These 7 on the map
The 7 ice cream shops on this page, pinned where they actually are. Tap a marker to see which one it is — all 20 are on the map in the Whosly app.
Before you go
A few windows open only in summer, and some shops shorten their hours in fall and winter, so check before you go.
7 of the 20
Morgenstern's Finest Ice Cream
Lower East SideIce-cream parlor$Nick Morgenstern's parlor is back on the Rivington Street corner where it began, with a long board of vanillas, chocolates, nut and fruit flavors. Open noon to midnight.
Chinatown Ice Cream Factory
ChinatownIce-cream parlor$The Seid family has made ice cream on Bayard Street since 1978: lychee, black sesame, red bean, egg tart, and zen butter, a peanut-and-sesame scoop worth the detour.
Il Laboratorio del Gelato
Lower East SideGelato shop$Jon Snyder's gelato lab, started in 2002 and now at Ludlow and Houston across from Katz's, turns out dozens of gelati and sorbetti a day, beet and cheddar among them.
Sugar Hill Creamery
HarlemSmall-batch ice cream$A family-run Harlem creamery since 2017, making small batches with playful names. This Lenox Avenue shop between 119th and 120th is the original; hours shorten in fall and winter.
Brooklyn Farmacy & Soda Fountain
Carroll GardensSoda fountain$A 1920s Carroll Gardens pharmacy, restored and reopened as a soda fountain in 2010: sundaes with house-made toppings and floats made with its own sodas.
Eddie's Sweet Shop
Forest HillsSoda fountain$On Metropolitan Avenue since 1925, Eddie's keeps a short list of house-made classics like coffee, maple walnut and vanilla fudge, and serves sundaes with the works.
The Lemon Ice King of Corona
CoronaItalian ice stand$Corona's Italian ice window since 1944, with more than 50 flavors; lemon is the one. Open year-round, a short walk from Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
The other 13
The 20 are spread across 17 neighborhoods. Lower East Side (4) has the most; Carnegie Hill, Carroll Gardens, Chinatown, Cobble Hill, Corona, East Village, Forest Hills, Gramercy, Gravesend, Harlem, Kew Gardens Hills, Port Richmond, Prospect Heights, Ridgewood, Upper East Side and Williamsburg have one each.
+13 more in the app
Lemon ice from a 1949 Staten Island storefront, cereal flavors at a kosher parlor, eggless masala chai scoops on Smith Street, a summer-only window in Ridgewood, and more.
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All 20, on your own map
This page is 7 of them. The NYC Ice Cream pack in Whosly has all 20 — add it and every one drops onto your map, ready to save, rate and turn into a plan your friends RSVP to from a text, no app needed to answer. The pack is included with Planner Pro.
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