Brooklyn Lantern

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score10 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 15, 2025
• address77 Box Street, Brooklyn 11222
• cuisineNew American
• phone7183833800

Is Brooklyn Lantern clean?

Brooklyn Lantern is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on January 15, 2025. 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 Brooklyn Lantern?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 15, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Anti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.
• 🧼staff skipping handwashingcritical
  Personal cleanliness is inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn where required. Jewelry worn on hands or arms. Fingernail polish worn or fingernails not kept clean and trimmed.
• 🛠️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.

When was Brooklyn Lantern last inspected?

Brooklyn Lantern has 3 inspections on record going back to December 9, 2022, averaging 19 points.

Brooklyn Lantern vs Greenpoint

Greenpoint runs 80% clean across 309 tracked restaurants — 217 clean, 17 mid, 37 cooked.

Against the 309 spots Cooked tracks in Greenpoint, this one comes out cleaner than 60% 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 January 15, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.