and kids in this real neighborhood. TRAIN: A, C, E, 1, 2, 3 to 42nd St/Times Square