Lowkey Garden Lounge

• gradeGrade B ⏳
• grade postedFebruary 19, 2025
• inspection score34 pts
• critical violations4
• last inspectedAugust 15, 2026 →
• address70-15 Austin Street, Queens 11375
• cuisineCaribbean
• phone7188802328

Is Lowkey Garden Lounge clean?

Lowkey Garden Lounge currently carries Grade B ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). It was posted on February 19, 2025 and still stands. The place has been inspected again since — on August 15, 2026 scoring 34 points — but NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has not ruled on that visit, so no new grade has been issued. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder the posted grade reads mid 😬; the numbers above come from the newer visit.

What did inspectors find at Lowkey Garden Lounge?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 15, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
• 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcritical
  Cold 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.
• ⚠️Flavored tobacco products sold, offered for sale
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-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.
• ⚠️Failure to make a good faith effort to inform smokers or electronic cigarette users of Smoke-Free Air Act ("SFAA") prohibitions
• 🔪cross-contamination riskcritical
  Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
• ⚠️Original label for smoking products sold or offered for sale.

When was Lowkey Garden Lounge last inspected?

Lowkey Garden Lounge has 4 inspections on record going back to October 28, 2022, averaging 19 points.

Lowkey Garden Lounge vs Forest Hills

Forest Hills runs 78% clean across 249 tracked restaurants — 176 clean, 17 mid, 32 cooked.

Against the 249 spots Cooked tracks in Forest Hills, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 August 15, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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