Blank Street

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score13 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedSeptember 23, 2025
• address75 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn 11217
• cuisineCoffee/Tea
• phone3477279842

Is Blank Street clean?

Blank Street is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on September 23, 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 Blank Street?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 23, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• 🛠️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.
• 🛠️facility / equipment issue
  Mechanical or natural ventilation not provided, inadequate, improperly installed, in disrepair or fails to prevent and control excessive build-up of grease, heat, steam condensation, vapors, odors, smoke or fumes.
• 🐀rats have moved incritical
  Evidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• 🕳️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 Blank Street last inspected?

Blank Street has 4 inspections on record going back to August 29, 2023, averaging 11 points.

Blank Street vs Fort Greene

Fort Greene runs 76% clean across 148 tracked restaurants — 103 clean, 10 mid, 23 cooked.

Against the 148 spots Cooked tracks in Fort Greene, this one comes out cleaner than 24% 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.

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 23, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.