Freddy’s Pizza Whitestone • 1961

The sesame-studded Sicilian slice here stops people in their tracks—golden-brown seeds coat two-thirds of the undercarriage, creating a nutty, rigid crust beneath a blanket of buttery mozzarella. Angelo opened this Whitestone corner shop in 1961 and named it after his brother Freddy, who stayed behind at the original Corona location. The signature square has drawn pilgrims for over six decades, and that first bite of crispy sesame crust is still worth the subway-and-bus trip.