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Great Wall Restaurant
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 11, 2026
- address1539 East New York Avenue, Brooklyn 11212
- cuisineChinese
- phone7183422900
Is Great Wall Restaurant clean?
Great Wall Restaurant is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 11, 2026. 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 Great Wall Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 11, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🐀rats have moved incriticalEvidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🛠️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.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🧫food contact surfaces dirtyDesign, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
When was Great Wall Restaurant last inspected?
Great Wall Restaurant has 2 inspections on record going back to June 18, 2024, averaging 11 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 11, 2026 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| June 18, 2024 | Grade A | 9 pts |
Great Wall Restaurant vs Ocean Hill
Ocean Hill runs 82% clean across 42 tracked restaurants — 31 clean, 3 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 42 spots Cooked tracks in Ocean Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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 March 11, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.