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Sterling Crust West Indian Restaurant
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score26 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedFebruary 24, 2025
- address747 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn 11216
- cuisineCaribbean
- phone7184849659
Is Sterling Crust West Indian Restaurant clean?
Sterling Crust West Indian Restaurant is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on February 24, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Sterling Crust West Indian Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.
- 🐀rats have moved incriticalEvidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🧫equipment / surface issueWash hands sign not posted near or above hand washing sink.
- 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycriticalFood Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
- 🚿plumbing acting upAnti-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 Sterling Crust West Indian Restaurant last inspected?
Sterling Crust West Indian Restaurant has 6 inspections on record going back to June 7, 2022, averaging 32 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 24, 2025 | Grade B | 26 pts |
| January 7, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 24 pts |
| August 14, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 4 pts |
| July 27, 2023 | closed by the city | 64 pts |
| November 28, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 38 pts |
| June 7, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 37 pts |
Sterling Crust West Indian Restaurant vs Crown Heights North
Crown Heights North runs 82% clean across 286 tracked restaurants — 209 clean, 10 mid, 37 cooked.
Against the 286 spots Cooked tracks in Crown Heights North, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 February 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.