Best Pizza in New York 2025: Slice Joints, Old-School Pies & New Wave

New York pizza is one of the great food arguments — dollar slice vs artisan pie, coal-fired vs wood-fired, Brooklyn vs Manhattan. But beneath the debate lies a city with an extraordinary depth of pizza culture: family-owned joints that have been making the same sauce since the 1950s, new-wave Neapolitan destinations opening in every borough, and the perfect cheese slice that remains the gold standard of portable food.