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Arthur Avenue, the Bronx’s Little Italy

A coal oven, the Bronx’s most famous pie, slice counters on 187th Street, and a century of bakeries, delis and red-sauce rooms around them.

  • Coal Oven
  • Old-School Italian
  • Bakeries & Markets
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A pie at Zero Otto Nove on Arthur Avenue
Arthur Avenue, Bronx

Why Arthur Avenue?

Manhattan’s Little Italy is mostly a memory. Arthur Avenue is still the real thing. Walk 187th Street and Arthur Avenue in Belmont and you’ll pass bread bakeries, pork stores, pastry shops and pasta makers that the same families have run for three and four generations. The pizza is part of that: a coal oven, one of the best Neapolitan pies in the city, and slice counters on the corner.

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Italian immigrants came to Belmont around the turn of the 20th century, many of them to build the Bronx Zoo and the Jerome Park Reservoir. Our Lady of Mount Carmel started as a storefront mission on 187th Street in 1906, and the neighborhood grew up around it. The street itself is said to be named for President Chester A. Arthur, at the request of a local landowner, Catherine Lorillard.

For decades the avenue was lined with pushcarts. In 1940 Mayor Fiorello La Guardia moved them indoors into the Arthur Avenue Retail Market, which is still open, with butchers, a deli, cigar rollers and a beer hall under one roof.

The pizza story here goes back as far as anywhere in the city. Mario’s opened as a pizzeria in 1919 before it became a full restaurant. Today Zero Otto Nove is the destination, Michaelangelo’s keeps a coal oven burning at the top of the avenue, and Mezza Luna, Famosa and Pugsley cover the slice. And since you’re on Arthur Avenue, we’ve listed a few places you shouldn’t leave without, too.

Known ForNeapolitan & Coal Oven
VibeOld-World Market Street
Best WayOn Foot, Hungry
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A pie at Zero Otto Nove on Arthur Avenue Editor’s Choice

Zero Otto Nove

The Bronx's most celebrated pizza. Wood-fired pies with a puffy crust, from the chef behind Roberto's, with mozzarella from Casa Della Mozzarella down the block.
Coal Oven

Michaelangelo's Restaurant of Arthur Ave

Coal-oven pies at the top of the avenue, with a full red-sauce menu and a patio out back.
Classic Slice

Mezza Luna Pizza

The slice counter at 187th and Arthur, in the old Full Moon spot. The easy stop between the bakery and the market.
Local Favorite

Pugsley Pizza

A few blocks up by Fordham and a student tradition since the 1980s. Cheesy thin slices in a room covered in graffiti.

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Beyond Pizza

Not pizzerias, but you’re on Arthur Avenue. Don’t leave without these.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where's the pizza on Arthur Avenue?

Five places on the map. Zero Otto Nove is the one people travel for: wood-fired pies from Roberto Paciullo, named after the phone code of his hometown, Salerno. Michaelangelo's has a coal oven at the top of the avenue. For a slice, Mezza Luna and Famosa sit across from each other on 187th Street, and Pugsley is a few blocks up by Fordham, a student tradition since the 1980s. Mario's, down the street, started out as a pizzeria in 1919.

How do I get to Arthur Avenue?

Take the B or D train, or the 4, to Fordham Road and walk about 15 to 20 minutes southeast. Or take Metro-North's Harlem Line from Grand Central to Fordham and walk down from there. It's a short walk from the Bronx Zoo and the New York Botanical Garden, so it's easy to make a day of it.

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