Kennedy Chicken Burger & Gyro

• gradeGrade pending
• inspection score18 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMay 1, 2025
• address2239 1 Avenue, Manhattan 10029
• cuisineChicken
• phone3478533301

Is Kennedy Chicken Burger & Gyro clean?

New York currently lists Kennedy Chicken Burger & Gyro as grade pending, following an inspection on May 1, 2025 that scored 18 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it.

What did inspectors find at Kennedy Chicken Burger & Gyro?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 1, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, 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.
• 🪰flies in the housecritical
  Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
• 🛠️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.
• 🕳️conditions that attract pests
  Garbage receptacle not pest or water resistant, with tight-fitting lids, and covered except while in active use. Garbage receptacle and cover not cleaned after emptying and prior to reuse. Garbage, refuse and other solid and liquid waste not collected, stored, removed and disposed of so as to prevent a nuisance.

When was Kennedy Chicken Burger & Gyro last inspected?

Kennedy Chicken Burger & Gyro has 1 inspection on record going back to May 1, 2025, averaging 18 points.

Kennedy Chicken Burger & Gyro vs East Harlem North

East Harlem North runs 82% clean across 187 tracked restaurants — 132 clean, 8 mid, 21 cooked.

Against the 187 spots Cooked tracks in East Harlem North, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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 1, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.