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Lin's Garden
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedOctober 29, 2025
- address175 4 Avenue, Brooklyn 11217
- cuisineChinese
- phone7183991666
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 October 29, 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 October 29, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, 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.
- 🧤food-handling slipcriticalTobacco or electronic cigarette use, eating, or drinking from open container in food preparation, food storage or dishwashing area.
When was Lin's Garden last inspected?
Lin's Garden has 5 inspections on record going back to March 9, 2023, averaging 17 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 29, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| August 19, 2024 | Grade B | 18 pts |
| June 25, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 18 pts |
| November 6, 2023 | Grade B | 24 pts |
| March 9, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 12 pts |
Lin's Garden 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 21% 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 29, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.