Emperor Seafood

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score10 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 6, 2025 →
• address136-59 37 Avenue, Queens 11354
• cuisineChinese
• phone7187990311

Is Emperor Seafood clean?

Emperor Seafood is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 6, 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 Emperor Seafood?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 6, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-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.
• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.

When was Emperor Seafood last inspected?

Emperor Seafood has 4 inspections on record going back to June 7, 2023, averaging 31 points.

Emperor Seafood vs Flushing

Flushing runs 64% clean across 656 tracked restaurants — 346 clean, 53 mid, 144 cooked.

Against the 656 spots Cooked tracks in Flushing, this one comes out cleaner than 72% of them.

Other spots in Flushing

• A Old Captain's Dumpling
  clean · August 1, 2024
• A Sheng Mary Bakery
  clean · November 3, 2025
• A Fat Cat Flatbread (#6)
  clean · April 21, 2026
• C Hey Dim Sum
  cooked · August 20, 2026
• A Er Hou Roast Chicken Takeout
  clean · September 25, 2025
• ⏳ Doudou Kitchen
  cooked · August 19, 2026

See every restaurant inspection in Flushing →

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 May 6, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

check your own block 📸

Cooked covers 10 cities on official inspection data — see who's clean, mid, or cooked near you.