Slew Of Brooklyn Pizzerias Serve Their Final Slice

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK — Brooklyn's pizzeria landscape is a bit less bubbly.

The closure of Lenny's Pizza — a Bensonhurst institution famed for its appearance in "Saturday Night Fever" — last week was mourned by slice enthusiasts.

Owner Frank Giordano, 77, decided to retire, his daughter Josephine Giordano announced.

"We thankfully have done very well and felt it was best to close once my dad was ready," she wrote. "It’s time for him and I to enjoy our families."

But Lenny's isn't the only Brooklyn pizza purveyor to cut out business in recent weeks.

Pizzerias from Fort Greene to Carroll Gardens shuttered or announced plans to close in February.

Sal's Pizza Store is, like Lenny's, another beloved longtime local stop that has served pies for decades.

The Cobble Hill joint off Court Street will close this weekend, posted City Council Member Justin Brannan, an avowed fan.

"I don't think I've ever been near Court Street without stopping for a slice at Sal's," Brannan tweeted. "They close this weekend. Stop by for one of the best street slices this side of the cantilever."

Some recent pizza closures were newer additions to the Brooklyn pizza landscape.

Lilly's Pizza Bar, a Fort Greene joint that slung wood-fired pies next to Black Forest on Fulton Street, closed "immediately," its owners announced Thursday on Instagram.

Their farewell message, however, hinted that the restaurant could return in another form.

"We'll be closed for a couple of weeks, as we work on some very exciting new ideas for the space," they wrote.

Fans of Pizza Moto's pies had their last chance to chow down Feb. 19 at the pizzeria between Red Hook and Carroll Gardens.

The shop's owners posted that their lease in their Hamilton Avenue building — a former Papa Johns where they had unearthed a dormant pizza over — ended after 10 years.

"We did it along side some of the best in the industry, in a town known for and its pizza spots, on the roughest block and lived to tell about it," they wrote.

Pizza Moto will continue through food trucks, upstate pop-ups and wedding catering, the post states.