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Van Leeuwen Ice Cream
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score23 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedDecember 23, 2025
- address2578 Broadway, Manhattan 10025
- cuisineFrozen Desserts
- phone7187011630
Is Van Leeuwen Ice Cream clean?
Van Leeuwen Ice Cream is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 23, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Van Leeuwen Ice Cream?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 23, 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.
- 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycriticalFood Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
When was Van Leeuwen Ice Cream last inspected?
Van Leeuwen Ice Cream has 2 inspections on record going back to December 13, 2025, averaging 29 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 23, 2025 | Grade B | 23 pts |
| December 13, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 35 pts |
Van Leeuwen Ice Cream vs Upper West Side
Upper West Side runs 81% clean across 416 tracked restaurants — 315 clean, 20 mid, 56 cooked.
Against the 416 spots Cooked tracks in Upper West Side, 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 December 23, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.