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Burger Queens
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score9 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 16, 2025
- address96-19 23 Avenue, Queens 11369
- cuisineHamburgers
- phone9175353874
Is Burger Queens clean?
Burger Queens is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 16, 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 Burger Queens?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 16, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-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.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
When was Burger Queens last inspected?
Burger Queens has 3 inspections on record going back to December 6, 2022, averaging 14 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2025 | Grade A | 9 pts |
| January 31, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| December 6, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 21 pts |
Burger Queens vs East Elmhurst
East Elmhurst runs 74% clean across 39 tracked restaurants — 26 clean, 5 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 39 spots Cooked tracks in East Elmhurst, this one comes out cleaner than 83% of them.
Other spots in East Elmhurst
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 16, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.