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Lin's Garden
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedDecember 10, 2025
- address3986 White Plains Road, Bronx 10466
- cuisineChinese
- phone7185190135
Is Lin's Garden clean?
Lin's Garden is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 10, 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 Lin's Garden?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧤food-handling slipcriticalTobacco or electronic cigarette use, eating, or drinking from open container in food preparation, food storage or dishwashing area.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was Lin's Garden last inspected?
Lin's Garden has 4 inspections on record going back to February 15, 2023, averaging 13 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 10, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| June 18, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| April 27, 2023 | — | |
| February 15, 2023 | Grade B | 14 pts |
Lin's Garden vs Williamsbridge-Olinville
Williamsbridge-Olinville runs 76% clean across 87 tracked restaurants — 60 clean, 9 mid, 10 cooked.
Against the 87 spots Cooked tracks in Williamsbridge-Olinville, this one comes out cleaner than 24% 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 December 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.