Some of New York’s best patties are found on this stretch of the Bronx toward the end of the 2 subway line. The decades-old Paul’s Caribbean Bakery, not much more than a counter and refrigerator up front, is one such example, serving plump patties with lentil, mashed chickpea, and other fillings. The ground beef version comes in its signature yellow pastry, smooth on top with some crunch around the edges.

Kingston Tropical Bakery is located less than a block from Champion Bakery, also on this list, but there’s enough demand for these business’ baked goods that both tend to draw a crowd. The patties sold here are made using a smooth, not flakey, crust that gives way to generous beef and curry chicken fillings. Further down on the menu, and best of all, is the meatloaf, a patty-shaped piece of coco bread packed with meat that’s big on beefy flavor, with a pleasant funk.

Step inside this bakery at the right hour, and prepare to be smacked by the smell of fresh-baked coco bread, a Caribbean baked good typically made from flour and coconut milk. The buttery, not-too-sweet rolls are often eaten with a patty wedged inside, and though this sandwich might look dry, don’t underestimate the patties here. The curry chicken, pictured here, is plenty saucy and just hot enough to burn the roof of your mouth if you’re not careful.

What started as a weekend pop-up in Williamsburg has grown into this citywide delivery business based out of Long Island City. Branch Patty delivers their patties frozen, but leave your doubts at the door because this colorful array of patties is among the best we’ve tasted in Brooklyn. Sure, they cost $5 to $6 each, but why shouldn’t they, packed as they are with Impossible beef, chickpea curry, jerk mushroom, and other ingredients?

For some of the city’s very best patties, head to Jamaica, a Queens neighborhood that isn’t named for the Caribbean island or its patties, but easily could be. At Jamaican Flavors, patties come with all the usual fillings, and a few that are harder to find, including saltfish ($2.75 to $3.75 each). Order them plain or stuffed inside a piece of coco bread for $1.25 more.

Prospect Heights’ best patties are found at this bakery that also sells steamed fish, oxtail, and goat roti on weekends. Beef and chicken patties are baked throughout the day and are plenty flakey, even after an hour out of the oven ($2.50 to $2.75). Despite this store’s name, the thinner patties sold here lack some of the “stuffin” found in others on this list, but well-seasoned fillings — spicy beef, curry chicken, among others — more than compensate.

The patties at this Trinidadian-Chinese restaurant are thick and rectangular, stuffed with ground beef that’s sometimes in need of a dab of Scotch bonnet hot sauce but still perfectly filling ($2.50). It’s the only kind of patty available on this wide-reaching menu, which also advertises doubles, roti, fish and chips, and Trinidadian chow mein. Time your visit around 3 p.m., when currant rolls are plucked fresh from the oven and draw a crowd.

This smoothie and juice shop with three locations in Brooklyn also serves vegetarian patties. They come out of the oven around 11 a.m., according to a store employee, made with pumpkin, jerk plantain, callaloo, and other ingredients that more than stand-in for a traditional ground beef filling. Try the lentil and split pea patties, which come plenty hot in a flakey, rectangular crust.

There’s nothing quite like a beef patty from Tastee Pattee, and thankfully for us, this Caribbean restaurant has a handful of locations across Brooklyn. Burnt orange, deeply flavorful, and griddled with cheddar cheese, the patties served here are near-perfect by themselves — and actually perfect when tucked into a piece of buttery coco bread.

The best Golden Krust is the one closest to home, but this location in central Brooklyn wins points for its proximity to Little Caribbean. Don’t expect a life-changing pastry (the crust is tougher than many of the other patties served in this Brooklyn neighborhood), but you can count on flavorful fillings — spicy beef, jerk chicken — that are better than you’d think from a chain of this size. Plus, they’re Shaggy-approved.