New Yorkers love ice cream and gelato—especially during the unforgiving summer months—and the artisans of the five boroughs have a long history of icing that desire with skill and ingenuity. From handmade ice cream to scientifically perfected gelato, from trucks that seem to stalk you mockingly all around the city to actual gelato laboratories, there's no corner of the cold, sweet science left unilluminated by the purveyors of New York's frozen treats!
Inventive and experimental ultra-premium ice cream shop. Handcrafted ice cream, sorbet and frozen yogurts with edgy flavors concocted in small batches.
221 East Broadway (Clinton St)The formerly mobile-only ice cream dream of Douglas Quint and Bryan Petroff brings their eclectic menu of soft serve ice cream to four walls, with the same inventive toppings, daily specials, and a full-on selection of sundaes, cones, and floats, as well as some of the best milks...
125 East 7th StreetWith a name derived from Walt Whitman's poem Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, Ample Hills harkens back a more pastoral Brooklyn when cows roamed and ice cream flowed. Natural ingredients and loving attention, along with whimsical flavors have made Ample Hills a favorite among Ice Cream a...
1 Water StreetThe popular Prospect Heights creamery plans a massive outpost in the northern regions of the burgeoning Gowanus neighborhood. Stay tuned.
305 Nevins Street (at Union Street)From the founder of Ciao Bella comes this wondeful laboratory of gelato, with a fantastic selection of interesting flavors. Try the chocolate hazelnut, green apple, Thai chili chocolate, mango, ... try them all! Flavors change constantly, so surprise yourself with some of the new...
188 Ludlow StCones features artesanal, hand-made ice cream, and indeed it is true. Only a handful of places in New York make ice cream this good, and the very high quality of ingredients and the fresh flavor is worth every penny. You'll find the old standards as well as some innovative and fa...
272 Bleecker St (Seventh Avenue)Chinatown's original has been serving delicious homemade ice creams for years, both the standard flavors as well as fantastic Asian-themed flavors like taro. A must-visit on every Chinatown itinerary!
65 Bayard St (Mott & Elizabeth Streets)This is it...the one and only...the famous Lemon Ice King. Year after year, Lemon Ice King scores high in surveys and with kids too young to complete surveys for its satisfying and refreshing products. When in Corona, this is the place to go.
5202 108th StArtisanal Ice Cream from Greenpoint, Started in a truck expanding to many things called stores, allowing adoring customers the certainty of location, and the guarantee that cravings can be sated. Use fresh, hormone and antibiotic free milk, cream. Same attention paid to sourcing ...
620 Manhattan AveOld school ice cream parlor in Forest Hills. Huge sundaes, home-made whipped cream, classic egg creams and banana splits. If you are not local, well worth the trip. Grab the kids, take them out, and introduce them to a time before the internet, and tell them how difficult life wa...
105-29 Metropolitan AveSpumoni Gardens was founded by Ludovico Barbati in 1939. L&B is now in it's 70th year of operation, and has been family owned and operated from the beginning.
2725 86th Street