National Bakery

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score13 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 3, 2025 →
• address1522 Westchester Avenue, Bronx 10472
• cuisineBakery Products/Desserts
• phone7188422396

Is National Bakery clean?

National Bakery is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on September 3, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at National Bakery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 3, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️facility / equipment issue
  Dishwashing and ware washing: Cleaning and sanitizing of tableware, including dishes, utensils, and equipment deficient.
• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, 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.
• 🛠️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.

When was National Bakery last inspected?

National Bakery has 4 inspections on record going back to April 18, 2023, averaging 16 points.

National Bakery vs Soundview-Bruckner

Soundview-Bruckner runs 89% clean across 54 tracked restaurants — 48 clean, 2 mid, 4 cooked.

Against the 54 spots Cooked tracks in Soundview-Bruckner, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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.

Read the New York ratings guide →

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 September 3, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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