New York icons: Best cheap pizza

Kesté Pizza & Vino
Savor the Neapolitan new kid’s wood-oven-fired lunchtime “portfolio”: a portable, foldable mini Margherita dripping with fresh mozzarella ($6). 271 Bleecker St between Cornelia and Jones Sts (212-243-1500, kestepizzeria.com)

Lazzara’s Pizza Café
We love this stalwart’s wafer-thin rectangles of tangy fresh-mozzarella-topped satisfaction ($2.20 per slice). 221 W 38th St between Seventh and Eighth Aves (212-944-7792, lazzaraspizza.com) • 617 Ninth Ave between 43rd and 44th Sts (212-245-4440)

Joe’s Pizza
Dough technician Joe Pasquale has perfected the thin-crust slice ($2.50). It’s well charred, with zesty tomato sauce and a blanket of fresh mozzarella. 7 Carmine St between Sixth Ave and Bleecker St (212-366-1182, joespizza.com)

L & B Spumoni Gardens
Since 1939, L & B has sated acolytes with its grandma square ($2.25), a crusty classic layered with cheese and sauce. 2725 86th St between 10th and 11th Sts, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn (718-449-1230, spumonigardens.com)

Amorina Cucina Rustica
Try quirky pies (like the ricotta, fennel, orange and mint) or the nabe’s best mozzarella slice ($2). 624 Vanderbilt Ave between Park and Prospect Pls, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn (718-230-3030, amorinapizza.com)—Joshua M. Bernstein

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