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Carneval
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedSeptember 12, 2025
- address507 Grand Street, Brooklyn 11211
- cuisineSpanish
- phone3477213193
Is Carneval clean?
Carneval is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on September 12, 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 Carneval?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 12, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ❓food from a mystery sourcecriticalFood, prohibited, from unapproved or unknown source, home canned or home prepared. Animal slaughtered, butchered or dressed (eviscerated, skinned) in establishment. Reduced Oxygen Packaged (ROP) fish not frozen before processing. ROP food prepared on premises transported to another site.
- 🧫equipment / surface issueThawing procedure improper.
When was Carneval last inspected?
Carneval has 4 inspections on record going back to October 22, 2022, averaging 20 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 12, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| February 7, 2024 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| January 27, 2023 | Grade C | 29 pts |
| October 22, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 26 pts |
Carneval vs North Side-South Side
North Side-South Side runs 80% clean across 573 tracked restaurants — 390 clean, 25 mid, 72 cooked.
Against the 573 spots Cooked tracks in North Side-South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 27% of them.
Other spots in North Side-South Side
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 12, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.