Formosa

• gradeGrade pending
• inspection score27 pts
• critical violations3
• last inspectedOctober 7, 2026 →
• address43 Underhill Avenue, Brooklyn 11238
• cuisineOther
• phone3473658992

Is Formosa clean?

New York currently lists Formosa as grade pending, following an inspection on October 7, 2026 that scored 27 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it.

What did inspectors find at Formosa?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 7, 2026, 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.
• 🍴utensils stored sketchycritical
  Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
• 🪰flies in the housecritical
  Filth 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.
• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.

When was Formosa last inspected?

Formosa has 2 inspections on record going back to June 25, 2026, averaging 42 points.

Formosa vs Prospect Heights

Prospect Heights runs 79% clean across 145 tracked restaurants — 105 clean, 9 mid, 19 cooked.

Against the 145 spots Cooked tracks in Prospect Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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.

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 October 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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