The Franklin

• gradeGrade pending
• inspection score16 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJune 26, 2024 →
• address448 Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn 11238
• cuisineAmerican
• phone9292813087

Is The Franklin clean?

New York currently lists The Franklin as grade pending, following an inspection on June 26, 2024 that scored 16 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it.

What did inspectors find at The Franklin?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 26, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
• 🔪cross-contamination riskcritical
  Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
• 🛠️facility / equipment issue
  Toilet facility not maintained or provided with toilet paper, waste receptacle or self-closing door.

When was The Franklin last inspected?

The Franklin has 2 inspections on record going back to March 6, 2023, averaging 15 points.

The Franklin vs Clinton Hill

Clinton Hill runs 82% clean across 149 tracked restaurants — 108 clean, 8 mid, 16 cooked.

Against the 149 spots Cooked tracks in Clinton Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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.

Read the New York ratings guide →

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 June 26, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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