Kingston 8

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score13 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedOctober 14, 2025 →
• address1067 Ralph Avenue, Brooklyn 11236
• cuisineCaribbean
• phone6319437112

Is Kingston 8 clean?

Kingston 8 is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 14, 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 Kingston 8?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 14, 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.
• 🧼staff skipping handwashingcritical
  Personal cleanliness is inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn where required. Jewelry worn on hands or arms. Fingernail polish worn or fingernails not kept clean and trimmed.
• 🧫equipment / surface issue
  Thawing procedure improper.

When was Kingston 8 last inspected?

Kingston 8 has 5 inspections on record going back to March 25, 2024, averaging 18 points.

Kingston 8 vs Rugby-Remsen Village

Rugby-Remsen Village runs 82% clean across 80 tracked restaurants — 61 clean, 2 mid, 11 cooked.

Against the 80 spots Cooked tracks in Rugby-Remsen Village, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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.

Read the New York ratings guide →

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 October 14, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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