New Golden Dragon Chinese Restaurant

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score23 pts
• critical violations3
• last inspectedMay 19, 2026
• address398A West 145 Street, Manhattan 10031
• cuisineChinese
• phone2122830200

Is New Golden Dragon Chinese Restaurant clean?

New Golden Dragon Chinese Restaurant is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 19, 2026. 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 New Golden Dragon Chinese Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 19, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️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.
• 🪳roaches are dining toocritical
  Live roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
• 🐀rats have moved incritical
  Evidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🌡️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.
• ⚠️Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.
  Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.

When was New Golden Dragon Chinese Restaurant last inspected?

New Golden Dragon Chinese Restaurant has 3 inspections on record going back to March 4, 2024, averaging 14 points.

New Golden Dragon Chinese Restaurant vs Hamilton Heights

Hamilton Heights runs 69% clean across 128 tracked restaurants — 82 clean, 10 mid, 27 cooked.

Against the 128 spots Cooked tracks in Hamilton Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 24% 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 May 19, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.