Tsushima

• gradeGrade A ⏳
• grade postedDecember 17, 2024
• inspection score21 pts
• critical violations3
• last inspectedMay 18, 2026 →
• address210 East 44 Street, Manhattan 10017
• cuisineJapanese
• phone2122071938

Is Tsushima clean?

Tsushima currently carries Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). It was posted on December 17, 2024 and still stands. The place has been inspected again since — on May 18, 2026 scoring 21 points — but NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has not ruled on that visit, so no new grade has been issued. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder the posted grade reads clean 😇; the numbers above come from the newer visit.

What did inspectors find at Tsushima?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 18, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-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.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
• 🪳roaches are dining toocritical
  Live roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.

When was Tsushima last inspected?

Tsushima has 3 inspections on record going back to October 23, 2024, averaging 20 points.

Tsushima vs Turtle Bay-East Midtown

Turtle Bay-East Midtown runs 84% clean across 620 tracked restaurants — 460 clean, 31 mid, 56 cooked.

Against the 620 spots Cooked tracks in Turtle Bay-East Midtown, this one comes out cleaner than 52% of them.

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• A Ground Central Coffee Company
  clean · October 9, 2025

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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 May 18, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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