Hong Li Chinese Food

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 30, 2025 →
• address1821 Pitkin Avenue, Brooklyn 11212
• cuisineChinese
• phone9178588839

Is Hong Li Chinese Food clean?

Hong Li Chinese Food is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on June 30, 2025. 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 Hong Li Chinese Food?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 30, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-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.
• 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcritical
  Cold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.

When was Hong Li Chinese Food last inspected?

Hong Li Chinese Food has 3 inspections on record going back to December 29, 2022, averaging 11 points.

Hong Li Chinese Food vs Brownsville

Brownsville runs 81% clean across 94 tracked restaurants — 74 clean, 5 mid, 12 cooked.

Against the 94 spots Cooked tracks in Brownsville, 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.

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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 June 30, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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