Pizza by the Slice Till 1 am: Paulie Gee's Slice Shop

Paulie Gee's Slice Shop sits at 110 Franklin Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and it is the answer when you want pizza by the slice in north Brooklyn without committing to a sit-down pie. The counter opens at 11:30 am every day, closes at 10 pm Sunday through Thursday, and keeps the ovens going until 1 am on Friday and Saturday. It is the casual younger sibling of a pizzeria that helped put Greenpoint on the pizza map.

Paul Giannone opened his original Paulie Gee's around the corner on Greenpoint Avenue in 2010, firing wood-oven pies that drew crowds from across the city. In August 2018 he opened the Slice Shop on Franklin Street as a deliberate love letter to the corner joints he grew up eating at. Time Out described the room as a copy of the old-school New York dollar-slice shop, right down to the faux-wood Formica tables, the letter-board menu and the red plastic trays.

The original pizzeria on Greenpoint Avenue closed on January 4, 2026, for a renovation into a tavern, and Time Out noted that the Slice Shop would stay open the whole time. That makes Franklin Street the main place to eat Paulie Gee's pizza in Greenpoint right now. Paulie Gee's slice shops have since spread to the East Village, Gowanus and beyond, but this Franklin Street counter still feels like a neighborhood hangout rather than a destination built for photos.

The Hellboy is the slice that made the name. It is a pepperoni pie finished with Mike's Hot Honey, so the cups of pepperoni crisp at the edges while a sticky, chili-warm sweetness runs into the cheese. A whole Hellboy pie costs $37 on the official menu. If you only try one thing on a first visit, make it this, and ask for it straight from a fresh tray rather than a reheat when the counter is busy.

The square side of the menu is where regulars go next. The Freddy Prinze is an upside-down Sicilian with fresh mozzarella under the tomato sauce, a shower of Pecorino Romano and a sesame-seed bottom that toasts against the pan, and the whole pie is $35. The Hellboy squared takes that same sesame base and loads it with Ezzo pepperoni and hot honey for $40. The Infatuation called the Freddie Prinze the best slice in the shop.

A plain cheese pie of mozzarella and tomato sauce runs $28, and a vodka pie with fresh and aged mozzarella over vodka sauce is $35. Slices come from these same pies, cut and reheated at the counter, so the board at the front tells you what is ready. Finish with a cup of L&B Spumoni Gardens spumoni for $4, a nod to the Gravesend institution that every Brooklyn pizza obsessive already knows.

Few New York slice counters take vegan pizza as seriously. The shop says it keeps vegan pies and slices on hand in both round and square formats, built with Numu vegan mozzarella. The vegan pepperoni pie adds vegan parm and plant-based pepperoni for $38, and the vegan Freddy Prinze pairs the sesame-bottom square with Be-Hive vegan sausage for $42. Mixed groups can split a tray without anyone settling for a sad salad.

One hard limit to know before you go: the kitchen does not offer gluten-free pizza at all. There is no gluten-free crust, square or round, so anyone who needs one should plan a different dinner. The shop states this plainly in the FAQ on its own site, so there is no need to ask at the counter when the line is already long.

The system is simple: order at the front counter, pick up your tray, and carry it to the back room to eat. The Infatuation singled out the slime-green bar stools, and big TVs play whatever game is on, which makes the space fill up on Sunday afternoons in football season. Wine, beer and cider are served, so a slice and a can of cider counts as a full Greenpoint evening for plenty of locals.

Phone orders are not accepted. The number, is for general questions only, and takeout or delivery goes exclusively through DoorDash or Caviar. On busy weekends the shop sometimes switches online ordering off for a while to keep up with the walk-in line, so a Friday night craving is best handled in person. Gift cards are sold only in person and cannot be redeemed through the delivery apps.

Lines were famous in the opening weeks of 2018, when Time Out reported a queue out the door fifteen minutes after doors opened on a Friday. These days the pressure is easier, and The Infatuation wrote that you will rarely have to fight for a seat. The shop warns on its site that Friday and Saturday orders can swamp the kitchen, to the point that online ordering is sometimes switched off. Come right at 11:30 am for the freshest trays and the emptiest back room.

The shop does not do private buyouts, explaining that it would not inconvenience other guests that way. Birthday groups and teams should simply arrive early, order several whole pies at the counter, and spread out in the back. Big orders take longer than a single slice, so put them in before the after-work rush starts around early evening.

Franklin Street is the commercial spine of western Greenpoint, lined with bars, coffee shops, record stores and vintage racks in low brick buildings. After your slice, head west toward the East River and WNYC Transmitter Park, a small waterfront park on the site of the old radio transmitter, where the benches look straight across to the Midtown Manhattan skyline. It is a five-minute stroll and the best place in the neighborhood to let a Hellboy settle.

On the way back, swing past the corner of Greenpoint Avenue to see the original Paulie Gee's building, the spot where Giannone first fired his wood oven in 2010, which reopened in spring 2026 as a tavern called Me and Paul's. Walking the blocks between the two shows how much the street has changed since then, with Polish bakeries and butchers still holding their ground next to newer cocktail bars.

Address: 110 Franklin Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222, in Greenpoint. Hours: Sunday to Thursday 11:30 am to 10 pm, Friday and Saturday 11:30 am to 1 am. Email sliceinfo@pauliegee.com for anything else. Getting there: the G train stops at Greenpoint Avenue, a short walk east, and the NYC Ferry lands at the foot of India Street nearby.

Menu notes: cheese pie $28, Hellboy $37, Freddy Prinze $35, Hellboy squared $40, vodka pie $35, vegan pepperoni $38, vegan Freddy Prinze $42 and L&B spumoni $4. Wine, beer and cider are on hand. There is no gluten-free option. Delivery runs only through DoorDash and Caviar, and in-store gift cards cannot be used on those apps. Ask Karpo in the Karpo APP to line up a Greenpoint bar or a waterfront walk after your slice.