Basil Brick Oven

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJuly 18, 2026 →
• address28-17 Astoria Boulevard, Queens 11102
• cuisineItalian
• phone7182041205

Is Basil Brick Oven clean?

Basil Brick Oven is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on July 18, 2026. 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 Basil Brick Oven?

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

• 🪳roaches are dining toocritical
  Live roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
• ⚠️Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.
• 🪰flies in the housecritical
  Filth 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.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.

When was Basil Brick Oven last inspected?

Basil Brick Oven has 3 inspections on record going back to July 25, 2024, averaging 25 points.

Basil Brick Oven vs Old Astoria

Old Astoria runs 88% clean across 91 tracked restaurants — 71 clean, 4 mid, 6 cooked.

Against the 91 spots Cooked tracks in Old Astoria, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 July 18, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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