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Van Leeuwen Ice Cream
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score9 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 14, 2025
- address172 Ludlow Street, Manhattan 10002
- cuisineFrozen Desserts
- phone6468692746
Is Van Leeuwen Ice Cream clean?
Van Leeuwen Ice Cream is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 14, 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 Van Leeuwen Ice Cream?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 14, 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 Van Leeuwen Ice Cream last inspected?
Van Leeuwen Ice Cream has 3 inspections on record going back to May 17, 2023, averaging 7 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 14, 2025 | Grade A | 9 pts |
| May 28, 2024 | Grade A | 2 pts |
| May 17, 2023 | Grade A | 10 pts |
Van Leeuwen Ice Cream vs Chinatown
Chinatown runs 74% clean across 671 tracked restaurants — 443 clean, 46 mid, 106 cooked.
Against the 671 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 75% 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 October 14, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.