Cooked?Black Star Vinyl
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The current published rating reads clean. Keep its inspection date in view.
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score11 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedSeptember 4, 2026 →
- address480 Madison Street, Brooklyn 11221
- cuisineCoffee/Tea
- phone9177806954
Is Black Star Vinyl clean?
Black Star Vinyl is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on September 4, 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 Black Star Vinyl?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 4, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🪰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.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
When was Black Star Vinyl last inspected?
Black Star Vinyl has 4 inspections on record going back to September 27, 2023, averaging 14 points.
Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record
September 4, 2026 A
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View full inspection →May 27, 2025 A
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View full inspection →October 13, 2023 A
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View full inspection →September 27, 2023 Score 28
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View full inspection →Black Star Vinyl vs Stuyvesant Heights
Stuyvesant Heights runs 77% clean across 163 tracked restaurants — 108 clean, 7 mid, 25 cooked.
Against the 163 spots Cooked tracks in Stuyvesant Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 56% 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 September 4, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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