health inspection grade · Central Harlem North-Polo Grounds · Manhattan
🪳cooked
gradeGrade pending
inspection score34 pts
critical violations3
last inspectedJune 16, 2026
address531 Lenox Avenue, Manhattan 10037
cuisinePizza
phone2122343131
⏳ the city lists this spot as grade pending — it hasn't been given a grade yet.
Is Pizza Stop clean?
New York currently lists Pizza Stop as grade pending, following an inspection on June 16, 2026 that scored 34 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it.
What did inspectors find at Pizza Stop?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 16, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
⚠️Failure to post or conspicuously post healthy eating information
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.
🪰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.
🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcritical
Cold 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.
When was Pizza Stop last inspected?
Pizza Stop has 1 inspection on record going back to June 16, 2026, averaging 34 points.
date
result
score
June 16, 2026
no grade issued ⏳
34 pts
Pizza Stop vs Central Harlem North-Polo Grounds
Central Harlem North-Polo Grounds runs 71% clean across 91 tracked restaurants — 60 clean, 5 mid, 19 cooked.
Against the 91 spots Cooked tracks in Central Harlem North-Polo Grounds, this one comes out cleaner than 13% of them.
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 June 16, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.