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Empire Kitchen .
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score10 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 16, 2025
- address1575 Park Place, Brooklyn 11233
- cuisineChinese
- phone7189533532
Is Empire Kitchen . clean?
Empire Kitchen . is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on July 16, 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 Empire Kitchen .?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 16, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-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 coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was Empire Kitchen . last inspected?
Empire Kitchen . has 3 inspections on record going back to September 8, 2022, averaging 10 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 16, 2025 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| January 9, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| September 8, 2022 | Grade A | 9 pts |
Empire Kitchen . vs Crown Heights North
Crown Heights North runs 82% clean across 286 tracked restaurants — 209 clean, 10 mid, 37 cooked.
Against the 286 spots Cooked tracks in Crown Heights North, this one comes out cleaner than 59% 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 July 16, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.