Pizza New York Locals Love
🍕 New York’s Best Pizza Slices (That Locals Actually Eat) – 2025 Guide
Let’s get one thing straight: New York pizza isn’t just food. It’s a lifestyle.
And while you could grab a greasy $1 slice near Times Square and call it a day, we’re here to tell you there’s a better way. A cheesier, crispier, more sauce-dripping-down-your-wrist kind of way — and it doesn’t cost much more.
We’ve rounded up the best pizza slices in New York City for 2025 — across the boroughs, no tourist traps allowed. These are the spots locals swear by, passed down like family secrets and best experienced with a napkin in one hand and no regrets in the other.
🧄 1. L&B Spumoni Gardens — Brooklyn (Bensonhurst)
📍 2725 86th St, Brooklyn, NY 11223
💸 Sicilian slice: ~$4.25
🍴 Thick crust. Sweet sauce. Brooklyn royalty.
This isn’t your standard triangle slice. This is a fluffy, golden square with the sauce ladled on top, not hidden under the cheese — a signature move that’s kept generations coming back since 1939.
Bonus? The spumoni ice cream is just as famous. Locals order both. You should too.
🍖 2. Louie & Ernie’s Pizza — The Bronx (Pelham Bay)
📍 1300 Crosby Ave, Bronx, NY 10461
💸 Sausage slice: ~$3.75
🍴 Tucked away in a neighbourhood where everyone knows everyone — and this pizza.
The sausage is homemade, the crust is blistered just right, and the whole experience feels like a delicious secret you stumbled on. No glitz. No TikTokers. Just solid, old-school pizza and Bronx pride.
🍅 3. Scarr’s Pizza — Manhattan (Lower East Side)
📍 35 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002
💸 Cheese slice: ~$4.00
🍴 Hip meets heritage. And they mill their own flour in-house.
Scarr’s is what happens when you take pizza seriously but keep it chill. The dough is made from freshly milled grain, the sauce is tangy and bright, and the interior looks like your grandpa’s pizza joint reimagined for 2025.
🔥 4. NY Pizza Suprema — Manhattan (Penn Station)
📍 413 8th Ave, New York, NY 10001
💸 Upside-down slice: ~$4.50
🍴 Proof that good pizza exists near Penn Station.
This place opened before Madison Square Garden. Their upside-down slice (cheese underneath, sauce on top) is legendary — crisp, cheesy, saucy, and perfect before (or after) a train ride.
🌶️ 5. Best Pizza — Brooklyn (Williamsburg)
📍 33 Havemeyer St, Brooklyn, NY 11211
💸 White slice with caramelised onions: ~$4.00
🍴 Late-night hero. And yes — it really is called “Best Pizza.”
With a name like that, it has a lot to live up to — and it delivers. Charred crust from the wood-fired oven, gooey cheese, and toppings like caramelised onions that feel fancy but cost less than your oat milk latte.
🍄 Bonus Slice: Paulie Gee’s Slice Shop — Brooklyn (Greenpoint)
📍 110 Franklin St, Brooklyn, NY 11222
💸 Pepperoni slice: ~$5.00
🍴 Retro trays. Cup-and-char pepperoni. A religious experience.
This is Paulie Gee’s grab-and-go sibling, with a vintage vibe and pizza so good it might make you cry. Their cupped pepperoni slices curl into crispy little flavour bowls that hold the perfect amount of grease. Bliss.
👉 pauliegee.com/sliceshop
TO RECAP:
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Best thick slice? L&B Spumoni Gardens
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Best sausage? Louie & Ernie’s
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Most hype with substance? Scarr’s
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Most underrated? NY Pizza Suprema
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Best white slice? Best Pizza
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Best pepperoni worship? Paulie Gee’s Slice Shop
