Papa John's Pizza

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score11 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 24, 2026 →
• address12 Sutter Avenue, Brooklyn 11212
• cuisinePizza
• phone7188047272

Is Papa John's Pizza clean?

Papa John's Pizza is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 24, 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 Papa John's Pizza?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 24, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
• 🪰flies in the housecritical
  Filth 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.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.

When was Papa John's Pizza last inspected?

Papa John's Pizza has 5 inspections on record going back to October 23, 2023, averaging 17 points.

Papa John's Pizza vs Brownsville

Brownsville runs 81% clean across 94 tracked restaurants — 74 clean, 5 mid, 12 cooked.

Against the 94 spots Cooked tracks in Brownsville, this one comes out cleaner than 60% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

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 August 24, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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