These 2 Park Slope-Area Bagel Shops Are Among Best In City: Ranking

PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN — Park Slope doesn't lack quality bagels, but two local shops are a slice above the rest, according to a ranking.

Shelsky's Brooklyn Bagels and Terrace Bagels made Eater's coveted "Best Bagels In New York City" ranking updated this week.

For those Park Slopers without a hole in their local bagel knowledge, Shelsky's has been given connoisseurs plenty to chew on for the better part of a decade from its shop at Fourth Avenue and 10th Street.

"Modernist bagel shop Shelsky’s has all the classics in small, dense form, but it sports a few spicy outliers, like its numbing Sichuan peppercorn bagel and chili crisp cream cheese," the Eater listing states.

Eater praised the shop's "contemporaneity" and extra care in bagel preparation, with makers' use of sourdough starter and actual egg in their egg bagels.

Likewise, Terrace Bagels along Prospect Park West near Windsor Place drew a schmear of accolades from Eater for offering one of the city's widest ranges of both bagel flavors and cream cheeses.

"One of our favorites is the egg everything bagel, which enriches its multiple herbal flavors with egg; another is the cinnamon raisin bagel with a sweetened cinnamon crust on the outside, a combo that can reasonably be termed a dessert bagel," the listing states.

See the whole updated Eater list here.