Pizza Den

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 23, 2026 →
• address8521 18 Avenue, Brooklyn 11214
• cuisinePizza
• phone7188371691

Is Pizza Den clean?

Pizza Den is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on June 23, 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 Pizza Den?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 23, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Failure to post or conspicuously post healthy eating information
• 🛠️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.
• 🗑️garbage situation out of pocket
  Pesticide not properly labeled or used by unlicensed individual. Pesticide, other toxic chemical improperly used/stored. Unprotected, unlocked bait station used.
• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.

When was Pizza Den last inspected?

Pizza Den has 3 inspections on record going back to July 17, 2024, averaging 13 points.

Pizza Den vs Bensonhurst West

Bensonhurst West runs 80% clean across 253 tracked restaurants — 186 clean, 19 mid, 28 cooked.

Against the 253 spots Cooked tracks in Bensonhurst West, this one comes out cleaner than 37% of them.

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• A Villabate-Alba Pasticceria
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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.

Read the New York ratings guide →

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 June 23, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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