Howard Beach Bagel Cafe

• gradeGrade A ⏳
• grade postedMay 22, 2025
• inspection score19 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedSeptember 24, 2026 →
• address162-54 Crossbay Boulevard, Queens 11414
• cuisineBagels/Pretzels
• phone7188435700

Is Howard Beach Bagel Cafe clean?

Howard Beach Bagel Cafe currently carries Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). It was posted on May 22, 2025 and still stands. The place has been inspected again since — on September 24, 2026 scoring 19 points — but NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has not ruled on that visit, so no new grade has been issued. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder the posted grade reads clean 😇; the numbers above come from the newer visit.

What did inspectors find at Howard Beach Bagel Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 24, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍴utensils stored sketchycritical
  Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  No hand washing facility in or adjacent to toilet room or within 25 feet of a food preparation, food service or ware washing area. Hand washing facility not accessible, obstructed or used for non-hand washing purposes. No hot and cold running water or water at inadequate pressure. No soap or acceptable hand-drying device.
• 🧫food contact surfaces dirty
  Design, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.

When was Howard Beach Bagel Cafe last inspected?

Howard Beach Bagel Cafe has 4 inspections on record going back to March 13, 2023, averaging 14 points.

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

Howard Beach Bagel Cafe vs Lindenwood-Howard Beach

Lindenwood-Howard Beach runs 83% clean across 64 tracked restaurants — 49 clean, 3 mid, 7 cooked.

Against the 64 spots Cooked tracks in Lindenwood-Howard Beach, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 September 24, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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