Big Apple Kitchen

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score13 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 8, 2026 →
• address489 Rockaway Avenue, Brooklyn 11212
• cuisineChinese
• phone7185667888

Is Big Apple Kitchen clean?

Big Apple Kitchen is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on September 8, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Big Apple Kitchen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 8, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food contact surfaces dirty
  Design, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
• 🧻grimy wiping clothscritical
  Wiping cloths not stored clean and dry, or in a sanitizing solution, between uses.

When was Big Apple Kitchen last inspected?

Big Apple Kitchen has 4 inspections on record going back to February 28, 2023, averaging 12 points.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

Big Apple Kitchen vs Brownsville

Brownsville runs 80% clean across 97 tracked restaurants — 74 clean, 4 mid, 14 cooked.

Against the 97 spots Cooked tracks in Brownsville, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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.

Read the New York ratings guide →

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 September 8, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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