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New Wah Kitchen
- gradeGrade C ⏳
- inspection score46 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedDecember 2, 2025
- address1474 Westchester Avenue, Bronx 10472
- cuisineChinese
- phone7185890625
Is New Wah Kitchen clean?
New Wah Kitchen is currently Grade C ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 2, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at New Wah Kitchen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcriticalCold 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.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🚰facility hygiene issuecriticalNo approved written standard operating procedure for avoiding contamination by refillable returnable containers.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
When was New Wah Kitchen last inspected?
New Wah Kitchen has 5 inspections on record going back to July 15, 2024, averaging 25 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2026 | — | |
| April 1, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 15 pts |
| December 2, 2025 | Grade C | 46 pts |
| October 21, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 24 pts |
| July 15, 2024 | Grade A | 13 pts |
New Wah Kitchen vs Soundview-Bruckner
Soundview-Bruckner runs 85% clean across 54 tracked restaurants — 45 clean, 2 mid, 6 cooked.
Against the 54 spots Cooked tracks in Soundview-Bruckner, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.
Other spots in Soundview-Bruckner
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 December 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.