Katie Way

1 week ago | hellgatenyc.com | Katie Way

9:00 AM EDT on June 18, 2025 On Monday, New York Times fashion columnist Vanessa Friedman answered a reader query neatly summed up in one of the funniest headlines I've seen in a long time: "Is It OK for Me to Wear Camo in This Political Climate?" What's even funnier, though, is Friedman's answer: a resounding, stern "no." Not only could wearing camouflage possibly constitute "stealing valor" (LOL), she writes: "Given the heated and chaotic situation on the streets of the United States, with...

1 week ago | hellgatenyc.com | Katie Way

On June 4, Joe Holtz, the Park Slope Food Coop's top executive, sent out a lengthy, urgent email to the organization's approximately 17,000 members. In it, Holtz painted a picture of an institution in crisis—and a membership roiled by the idea of allowing virtual attendance to the co-op's monthly general meetings, and, even more, a boycott of Israeli products. Those ostensibly separate issues have become increasingly enmeshed since October 7, 2023.

3 weeks ago | hellgatenyc.com | Katie Way

10:59 AM EDT on June 06, 2025 The exterior of Signal, East Williamsburg's newest nightclub, looks like a cross between a Brutalist war memorial and a store that sells candles with triple-digit price tags—and I mean that as a compliment. Situated on the same bleak-ish stretch of Morgan Avenue as the live music venue Our Wicked Lady, the building's actual shape is obscured by a tarnished metal exoskeleton, upping the mystery factor.

3 weeks ago | thecut.com | Katie Way

Photo-Illustration: The Cut; Photos: Getty Whether you’re ducking under a storefront grill at a rave, killing time in front of a velvet rope, or figuring out which hotel elevator has roof access — you can get good at going out. We need you to, for everyone’s benefit: There’s a dearth of charisma and general non-loserdom in nightlife right now. People are being embarrassing with their phones instead of dancing or otherwise engaging in human interaction, and it’s getting scary out here.

3 weeks ago | hellgatenyc.com | Katie Way

If you're nosy like me, you might imagine being a location scout is a dream job—getting to walk into people's homes, look at all their stuff, and take pictures to dissect later with your coworkers? And getting paid to do it? Talk about a fantasy. But "The Scout," Paula González-Nasser's first feature film, brought me back down to earth with a wry dose of the messy, demanding, and exhausting reality of a location scout's actual work (and of all work, really).