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Kiku Sushi
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score17 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedOctober 6, 2025
- address453 7 Avenue, Brooklyn 11215
- cuisineJapanese
- phone7183691155
Is Kiku Sushi clean?
Kiku Sushi is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 6, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Kiku Sushi?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 6, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcriticalCold 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.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
When was Kiku Sushi last inspected?
Kiku Sushi has 6 inspections on record going back to December 7, 2022, averaging 32 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 6, 2025 | Grade B | 17 pts |
| August 20, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 28 pts |
| March 21, 2024 | Grade C | 0 pts |
| March 18, 2024 | closed by the city | 78 pts |
| June 26, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 28 pts |
| December 7, 2022 | Grade C | 39 pts |
Kiku Sushi vs Park Slope-Gowanus
Park Slope-Gowanus runs 85% clean across 512 tracked restaurants — 397 clean, 24 mid, 44 cooked.
Against the 512 spots Cooked tracks in Park Slope-Gowanus, this one comes out cleaner than 13% 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 October 6, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.