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86 Joy Cafe
- gradeGrade A ⏳
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedDecember 9, 2024
- address8608 4 Avenue, Brooklyn 11209
- cuisineChinese
- phone7188335300
Is 86 Joy Cafe clean?
86 Joy Cafe is currently Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 9, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at 86 Joy Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 9, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🔪cross-contamination riskcriticalRaw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
When was 86 Joy Cafe last inspected?
86 Joy Cafe has 2 inspections on record going back to December 9, 2024, averaging 32 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 51 pts |
| December 9, 2024 | Grade A | 13 pts |
86 Joy Cafe vs Bay Ridge
Bay Ridge runs 79% clean across 364 tracked restaurants — 249 clean, 18 mid, 47 cooked.
Against the 364 spots Cooked tracks in Bay Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 21% of them.
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How New York grades restaurants
New York City health inspectors score violations in points, and lower is better: 0–13 points earns an A, 14–27 a B, and 28 or more a C. Every restaurant is inspected at least once a year, and the letter has to be posted in the window. A restaurant that scores 14 or more on the first inspection of a cycle does not get a letter right away — it stays “Grade Pending” until a re-inspection settles it, which is why some spots here show an hourglass instead of a letter. Cooked only ever shows a letter the city actually posted; we never infer one from a score.
Source: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) via NYC Open Data. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated December 9, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.