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The Original Pizza Of Avenue L
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedAugust 6, 2025
- address9514 Avenue L, Brooklyn 11236
- cuisinePizza
- phone7185313559
Is The Original Pizza Of Avenue L clean?
The Original Pizza Of Avenue L is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 6, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Original Pizza Of Avenue L?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 6, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was The Original Pizza Of Avenue L last inspected?
The Original Pizza Of Avenue L has 3 inspections on record going back to October 7, 2022, averaging 11 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 6, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| September 11, 2023 | Grade A | 7 pts |
| October 7, 2022 | Grade A | 13 pts |
The Original Pizza Of Avenue L vs Canarsie
Canarsie runs 84% clean across 97 tracked restaurants — 77 clean, 5 mid, 10 cooked.
Against the 97 spots Cooked tracks in Canarsie, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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 August 6, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.