Yes to deliciousness! Even better that it's for a good cause! Following my usual M.O....when my friend said he was setting up a dessert tour on a Saturday afternoon, I decided that this would make a filling lunch option. The first stop was this ice cream shop part of a nonprofit organization that uses jobs at the ice cream store to provide job opportunities and retail training for local community youth. Their staff member at the counter was very friendly and welcoming, sharing about the mission of the group and his personal experience in the program. Their ice cream was super rich and creamy! And the scoops were HUGE. probably the best value in Manhattan. I got small single scoop ($7.00) of ginger (self proclaimed ginger-lover here, love it spicy lol) and appreciated the level of flavor they packed into the ice cream. My friend who organized the tour got butter pecan and enjoyed it, I tried a bite and it was tasty too. They carry mostly classic flavors though have a couple more novelty ones mixed in. It's a small shop so there's not much seating, maybe benches enough for 6-7 people to fit comfortably. No bathrooms, like many hole-in-the-wall places in NYC. Will certainly be back! read more

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I swung by here after dinner one day for a sweet treat and it was nice. The interior of the shop is small and there is minimal seating; it's definitely a grab and go spot. Service is very nice. Unfortunately, when I went, there was no sampling available so I had to just pick a flavor and wish for the best. I ended up choosing strawberry ice cream and it was solid. The ice cream here is really creamy, milky, and a bit stretchy/thick (if you know that I mean). Not a bad spot for ice cream in the area. read more

Alphabet Scoop - Strawberry ice cream - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - New York, New York

The owner here has a DISGUSTING ATTITUDE!! I came with my family and while the young lady and young man was extremely nice the owner had a very bad attitude. He was rude, and very short with his answers....I don't understand how he is still in business with this personality. If I could give 0 starts I would. Aside from the owner, the ice cream was good. How can you improve? Keep the owner away from the customers. read more

The owner was unbelievably rude and you could see the difference of how he treated customers. Despite that ice cream was great, they give you a hefty amount of ice cream. It's a small place that can quickly get crowded and loud. Unlike the owner the staff are very kind and apologetic. Improvement is needed in Hospitality... read more

Came here for a couple scoops on Saturday and was very pleased with the flavor options available -- I did a chocolate fudge brownie and chocolate chip cookie dough! read more

Alphabet Scoop - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - New York, New York

Nothing but great things to say about this spot. Walked over here after dinner on a weekday night around 9 PM to get dessert. The flavors of ice cream are clearly displayed on the board, and there is a fun decoration on the wall where you can measure how many scoops tall you are. I love that there is a blurb about how this shop supports the community. The people working inside were happy to let us sample. They were friendly and attentive. The ice cream scoops were huge, even in the regular size, and the texture is super thick! We got the spicy Mexican/Mayan chocolate flavor and wow, did it have a kick! Quite spicy and indulgent with its deep chocolate flavor. Interacting with the man behind the counter put a huge smile on our faces. I would highly recommend going here for ice cream. What a fantastic experience and treat! read more

Great ice cream and mission. Fun flavors. Really good waffle cone!!! Ginger and lavender were yummy!

"Local, old school and good cause" This place is run by a church and uses money to fund their causes (including food b and teach kids to run a business. Well I've had better ice cream, it's certainly good and you won't find nicer employees. Interesting flavors too! read more

delicious ice cream! even better for the cause!! I 100% recommend to anyone nearby (especially the salted caramel). I will be back!

Came here for dessert on a Friday night and it wasn't too crowded when we arrived - a line formed not long after us though as we were eating. It's a cute little place with not much seating, just a bench really to sit on close to the window. I thought that the servers were really friendly and they have a good variety of flavors to choose from - most of the basic expected ice cream flavors are there. They also let you try the flavors, and I tried 2 before getting butter pecan. The ice cream was good, but pretty standard. If you're in the area and looking for some local ice cream, this is a great place to check out! read more

First off the service was amazing. Everyone was saying their favorite flavor/giving tips which was a little overwhelming. Overall everybody was super nice and made sure we were happy. I didn't give 5 stars because the ice cream isn't super flavorful. You can taste the flavor but it's kinda faint. I would come back but I'm not going out of my way to go. read more

Alphabet Scoop - Butter pecan, I forgot the other flavor but it had caramel in it. Ice Cream in a Cup - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - New York, New York

Alphabet Scoop is a really solid ice cream spot that gives generous scoops. I already stopped by twice and really liked it both times. The first time I chose matcha and I went with vanilla the second time. The employees were patient in letting me sample the flavors and they're also helpful in explaining what's in a specific flavor. I definitely plan on coming back again! read more

Alphabet Scoop - Matcha green tea single scoop ($6) - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - New York, New York

Their scoop of ice cream completed my night. This place has been on my bookmark list for so long and I feel like a fool to only have gone now. First, major plus that this shop opens until late into the night; it felt like fate to have come across the shop just when we had that late-night sweet tooth craving. Only ordered a single scoop of Mocha cookie crumble in a cup to share with my brother and mom but it was definitely more than enough. The owner was so generous with the scoop I was wondering if he had misheard our order and not only that, he even charged us a dollar less! Regardless, I would have been happy to pay the full amount because the mocha cookie crumble was SO good!!! It was creamy, with a subtle coffee taste that lingers at the end of each bite and just the right amount of sweetness mixed with the cookie crumbles. You know it's legit when your Asian mother compliments it as "Not too sweet". Looking forward to visiting again to try out more flavors! read more

Finally a good ice cream place with big portions! I got a kids size, and they let you still choose 2 flavours. And "half" scoop is quite large! When the server was trying to just tack a bit more ice cream to the scoop, both customers in front of me and behind me even politely declined more ice cream lol. I had the chocolate fudge and lavender and really liked both! I enjoyed the strong lavender flavour. I also sampled green tea, ube, and Mexican chocolate flavours. Green tea and ube tasted pretty plain, but the Mexican chocolate had a good kick of spiciness. I don't even know how many times I paid for ice creams with horrible textures. But the texture here was what you would expect for a good ice cream--creamy and not too watery nor icy. Also, the price is pretty good for the portion that you get. In Van Leeuwen, you get like half of kids size here or even less for almost $8. Only downside of the place was that... when I first walked in, I smelled what reminded me of the washroom. It might have been just bad ventilation that day though. Still would come back to try other flavours. read more

I had the most WONDERFUL experience at Alphabet Scoop!! The most friendly staff & delicious ice cream that I have found in NYC. Would give 100000 stars if I could!!! read more

It's hard to find much fault with this spot in terms of their mission. They are both an ice cream shop as well as a way for youths to get some job training. They serve old school thick no-nonsense flavors and put a whole lot of ice cream in one scoop. You might think it's pricey at a first glance until they put the spoons back and put even more inside. Sprinkles are free also for those who like them. The actual flavor was pretty good. I got the salted caramel which had a mix of chocolate chips and said caramel and it was decent. If they didn't have the mission behind them as well as the generous portions, I probably would give them a lower rating but it's a good place to support. read more

If you want really great ice cream but dont want to pay a million dollars for Van Leeuwen's, Alphabet Scoop has got your back. Most of their flavors are great. My personal favorites are the butter pecan, ginger, and kulfi. The kulfi is unique and floral - I believe a seasonal flavor, pistachio base with cardamom and rose - and it's seriously some of the best ice cream I've had. Some other flavors aren't as creamy or texturally ideal, but overall I highly recommend coming. Especially when they have buy 1 get 1 pint for free deals. read more

Ok, so I'm not a fan of butter pecan because I don't like how the big store brands nuts are mushy. Alphabet Scoop caramelizes or sugar coats theirs so they stay firm and taste amazing! The ice cream tastes genuinely good. Sorry, I had to get that off my chest. Not only does Alphabet Scoop provide jobs and job training to kids they are teaching them how to deal with a wide variety of people. This alone would make me want to come here but the fact that they make ALL of their ice creams in house...I am SOLD! They allow you to try any flavor and give you a big bite so you actually taste the flavor of your choice. We had the mint chip, a raspberry with some chocolate in it, killer strawberry and the best ever butter pecan. There are a lot of ice cream spots in the East Village. I'd have to say, this one is my favorite. Do yourself a favor, take a walk on over or better yet, Uber over and walk home! read more

Outstanding, freshly made ice cream! The Salted Caramel with chocolate chips was wonderful, but it was their Butter Pecan that was superb! They use candied pralines and the flavor is better than any Butter Pecan I've tried. Staff is friendly and the offer of samples helped narrow down the choices. read more

Alphabet Scoop - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - New York, New York

Yummy ice cream and milk shake at decent prices. Lots of flavor selection and friendly service and it is associated with a good cause.

My favorite ice cream place in NYC with the most AMAZING staff. They have great classic flavors as well as rotating seasonal flavors. Cannot say more great things about their staff read more

Great spot with great selection of flavors. Seems like they run a local youth program as well which is fantastic. Big serving sizes! The kids size was perfect for me - and I love a lot of ice cream read more

Eating ice cream sometimes could be a sin but eating ice cream for a good cause definitely makes anybody feel great! This is a non-profit organization and the girls who work here are simply amazing! We tried their autumn flavor or caramel apple pie and we actually could taste the pie crust and sugared apple inside! The smallest scoop is 4oz and only $4. I can't wait to go back and try other flavors! All for a good cause of course :) read more

love love love alphabet scoop!! not only is the ice cream delicious and the sprinkles are FREE but the service is amazing! Shoutout to Gio (sp? sorry if it's wrong) he was great! funny and super helpful while we contemplated which flavors to get. will def come back next time i'm in the area read more

Not so good. I get it's a non profit. But management needs to throughly train staff of ice cream ingredients and general customer service. We walked in and the employee was sleeping at the counter. She gets up takes our orders. I ordered 3 ice creams, for my partner, niece and myself. I ordered the vegan chocolate chip, it was a great flavor but I got the literal bottom of the bucket. She was scraping forever, little shags of ice cream. When she was done it was hardly a scoop. Then my partner ordered a regular chocolate chip, which the manager and the employee were unsure of an Ice cream swap reg or vegan and who's fault it was. All while we're just standing there in a hot shop. My niece got a reg chocolate chip waffle cone, hers was perfect she loved it, but by the time we ate em and walked home her mouth swelled up. We called the ice cream shop and tasked them what was in the ice cream she's only allergic to walnuts and they promised there was no walnuts or cross contamination. We walked near 10 blocks for a late night snack, wouldn't do it again. Good luck. read more

5 stars for the service, the scoops and the mission. Super excited to be able to feel even better about my ice cream addiction by supporting the efforts of empowering and training local youth. Only tried mocha cookie crumble so far but YUM. Will be back... again and again and again! read more

Awesome, creamy, flavorful, fresh... and ginormous! My double was basically a pint of ice cream. I was almost embarrassed to walk down the street with it! What a find! Go here! read more

This place is legit. There are so many things that really make it the best. Alphabet scoop serves the community: mentors youth and teaches them practical and book knowledge The ice cream is homemade and deeeeeeelicious (not too sweet, actual nuts, etc), the staff was super friendly and helpful. With all this awesomeness, the price-point is the best you'll find for some humungo portion sizes. You can tell how excited I am, by the number of words I've extended out or made up. I am excited. Last, but not least, for a daily ice cream eater such as myself, this place can't be beat. read more

What a cute place with friendly service, good flavors, and the right ice cream texture (dense and creamy!). They give you samples by using a melon scoop - how cute (and generous) is that? I wish I'd discovered this place sooner. It's run by local kids as a program to teach skills and responsibility. Go support this place! PS there's a free sprinkles bar! read more

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Changing lives one scoop at a time, this shop is affiliated with the nearby church. They hire at-risk youths to scoop some tasty ice cream! We came here because they were open late and we had a serious need for ice cream! Score! read more

Nice ice cream spot. All ice creams are made in premise. The staff is super friendly and the ice creams are delicious. read more

Alphabet Scoop - Creamy and delicious - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - New York, New York

The workers were very very nice and attentive however, this was the world ice cream I've ever had in my life. I took 2 bites and threw It out. Additionally, It was freezer burned and had a very weird consistency and tasted weird. read more

This place is definitely worth a visit if you're in the area. It's a small shop run by a non-profit that offers mentorship to youth in the area. The kids in there are sweethearts. You can sense some of the shyness but it's super endearing and the ice cream is delicious. I sampled the coffee, mint chocolate chip, strawberry, and butter pecan before choosing the crowd favorite, razzle dazzle. It's so good. SO GOOD. You can also add your own rainbow or chocolate sprinkles for free. Now go get it! read more

Alphabet Scoop - Razzle dazzle with rainbow sprinkles and a side of sunshine - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - New York, New York

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Ice cream: OK. I had the razzle-dazzle-- white chocolate with raspberry and chocolate chunks. Tasty, but not awesome. People: Nice. But they only get two stars because they offered me a bible. The guy said, "You look like you need a bible." and I paid and left really quickly. I generally don't like people trying to save my soul when all i want is a bit of ice cream on a hot day. read more

Wow, yelp you taught me so much about this place. I was going to say was that the ice cream is pretty much the shizzz and at a good price. It is so tempting to get two scoops. The fellow behind the counter was like are you sure, they are big. WELL OF COURSE IM SURE ITS ONLY 50cents MORE for the second scoop. I was very wrong. Next time, my friend and I both got one scoop... still a lot. A children's scoop is probably the way to go. In conclusion, yummers read more

Ticked all the boxes for me on a sunny summer Saturday afternoon. Delicious home made ice cream in a decent variety of flavors and really sweet staff (Robbie took the time to explain how things work at Alphabet Scoop, it's a kind and cool concept!)....like I needed another excuse to go eat more ice cream! read more

Alphabet Scoop - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - New York, New York

I love this place, with the bottom of my heart! They make each of their icecreams with love! It's the perfect texture and creaminess! Prices are great and they give you heaping scoops! It is ran by a non-profit Christian society and the young boys and girls working there are working after school. I love that I'm helping them out by buying their ice cream. I am excited that they recently had a makeover by Macy's, they deserved it! Strawberry, pistachio, mint chip, and their raspberry swirl with dark chocolate dispersed inside...very very good! They also have coffee, teas and hot chocolate! You can also try their flavors, they give it to you in the cutest little cup and scoop the ice cream with a melon baller....soooo cute! read more

I'm an ice cream FIEND! An addict. OK? So my opinion here should NOT be taken lightly. THE ICE CREAM AT ALPHABET SCOOP IS AMAZING!!! They balance those all-important properties of ice cream, in that (1) its creamy at it's base, and (2) still hearty enough to bite into it's components. All the flavors at Alphabet Scoop have a nice, thick, creamy & flavorful base. AND, within each bite, you get a chunk of the yummy bits like pistachios, pumpkin seeds, chocolate, pecans, swirls of caramel, etc. etc. that signify the flavor. No matter how "simple" the idea of the flavor, each is some of the best of its kind.. that I've had anywhere.... not that my opinion matters... as a fiend... who has eaten a LOT of ice cream ((at this point in my life, I've already eaten twice as MUCH ice cream as you will EVER eat in yours)) Alphabet Scoop is rich and fresh yet somehow not heavy... even though flavors are potent and pure. I suggest the following flavor pairings (ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY HAVE $5/PINT SALES!!) .... Razzle Dazzle WITH Pistachio Butter Pecan WITH Pumpkin Spice ^^ MY TOP 4 FLAVORS IN THAT ORDER ^^ Other notable flavors... - Dulce de Lecha - Cookies & Cream - Strawberry - Chocolate Peanut Butter THEY OFFER FREE SERVE-YOURSELF RAINBOW & CHOCOLATE SPRINKLES (AND HAVE SMALL TO-GO CUPS FOR THIS PURPOSE) ***** $10 CREDIT CARD MINIMUM ***** read more

I have visited this ice cream shop many times, because I think that they are doing a great job mentoring teens! Their goal to give teens work experience so that they can find jobs as adults is great. The adults there are volunteers staff who mentor the teens. The teens get great job experience such as working the register, customer service, and making the ice cream with their machine! The ice cream itself is also fantastic! My favorite flavors here are the pumpkin spice (seasonal) and the cookies and cream. They have new flavors all the time, so try it out! Be mindful of their hours though, because they are not open every day and not throughout the year. Support this great cause! read more

I love coming here! Both times that Ive been here the service was extremely friendly! The sample sized are quite big so you can get the whole experience of the flavor! Mt favorite is the coffee and the cookies n creme! The coffee has a nice texture to it as it has chips of dark chocolate! All of their flavors are extremely flavorful! Though it is quite pricey, the amount of ice cream given per scoop is A LOT! The place is really clean! The decor was simple and inviting! Service: 5.5 Quality: 6 Cleanliness: 5 Overall Experience 6/5! read more