why is hells kitchen so called?

Answer 1

Although the name Hell's Kitchen refers to a rough section on the South Side of London, the term in reference to New York first appeared in print on September 22, 1881 when a New York Times reporter went to the West 30s with a police guide to get details of a multiple murder there. He referred to a particularly infamous tenement at 39th Street and 10th Avenue as "Hell's Kitchen," and said that the entire section was "probably the lowest and filthiest in the city." According to this version, 39th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues became known as Hell's Kitchen and the name was later expanded to the surrounding streets. Another version ascribes the name's origins to a German restaurant in the area known as Heil's Kitchen, after its proprietors. But the most common version traces it to the story of Dutch Fred The Cop, a veteran policeman, who with his rookie partner, was watching a small riot on West 39th Street near 10th Avenue. The rookie is supposed to have said, "This place is hell itself," to which Fred replied, "Hell's a mild climate. This is Hell's Kitchen."

Answer 2

Hell's Kitchen (also known as Clinton and Midtown West) is a neighborhood of Manhattan that includes roughly the area between 34th Street and 57th Street, from 8th Avenue to the Hudson River.

The neighborhood provides transportation, hospital and warehouse infrastructure support to the Midtown Manhattan business district. Its gritty reputation had, until recently, depressed real estate prices relative to much of the rest of Manhattan.

Throughout its history, Hell's Kitchen has figured prominently in the New York City underworld, especially in Irish-American organized crime circles. Gangsters like Owney Madden, bootleggers like Bill Dwyer, and Westies leaders Jimmy Coonan and Mickey Featherstone were Hell's Kitchen natives. The rough and tumble days on the West Side figure prominently in Damon Runyon stories. The conflicts between Puerto Ricans and Irish formed the basis of West Side Story.

Once a bastion of poor and working-class Irish-Americans, in recent years Hell's Kitchen has undergone tremendous gentrification due to its proximity to Midtown. A great number of actors have resided in the neighborhood thanks to its proximity to the Broadway theaters and the Actors Studio training school.

Answer 3

Hell's Kitchen was once known as a tough Irish American neighborhood on the west side of Manhattan, New York City.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell%27s_Kitchen%2C_Manhattan

Answer 4

It is called Hell's Kitchen because the Chef is the devil incarnate. He yells, throws things and makes your life a living hell.

Answer 5

Because Gorden Ramsey is the devil. Btw your avatar looks just like him! :D