The 19 Best Bagels In New York City, Ranked - New York - The Infatuation

"You can tell you’ve got a great Knickerbocker bagel as soon as you give it a nice squish. The crust crackles just a little as you push down, before it dutifully springs back into form like a stress ball. That’s how you know that it’s big and fluffy, but still dense enough to support the chunky home fries in their breakfast sandwich. Knickerbocker is the only shop in Bushwick that makes their own bagels–hand-rolled and boiled—so there’s always a line. But they move quickly, and you can keep tabs on the M train from a table by the window." - bryan kim, will hartman, willa moore, neha talreja, molly fitzpatrick, sonal shah