The Best Pizza in New York City

The whole-pie pilgrimage. Mark Iacono's Carroll Gardens room serves exactly two things — pies and calzones — on a thin, blistered crust, BYOB and cash only, with a line that wraps the block nightly. There are no slices and no shortcuts; the wait is the price of admission.

Anthony Mangieri's Lower East Side pizza temple, ranked the #1 pizzeria in the USA by 50 Top Pizza for 2025 (also a Michelin Bib Gourmand and on Eater's 38). He makes a limited number of pies a day; the Margherita and the Marinara are the purist orders.

Arguably the best slice shop in the city. Massimo Laveglia's Williamsburg counter built its name on the burrata slice — creamy, peppery, on a charred crust — and took Best Pizza Slice honors in 2025. The line down South 2nd is part of the deal.

The benchmark New York slice since 1975. Joe's in Greenwich Village is thin, foldable, and always fresh from the oven; the classic cheese slice is the reference point every other slice in the city gets measured against. Walk-in, cash-friendly, fast.

Scarr Pimentel mills his own organic flour in the basement, which is why his plain slice is one of the most-discussed in New York. The Orchard Street shop feels like a 1970s time warp — wood paneling, booths — and earned an NYT Critics' Pick. Walk-in.

The Bushwick warehouse that turned into a pizza empire (and a Michelin Bib Gourmand). The wood-fired Margherita is still one of Brooklyn's best, but the Bee Sting — soppressata, chili, honey — is the signature. A big backyard and a reservation make it the sit-down pick.