Serenity Cafe

• gradeGrade C ⏳
• grade postedAugust 11, 2025
• inspection score19 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedFebruary 26, 2026 →
• address424 Church Avenue, Brooklyn 11218
• cuisineAmerican
• phone7189088500

Is Serenity Cafe clean?

Serenity Cafe currently carries Grade C ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). It was posted on August 11, 2025 and still stands. The place has been inspected again since — on February 26, 2026 scoring 19 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 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder the posted grade reads cooked 🪳; the numbers above come from the newer visit.

What did inspectors find at Serenity Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 26, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🔪cross-contamination riskcritical
  Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
• 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycritical
  Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.

When was Serenity Cafe last inspected?

Serenity Cafe has 5 inspections on record going back to June 18, 2025, averaging 36 points.

Serenity Cafe vs Kensington-Ocean Parkway

Kensington-Ocean Parkway runs 77% clean across 66 tracked restaurants — 40 clean, 2 mid, 10 cooked.

Against the 66 spots Cooked tracks in Kensington-Ocean Parkway, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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 26, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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