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Okinawa
- gradeGrade pending
- inspection score26 pts
- critical violations4
- last inspectedJuly 16, 2026
- address276 Bay Ridge Avenue, Brooklyn 11220
- cuisineJapanese
- phone7183335877
Is Okinawa clean?
New York currently lists Okinawa as grade pending, following an inspection on July 16, 2026 that scored 26 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 C on April 17, 2024.
What did inspectors find at Okinawa?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 16, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🪳roaches are dining toocriticalLive roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
- 🍽️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.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🪰flies in the housecriticalFilth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
- 🚰handwashing sink issuescriticalNo hand washing facility in or adjacent to toilet room or within 25 feet of a food preparation, food service or ware washing area. Hand washing facility not accessible, obstructed or used for non-hand washing purposes. No hot and cold running water or water at inadequate pressure. No soap or acceptable hand-drying device.
When was Okinawa last inspected?
Okinawa has 6 inspections on record going back to May 11, 2023, averaging 30 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 16, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 26 pts |
| January 6, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 16 pts |
| April 25, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 5 pts |
| March 7, 2025 | closed by the city | 50 pts |
| April 17, 2024 | Grade C | 52 pts |
| May 11, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 28 pts |
Okinawa vs Bay Ridge
Bay Ridge runs 79% clean across 364 tracked restaurants — 249 clean, 18 mid, 47 cooked.
Against the 364 spots Cooked tracks in Bay Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 6% of them.
Other spots in Bay Ridge
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 July 16, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.