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Back Home Bakery
- gradeGrade B ⏳
- inspection score22 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedJuly 15, 2025
- address3524 Church Avenue, Brooklyn 11203
- cuisineBakery Products/Desserts
- phone7182873031
Is Back Home Bakery clean?
Back Home Bakery is currently Grade B ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on July 15, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬. 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 Back Home Bakery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 15, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- 🗑️garbage situation out of pocketPesticide not properly labeled or used by unlicensed individual. Pesticide, other toxic chemical improperly used/stored. Unprotected, unlocked bait station used.
- 🪰flies in the housecriticalFilth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
- 🪳roaches are dining toocriticalLive roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
When was Back Home Bakery last inspected?
Back Home Bakery has 7 inspections on record going back to July 25, 2023, averaging 30 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 52 pts |
| May 26, 2026 | — | |
| July 15, 2025 | Grade B | 22 pts |
| May 27, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 44 pts |
| May 1, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| February 22, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 19 pts |
| July 25, 2023 | — |
Back Home Bakery vs East Flatbush-Farragut
East Flatbush-Farragut runs 74% clean across 75 tracked restaurants — 49 clean, 6 mid, 11 cooked.
Against the 75 spots Cooked tracks in East Flatbush-Farragut, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 July 15, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.