Playground Coffee Shop

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score8 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 13, 2026 →
• address1114 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn 11216
• cuisineCoffee/Tea
• phone7184844833

Is Playground Coffee Shop clean?

Playground Coffee Shop is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 13, 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 Playground Coffee Shop?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 13, 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.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

When was Playground Coffee Shop last inspected?

Playground Coffee Shop has 5 inspections on record going back to June 15, 2023, averaging 10 points.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

Playground Coffee Shop vs Clinton Hill

Clinton Hill runs 80% clean across 152 tracked restaurants — 106 clean, 7 mid, 19 cooked.

Against the 152 spots Cooked tracks in Clinton Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 72% 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 October 13, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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