Neighborhood Guide
Best Pizza in Bushwick
Bushwick gets written about for one kind of pizza and eats another. Ops is the name that travels — long-fermented sourdough, seasonal toppings, a natural wine list, closer to a supper club than a pizzeria — and it is the only spot on this page that isn't a classic slice counter. The other six are all $, all classic slice, and all a good deal older than the neighborhood's reputation.
The spine is Knickerbocker Avenue. Fazio's at 709 and Tony's at 443 sit a few blocks apart on one of Brooklyn's most stubbornly working-class commercial strips, and neither has changed much for the crowd that arrived after them. Head east to Wilson Avenue for Jimmy's, which is the most old-school of the lot.
The newer arrivals mostly came from the next neighborhood over: Ace's opened a Troutman Street counter after its Driggs Avenue original in Williamsburg. Lucky Charlie's own pitch says it plainly — a straightforward NY slice in an area better known for sourdough. On this page, the straightforward slice still outnumbers it six to one.
All Bushwick Pizzerias (7 spots)
The Bushwick location of Ace's Pizza on Troutman Street, bringing the same classic New York slice to a second Brooklyn neighborhood.
Sits right on the Bushwick/Bed-Stuy line along the Broadway commercial strip. Straightforward, classic pies.
A Bushwick corner pizzeria on Knickerbocker Avenue with a neighborhood following — classic New York, reliable, and the kind of place that's been feeding the block for years.
Wilson Avenue in Bushwick — old-school, unhurried, the kind of spot that doesn't need a sign to draw a crowd.
A Bushwick pizzeria that's earned a neighborhood following for its straightforward NY-style slices in an area otherwise better known for sourdough and natural-wine pies.
A Bushwick spot building long-fermented sourdough pies in a low-key setting. Seasonal toppings and a natural wine list — closer to a Brooklyn supper club than a traditional pizzeria.
A Bushwick after-school pizzeria on Knickerbocker Avenue, one of Brooklyn's most authentically working-class commercial strips.