A sweet night in Bushwick / Ridgewood →
2 stops, all within a short walk
1
0.8 mi
5:30 PMDinner
2
7:00 PMDessert
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Best dessert spots for a date in New York
Dinner nearby, then the good part.
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Dessert is the best second stop on a date: it's short, it's inexpensive, and it gives you a reason to walk somewhere after dinner. These are places that exist for dessert — gelato, pastry, chocolate, late-night sweets — rather than restaurants with a good dessert menu.
This guide ranks 51 dessert spots in New York, from Midtown Manhattan to East Village / LES and Carroll Gardens / Cobble Hill. Editors' picks come first, then the rest by rating, and the plans below build a whole evening around the best of them.
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Routes around the top spots on the list, with the best-rated places nearby for the rest of the evening.
A sweet night in Astoria / Long Island City
2 stops, all within a short walk
1
< 0.1 mi
5:30 PMDinner
2
7:00 PMDessert
Martha’s Country Bakery
Bakery & Cafe
36-21 Ditmars Blvd, Queens, NY 11105
Astoria / Long Island City
4.8
The list
Editors' picks first, then by rating.
L’imprimerie
5.0(6)Bushwick / Ridgewood · $
Martha’s Country Bakery
4.8(25)Astoria / Long Island City · $
Librae Bakery
4.8(25)East Village / LES · $
Chocolate Room
4.8(16)Carroll Gardens / Cobble Hill · $
Balthazar Bakery
4.8(12)SoHo / NoHo / Nolita · $
Four & Twenty Black Birds
4.8(12)Carroll Gardens / Cobble Hill · $
Lysée
4.7(23)Flatiron / Gramercy · $$$
Amy’s Bread
4.7(10)Midtown Manhattan · $
MarieBelle Cacao Bar
4.5(8)SoHo / NoHo / Nolita · $$
Levain
4.4(17)Upper West Side · $
Poseidon Bakery
4.4(11)Midtown Manhattan · $
Schmackarys
4.3(22)Midtown Manhattan · $
Amorino Gelato
4.3(20)Upper West Side · $
SALSWEE
4.3(13)Flatiron / Gramercy · $
Mo’s General
4.3(12)Williamsburg · $
Almondine
4.3(4)DUMBO / Brooklyn Heights · $
Lassen & Hennigs
4.0(5)DUMBO / Brooklyn Heights · $
Let's Chama
West Village / Greenwich Village · $
Borough Chocolates
Greenpoint
AnnTremet Cake
Chelsea / Hell's Kitchen · $$
Seoul Sweets
Midtown Manhattan
The Pastry Box
East Village / LES · $
Fluffy Fluffy Cafe & Bar
East Village / LES
Seed + Mill
Chelsea / Hell's Kitchen · $
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Good to know
- What's the best dessert spot in New York for a date?
- Our top pick is L’imprimerie in Bushwick / Ridgewood, rated 5.0 out of 5. Martha’s Country Bakery and Librae Bakery round out the top 3.
- Which New York neighborhoods have the best dessert spots?
- Midtown Manhattan (4), East Village / LES (3) and Carroll Gardens / Cobble Hill (2) have the most spots in the top 24.
- Are there affordable dessert spots in New York?
- Yes — L’imprimerie, Martha’s Country Bakery and Librae Bakery are all $$ or under.
- What should we do before or after?
- Make it a sweet night: dinner, then dessert. The plans on this page pair each top spot with the best-rated places within about a 20-minute walk.