The 50 Best Pizza Places in New York

The pool started at more than 100 candidate pizzerias, checked region by region against the published food weights — critic canon 40%, Google rating weighted by review volume 35%, heritage and geographic spread 25% — and the existence gate: open now, at the location listed, with recent trading evidence. The final 50 came back 46 clean, 3 after label corrections, and 1 flagged for limited hours. Zero failures — because the closed and ambiguous names were killed before they could get near the list.

The kills and corrections: Marta served its last meal on August 25, 2023, when Union Square Hospitality Group closed it after the Redbury Hotel's conversion. Franny's closed on August 20, 2017. Prince Street Pizza's flagship was excluded on conflicting evidence — a permanently-closed listing against current-hours listings and a September 2026 chain promotion that never resolves the flagship itself. Paulie Gee's original Greenpoint dining room closed on January 4, 2026 and reopened as a tavern called Me And Paul's, so the brand is ranked through its verified-open Slice Shop two blocks away. Kesté is listed at its Fulton Street restaurant because the original Bleecker Street location is permanently closed, and Scarr's is listed at 35 Orchard Street, its home since a 2023 move across the street. Di Fara's Williamsburg and Seaport locations are permanently closed; the Midwood original was verified with October 2026 reviews.

Three judgment calls are worth printing. The top five — L'Industrie, Lucali, Una Pizza Napoletana, Di Fara, and L&B Spumoni Gardens — finished within half a point of each other on the composite; the order inside that cluster follows the freshest canon, which is why L'Industrie (the Infatuation's top slice, 50 Top Pizza's Pizza of the Year 2025) leads and Una, 50 Top Pizza's #1 in America, sits third despite a three-night week that suppresses its review volume. The split is 35 New York City to 15 rest-of-state, with all five boroughs represented and regional styles — Utica tomato pie at #13, Buffalo cup-and-char at #9 and #23 — ranked on the same composite as the city slice shops. And Totonno's of Coney Island carries the list's only flag: verified open, but down to weekend lunch hours (Saturday–Sunday, 12:00–5:30 PM) while its owners publicly look for a buyer.