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Checkers
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score9 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedDecember 23, 2025
- address1203 Jerome Avenue, Bronx 10452
- cuisineHamburgers
- phone9178916060
Is Checkers clean?
Checkers is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 23, 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 Checkers?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 23, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
- 🛠️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.
When was Checkers last inspected?
Checkers has 3 inspections on record going back to May 18, 2023, averaging 7 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 23, 2025 | Grade A | 9 pts |
| November 21, 2024 | Grade A | 4 pts |
| May 18, 2023 | Grade A | 9 pts |
Checkers vs Highbridge
Highbridge runs 71% clean across 41 tracked restaurants — 25 clean, 4 mid, 6 cooked.
Against the 41 spots Cooked tracks in Highbridge, this one comes out cleaner than 66% 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 December 23, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.