H & J Bakery

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score13 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 17, 2026 →
• address6417 17 Avenue, Brooklyn 11204
• cuisineBakery Products/Desserts
• phone7179753423

Is H & J Bakery clean?

H & J Bakery is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 17, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at H & J Bakery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 17, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
• 🪳roaches are dining toocritical
  Live roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
  Roaches were cited at this visit · August 17, 2026.

When was H & J Bakery last inspected?

H & J Bakery has 7 inspections on record going back to May 12, 2022, averaging 16 points.

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

H & J Bakery vs Bensonhurst West

Bensonhurst West runs 80% clean across 263 tracked restaurants — 188 clean, 21 mid, 27 cooked.

Against the 263 spots Cooked tracks in Bensonhurst West, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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.

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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 August 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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