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Howard Beach Bagel Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMay 22, 2025
- address162-54 Crossbay Boulevard, Queens 11414
- cuisineBagels/Pretzels
- phone7188435700
Is Howard Beach Bagel Cafe clean?
Howard Beach Bagel Cafe is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 22, 2025. 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 Howard Beach Bagel Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 22, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️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.
- 🍽️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.
When was Howard Beach Bagel Cafe last inspected?
Howard Beach Bagel Cafe has 3 inspections on record going back to March 13, 2023, averaging 13 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| April 17, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| March 13, 2023 | Grade A | 13 pts |
Howard Beach Bagel Cafe vs Lindenwood-Howard Beach
Lindenwood-Howard Beach runs 84% clean across 61 tracked restaurants — 49 clean, 3 mid, 6 cooked.
Against the 61 spots Cooked tracks in Lindenwood-Howard Beach, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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 May 22, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.