Dragon City

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 4, 2025 →
• address2234 1 Avenue, Manhattan 10029
• cuisineChinese
• phone6462038419

Is Dragon City clean?

Dragon City is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 4, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Dragon City?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 4, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧻grimy wiping clothscritical
  Wiping cloths not stored clean and dry, or in a sanitizing solution, between uses.
• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.

When was Dragon City last inspected?

Dragon City has 5 inspections on record going back to October 31, 2023, averaging 22 points.

Dragon City vs East Harlem North

East Harlem North runs 82% clean across 187 tracked restaurants — 135 clean, 7 mid, 23 cooked.

Against the 187 spots Cooked tracks in East Harlem North, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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.

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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 August 4, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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