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Ocean Bay
- gradeGrade pending
- inspection score24 pts
- critical violations4
- last inspectedDecember 31, 2025
- address83-02 Queens Boulevard, Queens 11373
- cuisineChinese
- phone7188981188
Is Ocean Bay clean?
New York currently lists Ocean Bay as grade pending, following an inspection on December 31, 2025 that scored 24 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it. The last grade it ever posted here was B on November 23, 2024.
What did inspectors find at Ocean Bay?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 31, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧼staff skipping handwashingcriticalPersonal cleanliness is inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn where required. Jewelry worn on hands or arms. Fingernail polish worn or fingernails not kept clean and trimmed.
- 🌡️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.
- 🍽️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.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
When was Ocean Bay last inspected?
Ocean Bay has 5 inspections on record going back to May 20, 2024, averaging 28 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 24 pts |
| October 2, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 4 pts |
| September 29, 2025 | closed by the city | 53 pts |
| November 23, 2024 | Grade B | 16 pts |
| May 20, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 45 pts |
Ocean Bay vs Elmhurst
Elmhurst runs 73% clean across 290 tracked restaurants — 203 clean, 36 mid, 40 cooked.
Against the 290 spots Cooked tracks in Elmhurst, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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 December 31, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.