Al Aqsa Bakery & Restaurant

• gradeGrade C ⏳
• grade postedDecember 1, 2025
• inspection score27 pts
• critical violations4
• last inspectedApril 18, 2026 →
• address6917 5 Avenue, Brooklyn 11209
• cuisineMiddle Eastern
• phone9293509091

Is Al Aqsa Bakery & Restaurant clean?

Al Aqsa Bakery & Restaurant currently carries Grade C ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). It was posted on December 1, 2025 and still stands. The place has been inspected again since — on April 18, 2026 scoring 27 points — but NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has not ruled on that visit, so no new grade has been issued. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder the posted grade reads cooked 🪳; the numbers above come from the newer visit.

What did inspectors find at Al Aqsa Bakery & Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 18, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍴utensils stored sketchycritical
  Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, 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.
• 🧼staff skipping handwashingcritical
  Personal cleanliness is inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn where required. Jewelry worn on hands or arms. Fingernail polish worn or fingernails not kept clean and trimmed.
• 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycritical
  Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.

When was Al Aqsa Bakery & Restaurant last inspected?

Al Aqsa Bakery & Restaurant has 5 inspections on record going back to May 24, 2023, averaging 29 points.

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Against the 364 spots Cooked tracks in Bay Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

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 April 18, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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