Sam's Bagel

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 4, 2025 →
• address7715 5 Avenue, Brooklyn 11209
• cuisineAmerican
• phone7186805700

Is Sam's Bagel clean?

Sam's Bagel is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 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 Sam's Bagel?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 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.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Anti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.

When was Sam's Bagel last inspected?

Sam's Bagel has 3 inspections on record going back to March 16, 2023, averaging 12 points.

Sam's Bagel vs Bay Ridge

Bay Ridge runs 78% clean across 364 tracked restaurants — 250 clean, 19 mid, 50 cooked.

Against the 364 spots Cooked tracks in Bay Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 42% 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 August 4, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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