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New Joy Garden
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score26 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedNovember 19, 2025
- address482 Riverdale Avenue, Brooklyn 11207
- cuisineChinese
- phone7183852288
Is New Joy Garden clean?
New Joy Garden is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 19, 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 New Joy Garden?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 19, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- ⚠️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.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🍽️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.
When was New Joy Garden last inspected?
New Joy Garden has 7 inspections on record going back to May 22, 2023, averaging 34 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 8, 2026 | — | |
| November 19, 2025 | Grade B | 26 pts |
| October 10, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 51 pts |
| September 3, 2024 | Grade B | 26 pts |
| April 22, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 41 pts |
| June 29, 2023 | Grade B | 19 pts |
| May 22, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 41 pts |
New Joy Garden vs East New York (Pennsylvania Ave)
East New York (Pennsylvania Ave) runs 77% clean across 29 tracked restaurants — 20 clean, 4 mid, 2 cooked.
Against the 29 spots Cooked tracks in East New York (Pennsylvania Ave), this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 November 19, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.