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Best Ice Cream in NYC
Melt Bakery is one of Best Ice Cream in NYC.

1. Melt Bakery

7.9
132 Orchard St (btwn Delancey & Rivington), New York, NY
Ice Cream Parlor · Lower East Side · 61 tips and reviews

Village VoiceVillage Voice: For the adult indulgence, try the Morticia,which flirts with adult flavors like malted rum and dark chocolate cookies.This was listed as the Village Voice Top 10 Best Ice Cream flavors in 2013!

OddFellows Ice Cream Co. is one of Best Ice Cream in NYC.

2. OddFellows Ice Cream Co.

175 Kent Ave (btwn N 3rd & N 4th St), Brooklyn, NY
Ice Cream Parlor · Williamsburg · 231 tips and reviews

Village VoiceVillage Voice: For the ice cream connoisseurs out there who scream for adventure, OddFellows is the place to be. Order the Chorizo Caramel: a flavor so sinful but so right.

Egger's Ice Cream Parlor is one of Best Ice Cream in NYC.

3. Egger's Ice Cream Parlor

8.2
1194 Forest Ave, Staten Island, NY
Ice Cream Parlor · Westerleigh · 9 tips and reviews

Village VoiceVillage Voice: A trip to Eggers will transport you to a simpler time of American nostalgia. Can't decide? Go for the Vanilla Peanut Butter Swirl!

Pearl & Ash is one of Best Ice Cream in NYC.

4. Pearl & Ash

220 Bowery (btwn Spring & Prince), New York, NY
New American Restaurant · Lower East Side · 97 tips and reviews

Village VoiceVillage Voice: The Fernet ice cream sandwich is a must-have! Aromatic undercurrents of mint and anise are infused with the Italian amaro and a smoothy, creamy finish.

Ample Hills Creamery is one of Best Ice Cream in NYC.

5. Ample Hills Creamery

9.3
623 Vanderbilt Ave (at St Marks Ave), Brooklyn, NY
Ice Cream Parlor · Prospect Heights · 372 tips and reviews

Village VoiceVillage Voice: For a Jaws-inspired treat, try Beneath! This custom batch features beer ice cream made from Magic Hat Circus Boy with "bloody" honeycomb & crunchy nuggets of Ritz crackers, pretzels, and potato chips.

6. Blue Marble

186 Underhill Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Ice Cream Parlor · Prospect Heights · 74 tips and reviews

Village VoiceVillage Voice: Try the classic strawberry for a taste so fresh, it's like you're eating strawberries straight from the field.

Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory is one of Best Ice Cream in NYC.

7. Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory

1 Water St (at Old Fulton St), Brooklyn, NY
Ice Cream Parlor · DUMBO · 180 tips and reviews

Village VoiceVillage Voice: No pretense; just some good ol' fashioned ice cream with a great view. Featured on our list of Top 10 Ice Creams in NYC, this is the quintessential experience that every New Yorker should have.

Emack & Bolio's SoHo is one of Best Ice Cream in NYC.

8. Emack & Bolio's SoHo

73 W Houston St (btwn W Broadway & Wooster St), New York, NY
Ice Cream Parlor · Greenwich Village · 54 tips and reviews

Village VoiceVillage Voice: New to 2013, the Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Flake combines a smooth, creamy peanut butter base with huge chunks of cookie dough and chocolate to satisfy any sweet tooth craving.

Malu is one of Best Ice Cream in NYC.

9. Malu

1209 Jackson Ave (btwn 47th Rd. & 48th St), Queens, NY
Ice Cream Parlor · Hunters Point · 20 tips and reviews

Village VoiceVillage Voice: "The Cookie Monster is a must-try with its chunks of chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, and chocolate wafers nestled like gems in a creamy vanilla bedrock and a hefty vein of soft fudge."