Gen

• gradeGrade A ⏳
• grade postedJune 27, 2024
• inspection score15 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 9, 2026 →
• address659 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn 11238
• cuisineJapanese
• phone7183983550

Is Gen clean?

Gen currently carries Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). It was posted on June 27, 2024 and still stands. The place has been inspected again since — on October 9, 2026 scoring 15 points — but NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has not ruled on that visit, so no new grade has been issued. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder the posted grade reads clean 😇; the numbers above come from the newer visit.

What did inspectors find at Gen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 9, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🪰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.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Anti-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.

When was Gen last inspected?

Gen has 4 inspections on record going back to December 8, 2022, averaging 12 points.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

Gen 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 71% 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 9, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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