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El Castillo De Yaque
- gradeGrade A ⏳
- inspection score7 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 22, 2025
- address4606 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn 11220
- cuisineLatin American
- phone7184395847
Is El Castillo De Yaque clean?
El Castillo De Yaque is currently Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on January 22, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at El Castillo De Yaque?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 22, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was El Castillo De Yaque last inspected?
El Castillo De Yaque has 4 inspections on record going back to November 2, 2023, averaging 27 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 3, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 59 pts |
| January 22, 2025 | Grade A | 7 pts |
| October 17, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 31 pts |
| November 2, 2023 | Grade A | 12 pts |
El Castillo De Yaque vs Sunset Park West
Sunset Park West runs 80% clean across 224 tracked restaurants — 162 clean, 7 mid, 33 cooked.
Against the 224 spots Cooked tracks in Sunset Park West, this one comes out cleaner than 72% 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 January 22, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.