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Four & Twenty Blackbirds
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 19, 2025
- address439 3 Avenue, Manhattan 10016
- cuisineBakery Products/Desserts
- phone7184992917
Is Four & Twenty Blackbirds clean?
Four & Twenty Blackbirds is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 19, 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 Four & Twenty Blackbirds?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 19, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
When was Four & Twenty Blackbirds last inspected?
Four & Twenty Blackbirds has 3 inspections on record going back to May 19, 2023, averaging 16 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| October 27, 2023 | Grade A | 11 pts |
| May 19, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 23 pts |
Four & Twenty Blackbirds vs Murray Hill-Kips Bay
Murray Hill-Kips Bay runs 79% clean across 372 tracked restaurants — 271 clean, 23 mid, 48 cooked.
Against the 372 spots Cooked tracks in Murray Hill-Kips Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 May 19, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.