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 slipcritical
  Tobacco or electronic cigarette use, eating, or drinking from open container in food preparation, food storage or dishwashing area.
• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot 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.

Lin's Garden vs Williamsbridge-Olinville

Williamsbridge-Olinville runs 76% clean across 87 tracked restaurants — 60 clean, 12 mid, 7 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.

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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 December 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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