Neighborhood Guide
Best Pizza in Park Slope
Park Slope is a sit-down pizza neighborhood, and the numbers say so plainly. Six of the thirteen spots below are Neapolitan, seven are $$, and most are restaurants with a wood-fired oven rather than a counter with a slice in the window. That makes it the odd one out in Brooklyn — a borough that mostly eats standing up.
The two spines are 5th Avenue and 7th Avenue. Fifth has the density: Brooklyn DOP, L'Arte della Pizza, Emmy Squared and Peppino's sit within a few blocks of each other. Seventh holds both the specialists and the everyday: La Casa Del Panuozzo does the Neapolitan stuffed pizza bread that almost nobody else in the city bothers with, while Pino's La Forchetta and Roma Pizza are the family-run counters the neighborhood actually eats at.
You can still get a plain slice here; Peppino's and Pizza Secret do the classic properly. But ordering one means coming to Park Slope for the thing it is least interested in. Sit down, get a wood-fired pie, let somebody bring it to the table.
All Park Slope Pizzerias (13 spots)
Steps from the Barclays Center corridor on Flatbush Avenue. Reliable classic pies for the pre- and post-game crowd.
A Park Slope Neapolitan spot using DOP-certified Italian ingredients with a wood-fired oven and a neighborhood-restaurant feel that's more relaxed than the destination-pizza circuit.
A Park Slope wood-fired Neapolitan spot on 6th Avenue with a loyal neighborhood following. Simple menu, quality ingredients, and the kind of neighborhood-restaurant feel that makes it a reliable regular.
The Brooklyn outpost of the Emmy Squared Detroit-style pizza operation — thick, crispy, square pies with cheese that caramelizes against the pan edges. A different style from the classic NYC square, and worth trying on its own terms.
A Park Slope neighborhood Neapolitan spot with a focus on dough fermentation and quality ingredients. Thoughtful, carefully made pies in a comfortable neighborhood setting.
A Park Slope Neapolitan spot on 5th Avenue, bringing thoughtfully made wood-fired pies to one of Brooklyn's most competitive pizza neighborhoods.
A Park Slope spot specializing in the panuozzo — a Neapolitan stuffed pizza bread — alongside proper wood-fired pies. A distinctive option in a neighborhood with serious competition.
The Park Slope location of Numero 28, bringing the same wood-fired Neapolitan pies to 7th Avenue.
A Park Slope 5th Avenue pizzeria that holds its own in a neighborhood full of options. Consistent, friendly, and exactly what a neighborhood spot should be.
A reliable neighborhood shop and a good place for a classic New York slice at a fair price. Great vibes, and still run by the family.
A Park Slope pizzeria with a name that undersells it — the 'secret' is a reliably good classic NY slice in a neighborhood that's increasingly hard to find one without a wait or a concept attached.
New York-style pizza with cute Italian decor, plenty of seating and friendly staff — the calzones are as good as the pies.
The second Table 87 location, bringing the same coal-oven slice concept to the Gowanus/Park Slope border. Same crispy, char-edged crust as the Atlantic Ave original, more convenient for south Brooklyn.