http://www.williamsburgnypizza.com/
649 GRAND STREET
BROOKLYN, NY 11211
(Manhattan Ave. & Leonard Street)
Going back to New York was exciting. Going back to Williamsburg was equally exciting. Despite seeing the most ridiculous looking kids as soon as we got onto Metropolitan I was excited to be able to eat at some of my favorite places, San Loco, Relish, Taco Chulo, and Jerry’s Pizza. Just kidding. I’d never heard of Jerry’s Pizza before.
Red Knife Lottery and I were on the hunt for pizza. My previous journey to Tony’s was a solo mission and Ashley “wanted fucking pizza.” We met up with friends Atlas Moth (who got a burger named after them at Kumas) outside of Union Pool where they were playing later that night. Nobody was familiar with the area except myself and instead of giving some sort of direction we walked around basically aimless. After a good 10 or so blocks getting out of Williamsburg and slowly making our way into Greenpoint we stumbled across a Papa Johns and made a lot of jokes. Then, another block later, we discovered Jerry’s across the street.
Immediately, I was disappointed. It looked like there was one cheese pizza sitting on a small table next to the oven. I was right. I asked if they had pepperoni and the guy behind the counter said they did. I ordered it. Jerry’s style is to take the cheese slice 
and add toppings before it goes back in the oven. It made for an extra greasy pepperoni slice. I only ordered one slice but ended up getting two. I wasn’t disappointed with that.
Chris and Joe from Red Knife followed suit and got 2 slices, as well. The soda situation was sketchy at best. A cooler full of ice and some broken ass soda fountain rig had me questioning whether or not to get one. I did. The pizza was great. Classic New York style is the only way to describe it. There really isn’t more detail one could get into.
The Good: Well. It’s New York pizza. It’s exactly what you’d expect out of a Brooklyn pizza place. I really enjoyed listening to who I imagine is the owner and a regular customer talk about boxing during the duration of my pizza experience. I was also a fan of getting two slices when I only ordered one. Almost as if the guy behind the counter knew what my stomach actually wanted like some sort of modern day pizza oracle.
The Bad:
Even though I knew what I was getting into with the two slices the stomach ache hours later wasn’t my favorite. The ice for the soda being in a basic Rubbermaid cooler creeped me out a little. The area isn’t bad but it’s something you would have to go out of the way for if you were visiting NYC. Very not on any main drag so to speak.
Try: Going there sometime. It’s got pizza, goddamnit, it’s good, and they already know what you want. Plus, if you’re visiting Jerry’s Pizza that means you’re in New York and that rules. If you go out there look up my good friend Jim McGurk. He knows a good time.
