Poetica Coffee

• gradeGrade B ⏳
• grade postedJanuary 14, 2026
• inspection score36 pts
• critical violations4
• last inspectedJune 18, 2026 →
• address240 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn 11215
• cuisineCoffee/Tea
• phone9177975131

Is Poetica Coffee clean?

Poetica Coffee currently carries Grade B ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). It was posted on January 14, 2026 and still stands. The place has been inspected again since — on June 18, 2026 scoring 36 points — but NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has not ruled on that visit, so no new grade has been issued. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder the posted grade reads mid 😬; the numbers above come from the newer visit.

What did inspectors find at Poetica Coffee?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 18, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🪰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.
• 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycritical
  Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
• 🚰facility hygiene issuecritical
  Sewage disposal system is not provided, improper, inadequate or unapproved.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🧼staff skipping handwashingcritical
  Personal cleanliness is inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn where required. Jewelry worn on hands or arms. Fingernail polish worn or fingernails not kept clean and trimmed.

When was Poetica Coffee last inspected?

Poetica Coffee has 6 inspections on record going back to August 8, 2023, averaging 22 points.

Poetica Coffee vs Windsor Terrace

Windsor Terrace runs 87% clean across 67 tracked restaurants — 55 clean, 4 mid, 4 cooked.

Against the 67 spots Cooked tracks in Windsor Terrace, this one comes out cleaner than 8% 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 June 18, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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