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New Great Taystee Gardens
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score5 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 20, 2026
- address81-18 Lefferts Boulevard, Queens 11415
- cuisineChinese
- phone7188492288
Is New Great Taystee Gardens clean?
New Great Taystee Gardens is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on January 20, 2026. 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 New Great Taystee Gardens?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 20, 2026, 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.
- ⚠️Providing single-use, non-compostable plastic straws to customers without customer request (including providing such straws at a self-serve station)Providing single-use, non-compostable plastic straws to customers without customer request (including providing such straws at a self-serve station)
- ⚠️Current letter grade or Grade Pending card not postedCurrent letter grade or Grade Pending card not posted
When was New Great Taystee Gardens last inspected?
New Great Taystee Gardens has 4 inspections on record going back to February 17, 2023, averaging 18 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 20, 2026 | Grade A | 5 pts |
| October 9, 2024 | Grade B | 27 pts |
| April 29, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 19 pts |
| February 17, 2023 | Grade B | 20 pts |
New Great Taystee Gardens vs Kew Gardens
Kew Gardens runs 83% clean across 50 tracked restaurants — 39 clean, 4 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 50 spots Cooked tracks in Kew Gardens, this one comes out cleaner than 87% of them.
Other spots in Kew Gardens
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 January 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.