Pastries.

4 rankings across New York City, built from 34 scored dishes. Pick the exact pastry you want — each ranking compares only that dish.

Best Bagels 10 dishes ranked A single bagel sold by the piece: boiled then baked, with a shiny crust and a chewy middle.

#1 Plain Cream Cheese Best Bagel & Coffee · Midtown (Garment District), Manhattan 8.6 High confidence
Best Donuts 9 dishes ranked Fried or baked dough treats — yeast-raised glazed, old-fashioned cake, filled (cream/jelly), fritters, twists, crullers, maple bars, apple fritters, cronut-adjacent only when the named local crown is that specific shape. Rank the named donut at a shop, not the bakery as a whole.

#1 Vegan Ring Doughnut Dun-Well Doughnuts · East Williamsburg, Brooklyn 8.9 Limited data
Best Croissants 8 dishes ranked Plain butter croissant — laminated viennoiserie with cultured butter, a crisp shatter shell, and an open honeycomb crumb. Distinct from almond, chocolate, ham-and-cheese, or other filled croissant variants.

#1 Classic Croissant Radio Bakery · Greenpoint, Brooklyn 8.9 Limited data
Best Black and White Cookies 7 dishes ranked A soft, cakey New York cookie iced half in vanilla fondant and half in chocolate, sold at bakeries, delis and diners. Ranked at a specific shop; the cake texture and both icings count.

#1 Large Black and White Cookie William Greenberg Desserts · Upper East Side, Manhattan 8.4 Limited data