Here on the Upper West Side, chef Jun Park and BoMee Chu make some serious wings. Park batters the meat in a thin layer of potato starch and fries the wings twice, once at a lower temperature, then again at a higher one for extra crunch. The flesh itself has more of a chickeny punch than at the chains, thanks to vegetarian-fed birds, while black pepper soy sauce adds a bit of pleasant astringency.

At neighborhood sports bar Blondies, it’s all about the wings, which are traditional Buffalo — packed with varying degrees of heat — and meant to be consumed while watching any number of games. Flavors also include honey mustard, barbecue, and honey barbecue.

This no-frills wings specialist is a solid option for wings on the Upper East Side when the craving strikes. While standard wing flavors such as barbecue and teriyaki are available, International Wings Factory also has more offbeat options such as the Mexy Q, a Mexican barbecue flavor, and Soul Purifier, a house-made Buffalo-based sauce with spices and chiles. Aside from sauces, diners can also choose how crispy they want their wings.

Korean chicken chain Pelicana offers up some of the city's juiciest Korean fried chicken, and the wings are no exception. They come in several varieties — original, spicy, grilled, and soy garlic — and all are recommended.

Hit East Village Vietnamese restaurant Madame Vo is known for its pho, but the wings are an ideal starter. Crunchy and spicy from a caramelized garlic fish sauce, they’re a big flavor hit.

After Pok Pok closed, the Fish Cheeks wings may have become the go-to for a Thai version. The zabb wings are fried and spiced with chile, lime, and mint, rendered crunchy, spicy, and citrusy all at once.

This contemporary Lower East Side izakaya is best known for its cocktails — Pegu Club vet Kenta Goto opened the place — but it also serves one of New York’s best bar food menus. The miso chicken wings are drenched in thick miso and studded with black sesame seeds and scallions. The result is crispy, spicy, and dreamy. The wings are also on the menu at Bar Goto’s Brooklyn outpost, Bar Goto Niban.

Stop by Peeps Kitchen for some serious fried and glazed chicken, with wings that come with sweet and spicy, soy garlic, or “extreme” sauces. It’s easy to pick out the restaurant from its blue mural depicting chicks grazing in chef’s hats along McGuiness Boulevard. There’s no seating, but the restaurant is located a short distance from McCarren Park and delivers on most ordering platforms.

If you’re a fan of wings that start their life in the smoker, leading to flavor that’s boosted with sweet sauces, Hometown takes the idea a step further. Its Vietnamese wings are first smoked and then coated with a sauce redolent of scallions, scattered with sesame seeds, and served with cilantro ranch alongside. Yes, the seeds are extraneous, but these wings sure are good. Be forewarned these are whole wings, which means you get the wing tip as well — a bonus for gnawers.

Buffalo natives are behind this classic American version found at Bonnie’s Grill, a well-worn neighborhood joint along Fifth Avenue in Park Slope. The wings come in four spice levels — the hottest version is no joke — or coated in barbecue sauce. Cooling celery, carrots, and blue cheese dressing come on the side.

One of the best bets for wings in this busy stretch of Brooklyn is Island Cz Cafe, a corner restaurant known in the neighborhood for its heaping Hennessy cocktails and oxtail dinners. Its plump chicken wings are a worthwhile add-on to any order, with almost enough meat on the bone to make for a small meal. They come six to a container, coated in mango barbecue, jerk, or sweet chile sauce you won’t want to leave behind.