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Bagelsmith
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedAugust 15, 2025
- address189 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn 11211
- cuisineBagels/Pretzels
- phone7182187414
Is Bagelsmith clean?
Bagelsmith is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 15, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Bagelsmith?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 15, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcriticalCold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
When was Bagelsmith last inspected?
Bagelsmith has 5 inspections on record going back to August 25, 2022, averaging 13 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 15, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| January 24, 2025 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| September 27, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 17 pts |
| August 21, 2023 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| August 25, 2022 | Grade A | 12 pts |
Bagelsmith vs North Side-South Side
North Side-South Side runs 80% clean across 573 tracked restaurants — 390 clean, 25 mid, 72 cooked.
Against the 573 spots Cooked tracks in North Side-South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 27% of them.
Other spots in North Side-South Side
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 August 15, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.