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Boca Del Cielo
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score20 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedMay 8, 2025
- address8511 3 Avenue, Brooklyn 11209
- cuisineAmerican
- phone3475606899
Is Boca Del Cielo clean?
Boca Del Cielo is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 8, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Boca Del Cielo?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 8, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
- 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcriticalCold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
When was Boca Del Cielo last inspected?
Boca Del Cielo has 4 inspections on record going back to August 22, 2023, averaging 32 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2025 | Grade B | 20 pts |
| March 28, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 64 pts |
| September 8, 2023 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| August 22, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 32 pts |
Boca Del Cielo vs Bay Ridge
Bay Ridge runs 79% clean across 364 tracked restaurants — 249 clean, 18 mid, 47 cooked.
Against the 364 spots Cooked tracks in Bay Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 18% of them.
Other spots in Bay Ridge
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 May 8, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.