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Hollow Nickel
- gradeGrade A ⏳
- inspection score10 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedApril 29, 2024
- address494 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn 11217
- cuisineAmerican
- phone3472363417
Is Hollow Nickel clean?
Hollow Nickel is currently Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 29, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at Hollow Nickel?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 29, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
- ⚠️Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.
When was Hollow Nickel last inspected?
Hollow Nickel has 3 inspections on record going back to June 13, 2023, averaging 14 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 15, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 22 pts |
| April 29, 2024 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| June 13, 2023 | Grade A | 9 pts |
Hollow Nickel vs DUMBO-Vinegar Hill-Downtown Brooklyn-Boerum Hill
DUMBO-Vinegar Hill-Downtown Brooklyn-Boerum Hill runs 85% clean across 407 tracked restaurants — 311 clean, 19 mid, 38 cooked.
Against the 407 spots Cooked tracks in DUMBO-Vinegar Hill-Downtown Brooklyn-Boerum Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 42% 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 April 29, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.