Cooked?Area 53
- critical violations0
- address616 Scholes Street, Brooklyn 11237
- phone2018201555
Is Area 53 clean?
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has not published a current health inspection grade for Area 53 or any inspection we can match to it. That usually means the place is new, recently changed hands, or files under a different name with the city. No rating is not the same as a bad rating.
What did inspectors find at Area 53?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Area 53 last inspected?
No dated inspection history is available for this listing.
Area 53 vs East Williamsburg
East Williamsburg runs 75% clean across 249 tracked restaurants — 158 clean, 15 mid, 37 cooked.
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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. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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