Bench Flour Bakers

• gradeGrade B ⏳
• grade postedJune 26, 2025
• inspection score31 pts
• critical violations4
• last inspectedAugust 27, 2026 →
• address43-18 25 Avenue, Queens 11103
• cuisineBakery Products/Desserts
• phone5166613172

Is Bench Flour Bakers clean?

Bench Flour Bakers currently carries Grade B ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). It was posted on June 26, 2025 and still stands. The place has been inspected again since — on August 27, 2026 scoring 31 points — but NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has not ruled on that visit, so no new grade has been issued. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder the posted grade reads mid 😬; the numbers above come from the newer visit.

What did inspectors find at Bench Flour Bakers?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 27, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• 🔪cross-contamination riskcritical
  Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
• 🧻grimy wiping clothscritical
  Wiping cloths not stored clean and dry, or in a sanitizing solution, between uses.

When was Bench Flour Bakers last inspected?

Bench Flour Bakers has 5 inspections on record going back to August 11, 2022, averaging 28 points.

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Against the 509 spots Cooked tracks in Astoria, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 August 27, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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