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Taste The Tropics Ice Cream
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score5 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 25, 2026
- address1839 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn 11226
- cuisineFrozen Desserts
- phone7188560821
Is Taste The Tropics Ice Cream clean?
Taste The Tropics Ice Cream is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on June 25, 2026. 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 Taste The Tropics Ice Cream?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 25, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
When was Taste The Tropics Ice Cream last inspected?
Taste The Tropics Ice Cream has 4 inspections on record going back to January 17, 2023, averaging 10 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 25, 2026 | Grade A | 5 pts |
| April 30, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| April 8, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| January 17, 2023 | Grade A | 9 pts |
Taste The Tropics Ice Cream vs Erasmus
Erasmus runs 75% clean across 96 tracked restaurants — 65 clean, 3 mid, 19 cooked.
Against the 96 spots Cooked tracks in Erasmus, this one comes out cleaner than 87% of them.
Other spots in Erasmus
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 June 25, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.