• Five Brothers Pizza Opens On Coney Island Avenue


    by on Jan 10th, 2012

    Photo by Robert Fernandez

    There’s a new pizza joint in town.

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    Five Brothers Pizza, Pasta and Grill (718-648-1600 ‎) just opened at 2650C Coney Island Avenue between Crawford Avenue and Avenue X. Flanked between Universal Hair Studio on the left and the Famaliving furniture store on the right, Five Brothers (“& a sister, the boss”) replaces Beans & Crepes, whose lasting legacy, according to a Yellow Pages reviewer, was that they made “fresh queezed juices” and their chairs “fit the behind in a perfect manner.”

    But enough about queezed juices and ergonomic seating — a cursory web search revealed that, in the short time Five Brothers Pizza has been open, foursquare user Stefanee R. has checked in twice (a good sign), uploaded a photo of a sumptuous slice of New York pizza, and has subsequently declared herself Mayor of the new establishment, which also offers free delivery. We hope the five brothers and a sister don’t mind someone from outside the family’s bloodline crowning themselves with such a high-ranking level of distinction.

    Nevertheless, we wish the entire Five Brothers family much success and look forward to sinking our choppers into a hot slice or two in the near future.

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    • IGGi

      Atalian pizza? Or more Martinez and Rodriguez? No pun intended. :P

      • Anonymous

        That’s Señor Rodriguez to you!

      • Anonymous

        I’ve found that the Mexicans who have taken over some of the pizzerias in the neighborhood serve up a decent slice. The ones who took Johns Pizza on Ave U and Coney have an excellent ground beef slice.

    • HowieZ.

      I had the pizza there on their 3rd day of business, it was delicious, and they were very friendly.   I will definitely go back there again.    I told them I was just passing by, didn’t even know they were opened, so I told them to put flags on the outside, they did this the next day….I wish them the best of luck.  Glad I have a pizza place nearby.

    • Anonymous

      Why is it that so many stores close almost as quickly as they open on Coney Island Avenue? I’ve seen a pharmacy, a furniture store and a tile place open in the past 3 years and close in a year or two after that. A pizzeria, though, is a staple operation and I’ll give it more time than that. What’s the price per slice and do they have anything particularly special to draw customers in? Either one of those points could be a deciding factor in their success. I wish them well.

      • Anonymous

        Because rents on Coney Island are fairly cheap so businesses figure it would be a cheap way to open.  From first observation it also seems that Coney Island has a lot of foot traffic.  However that is not really true.  Coney Island has a lot of car traffic but not that many people.  It is not a shopping area, people don’t go there to stroll around like they might on Kings Highway or even Sheepshead Bay Rd.  If someone is on Coney Island it’s usually for a specific reason. So unless a business does a lot of advertising and doesn’t rely on walk ins it’s not a great area.

        • Anonymous

          Rents are “fairly cheap” on Coney Island Avenue? Really? I’ve seen a lot of “lost our lease” signs on the Avenue over the past 3 years. Even the High-Way Democratic club lost its “spacious” digs recently. The Grand Bazaar didn’t last a year. I wonder…

      • http://profile.yahoo.com/GZVSJSCB7NJHGJ2EQGVPWDNHZI Edward

        Rents too high, not enough people coming. Need constant barrage of advertisement to attract new customers, coney island is drive-by not walk-by street anymore. With limited parking and general low value of neighborhood not many wealthy customers pass by to keep furniture store running (or pharmacy smaller than wallgreen – doubt even they doing well enough). If 5 brothers go for 1.50 slices, they will follow rest of them. They either need sell pies cheap enough or charge high per slice to make up that way. And they definetely cannot afford any ad’s beside occasional flyer – which is mostly done in beginning. 

    • Stefanee Rivera

      I have tried their pizza a few times including on their first day of opening. I was eagerly awaiting it since the last time we had a pizza place this close to my house was when Tomato and Basil was open.
      I have lost faith in a lot of pizza places in the area but I was pretty pleased with their pizza (hot and cold the next day).
      I will be returning in hopes of maintaining my status as mayor.

    • Steffi R.

      I have tried their pizza a few times including on their first day of opening. I was eagerly awaiting it since the last time we had a pizza place this close to my house was when Tomato and Basil was open.
      I have lost faith in a lot of pizza places in the area but I was pretty pleased with their pizza (hot and cold the next day).
      I will be returning in hopes of maintaining my status as mayor.

    • http://www.brucebrodinsky.com Bruce B

      There’s a pizza place pretty close by, on avenue x and CI Ave, which is pretty good. I’ll have to try this new joint out, thx for the write up.

    • Guest

      The pizza over there taste like cardboard. They use the cheapest ingredients  to make their pizza. Del Mars all the way…

    • Anonymous

      Is this the same Five Bros Pizza as the one on St. Marks Place in the city (the one with $1 slices)?

      • http://profile.yahoo.com/GZVSJSCB7NJHGJ2EQGVPWDNHZI Edward

        I dont want 1$ a slice… I shudder to think what it will be made of. You need hundreds people per day to keep rolling at 1$ a slice and still keep it edible.

    • JR

      how about 2 bros pizza instead… $1 a slice

    • Guest13

      Place on coney island and corner of u may have decent beef slice but their personal hygiene can make a homeless man vomit. I am not going back there. Five brothers though so far doing good, though amount of olives/mushrooms shrunk from day one by about half :) but thats normal thing..

    • Guest13

      Nope the slice is 2.25, but large pie price is pretty good. 9.99 on special 11.99 without.