Nerd Be Cool

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedSeptember 11, 2025 →
• address176 Lincoln Place, Brooklyn 11217
• cuisineCoffee/Tea
• phone6468730266

Is Nerd Be Cool clean?

Nerd Be Cool is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on September 11, 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 Nerd Be Cool?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 11, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🗑️garbage situation out of pocket
  Pesticide not properly labeled or used by unlicensed individual. Pesticide, other toxic chemical improperly used/stored. Unprotected, unlocked bait station used.
• 🧽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.
• 🍴utensils stored sketchycritical
  Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.

When was Nerd Be Cool last inspected?

Nerd Be Cool has 4 inspections on record going back to March 22, 2023, averaging 12 points.

Nerd Be Cool vs Park Slope-Gowanus

Park Slope-Gowanus runs 86% clean across 524 tracked restaurants — 408 clean, 23 mid, 46 cooked.

Against the 524 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.

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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 September 11, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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