Lucali.   (Photo: Julien Jourdes)

Di Fara Pizza
1424 Ave. J, at E. 15th St., Midwood, Brooklyn; 718-258-1367
Domenico DeMarco makes unworldly Neapolitan pies amid the jumble of laundromats and kosher bakeries along Brooklyn’s Avenue J.

Franny's
295 Flatbush Ave., nr. Prospect Pl., Park Slope; 718-230-0221
A pair of farmers'-market addicts ply their resilient, light pies with high-grade, locally grown toppings.

Kesté
271 Bleecker St., nr. Morton St.; 212-243-1500
Tucking into Kesté’s “Regina Margherita” can seem like eating pizza for the first time. A few bites in, and you’re struck by the sensation that life, such as it is, may have nothing more to offer.

Lucali
575 Henry St., nr. 1st Pl., Carroll Gardens; 718-858-4086
Old-fashioned, thin-crust, brick-oven pizzas made by a pizzaiolo with monklike seriousness.

Totonno Pizza Napolitano
1524 Neptune Ave., nr. 16th St., Coney Island; 718-372-8606
The properly charred crust, sloppy splash of sauce, and the city’s sweetest, freshest mozzarella makes it the best of the coal-oven shacks.

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