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Al-Aqsa Restaurant
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score9 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 12, 2025
- address2109 Starling Avenue, Bronx 10462
- cuisineBangladeshi
- phone7189047061
Is Al-Aqsa Restaurant clean?
Al-Aqsa Restaurant is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 12, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Al-Aqsa Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 12, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was Al-Aqsa Restaurant last inspected?
Al-Aqsa Restaurant has 5 inspections on record going back to June 14, 2022, averaging 17 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2025 | Grade A | 9 pts |
| March 8, 2024 | Grade A | 7 pts |
| August 30, 2023 | Grade C | 35 pts |
| September 26, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 36 pts |
| June 14, 2022 | Grade A | 0 pts |
Al-Aqsa Restaurant vs Parkchester
Parkchester runs 85% clean across 55 tracked restaurants — 44 clean, 5 mid, 3 cooked.
Against the 55 spots Cooked tracks in Parkchester, this one comes out cleaner than 58% 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 May 12, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.