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Shelsky's Brooklyn Bagels
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score6 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 21, 2025
- address453 4 Avenue, Brooklyn 11215
- cuisineBagels/Pretzels
- phone7188558817
Is Shelsky's Brooklyn Bagels clean?
Shelsky's Brooklyn Bagels is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 21, 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 Shelsky's Brooklyn Bagels?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 21, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
When was Shelsky's Brooklyn Bagels last inspected?
Shelsky's Brooklyn Bagels has 4 inspections on record going back to December 4, 2023, averaging 15 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 21, 2025 | Grade A | 6 pts |
| March 26, 2025 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| March 4, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 39 pts |
| December 4, 2023 | Grade A | 6 pts |
Shelsky's Brooklyn Bagels vs Park Slope-Gowanus
Park Slope-Gowanus runs 85% clean across 512 tracked restaurants — 397 clean, 24 mid, 44 cooked.
Against the 512 spots Cooked tracks in Park Slope-Gowanus, this one comes out cleaner than 75% 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.
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 21, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.