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Lucky Zhang's
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score22 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedApril 17, 2025
- address5622 8 Avenue, Brooklyn 11220
- cuisineChinese
- phone7184393366
Is Lucky Zhang's clean?
Lucky Zhang's is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 17, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Lucky Zhang's?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️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.
- 🚰facility hygiene issuecriticalFood contact surface, refillable, reusable containers, or equipment improperly constructed, placed or maintained. Unacceptable material used. Culinary sink or other acceptable method not provided for washing food.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was Lucky Zhang's last inspected?
Lucky Zhang's has 3 inspections on record going back to July 11, 2023, averaging 25 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 17, 2025 | Grade B | 22 pts |
| January 8, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 41 pts |
| July 11, 2023 | Grade A | 12 pts |
Lucky Zhang's vs Sunset Park East
Sunset Park East runs 73% clean across 361 tracked restaurants — 238 clean, 35 mid, 53 cooked.
Against the 361 spots Cooked tracks in Sunset Park East, 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 April 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.