The Hell Gate Review is a literary webzine that publishes stories from the Bronx, Queens, and beyond. Our mission is to create a space for the urban and immigrant voice, a place where ordinary people can tell their extraordinary stories.

The review is named after the Hell Gate Bridge, built between 1912 and 1917. The steel-arch railroad bridge connects Queens and the Bronx via Randall’s Island, crossing the East River and the Bronx Kill. The Dutch sea captain Adriaen Block named the dangerous tidal waters Hellegat in 1614. The Hell Gate ebbs and flows, a whirlpool of chaos and turbulence, at times perfectly still, like the stories we tell.

The Hell Gate Bridge on October 11, 1916