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The Bad Bagel
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score9 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedNovember 10, 2025
- address40 Wyckoff Avenue, Brooklyn 11237
- cuisineBagels/Pretzels
- phone9293243130
Is The Bad Bagel clean?
The Bad Bagel is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 10, 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 The Bad Bagel?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🪰flies in the housecriticalFilth 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.
When was The Bad Bagel last inspected?
The Bad Bagel has 6 inspections on record going back to April 20, 2023, averaging 22 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 10, 2025 | Grade A | 9 pts |
| December 13, 2024 | Grade A | 2 pts |
| August 14, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| March 6, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 25 pts |
| October 23, 2023 | Grade C | 38 pts |
| April 20, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 45 pts |
The Bad Bagel vs Bushwick North
Bushwick North runs 78% clean across 334 tracked restaurants — 226 clean, 18 mid, 44 cooked.
Against the 334 spots Cooked tracks in Bushwick North, this one comes out cleaner than 71% 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 November 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.