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Blossom Ice Cream
- gradeGrade C ⏳
- inspection score40 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedNovember 12, 2024
- address226 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn 11201
- cuisineHawaiian
- phone9173780639
Is Blossom Ice Cream clean?
Blossom Ice Cream is currently Grade C ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 12, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at Blossom Ice Cream?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 12, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🗑️garbage situation out of pocketPesticide not properly labeled or used by unlicensed individual. Pesticide, other toxic chemical improperly used/stored. Unprotected, unlocked bait station used.
- 🪰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.
- ⚠️Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
When was Blossom Ice Cream last inspected?
Blossom Ice Cream has 7 inspections on record going back to January 3, 2023, averaging 20 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 5, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| November 25, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 7 pts |
| November 12, 2024 | Grade C | 40 pts |
| September 29, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| June 24, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 39 pts |
| January 25, 2023 | Grade B | 20 pts |
| January 3, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 31 pts |
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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 November 12, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.