De Islands

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score7 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 1, 2025 →
• address138-58 Francis Lewis Boulevard, Queens 11422
• cuisineCaribbean
• phone3472255828

Is De Islands clean?

De Islands is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 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 De Islands?

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

• 🧫food contact surfaces dirty
  Design, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
• 🧻grimy wiping clothscritical
  Wiping cloths not stored clean and dry, or in a sanitizing solution, between uses.

When was De Islands last inspected?

De Islands has 4 inspections on record going back to August 10, 2023, averaging 22 points.

De Islands vs Rosedale

Rosedale runs 85% clean across 37 tracked restaurants — 29 clean, 3 mid, 2 cooked.

Against the 37 spots Cooked tracks in Rosedale, this one comes out cleaner than 79% of them.

Other spots in Rosedale

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  clean · November 22, 2025
• ? Halal In-N-Out
  cooked · October 30, 2025
• A Texas Chicken & Burgers
  clean · March 31, 2026
• A Chick-Fil-A
  clean · August 28, 2026
• A China Gourmet
  clean · December 1, 2025
• A Kennedy Chicken
  clean · October 14, 2025

See every restaurant inspection in Rosedale →

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.

Read the New York ratings guide →

Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

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 1, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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