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Kennedy Fried Chicken
- gradeGrade C ⏳
- inspection score31 pts
- critical violations5
- last inspectedNovember 18, 2025
- address1798 Westchester Avenue, Bronx 10472
- cuisineChicken
- phone7186843536
Is Kennedy Fried Chicken clean?
Kennedy Fried Chicken is currently Grade C ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 18, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 5 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳. 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 Kennedy Fried Chicken?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 18, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upAnti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.
- 🌡️food-temperature slipcriticalHot TCS food item that has been cooked and cooled is being held for service without first being reheated to 165º F or above within 2 hours.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🪰flies in the housecriticalFilth 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.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🐀rats have moved incriticalEvidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🛠️facility / equipment issueMechanical or natural ventilation not provided, inadequate, improperly installed, in disrepair or fails to prevent and control excessive build-up of grease, heat, steam condensation, vapors, odors, smoke or fumes.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was Kennedy Fried Chicken last inspected?
Kennedy Fried Chicken has 6 inspections on record going back to October 21, 2024, averaging 30 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 22, 2026 | — | |
| February 18, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 35 pts |
| November 18, 2025 | Grade C | 31 pts |
| September 8, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 30 pts |
| January 31, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| October 21, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 40 pts |
Kennedy Fried Chicken vs Soundview-Bruckner
Soundview-Bruckner runs 85% clean across 54 tracked restaurants — 45 clean, 2 mid, 6 cooked.
Against the 54 spots Cooked tracks in Soundview-Bruckner, this one comes out cleaner than 4% of them.
Other spots in Soundview-Bruckner
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 November 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.