Russo's On The Bay

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score9 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedFebruary 4, 2025 →
• address162-45 Cross Bay Boulevard, Queens 11414
• cuisineAmerican
• phone7188435055

Is Russo's On The Bay clean?

Russo's On The Bay is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on February 4, 2025. 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 Russo's On The Bay?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 4, 2025, 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.
• 🕳️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 Russo's On The Bay last inspected?

Russo's On The Bay has 3 inspections on record going back to April 12, 2023, averaging 11 points.

Russo's On The Bay vs Lindenwood-Howard Beach

Lindenwood-Howard Beach runs 83% clean across 64 tracked restaurants — 49 clean, 2 mid, 8 cooked.

Against the 64 spots Cooked tracks in Lindenwood-Howard Beach, this one comes out cleaner than 71% 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 February 4, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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