Castell's

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score10 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 1, 2025
• address222 Avenue U, Brooklyn 11223
• cuisineJewish/Kosher
• phone7183168949

Is Castell's clean?

Castell's is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 1, 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 Castell's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 1, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧼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 Castell's last inspected?

Castell's has 1 inspection on record going back to November 1, 2025, averaging 10 points.

Castell's vs Gravesend

Gravesend runs 76% clean across 36 tracked restaurants — 26 clean, 0 mid, 8 cooked.

Against the 36 spots Cooked tracks in Gravesend, this one comes out cleaner than 68% 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 November 1, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.