Cooked?
El Rey De Quisqueya
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score24 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedApril 28, 2025
- address1310 Broadway, Brooklyn 11221
- cuisineSpanish
- phone3478570584
Is El Rey De Quisqueya clean?
El Rey De Quisqueya is currently listed as closed by NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), as of its inspection on April 28, 2025. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at El Rey De Quisqueya?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 28, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🪰flies in the housecriticalFilth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🚿plumbing acting upAnti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
When was El Rey De Quisqueya last inspected?
El Rey De Quisqueya has 4 inspections on record going back to April 3, 2024, averaging 57 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 14, 2026 | closed by the city | 145 pts |
| April 28, 2025 | Grade B | 24 pts |
| March 20, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 34 pts |
| April 3, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 23 pts |
El Rey De Quisqueya vs Stuyvesant Heights
Stuyvesant Heights runs 79% clean across 155 tracked restaurants — 108 clean, 8 mid, 20 cooked.
Against the 155 spots Cooked tracks in Stuyvesant Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.
Other spots in Stuyvesant Heights
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 April 28, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.