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Happy Garden Chinese Restaurant
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score11 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 20, 2026
- address2192 Pitkin Avenue, Brooklyn 11207
- cuisineChinese
- phone7189222885
Is Happy Garden Chinese Restaurant clean?
Happy Garden Chinese Restaurant is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on July 20, 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 Happy Garden Chinese Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🛠️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.
When was Happy Garden Chinese Restaurant last inspected?
Happy Garden Chinese Restaurant has 6 inspections on record going back to September 23, 2022, averaging 17 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 20, 2026 | Grade A | 11 pts |
| February 11, 2025 | Grade A | 9 pts |
| December 21, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 34 pts |
| May 13, 2024 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| July 11, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 19 pts |
| September 23, 2022 | Grade A | 13 pts |
Happy Garden Chinese Restaurant vs East New York
East New York runs 86% clean across 142 tracked restaurants — 110 clean, 7 mid, 11 cooked.
Against the 142 spots Cooked tracks in East New York, this one comes out cleaner than 44% 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 July 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.