Restaurant health inspection grades in New York
GradeLocal lists 39,895 New York restaurants. Their average score is 88.3, a B. This guide explains who inspects them, what the results mean and how the grades break down.
Who inspects restaurants in New York
New York City: the city health department's letter grades and violation points. Other counties: New York State Department of Health violation counts. Erie and Suffolk counties aren't covered yet.
Coverage: New York City and 55 counties, 60 of 62 counties. All sources
What New York publishes
The agencies behind our New York listings publish the agency’s own letter grades and violation counts. None of them publish a score out of 100, so every New York score on GradeLocal is a GradeLocal score, worked out from the official result.
How GradeLocal grades New York restaurants
When the agency publishes its own letter, we use that letter. When an agency publishes an F, we show it as a D.
For violation counts, we count every violation in the latest inspection. None is an A, 1 or 2 is a B, 3 to 5 is a C, and 6 or more is a D. An emergency closure order is also a D.
Results with no score of their own get a set score for each letter: A is 95, B is 85, C is 72 and D is 50.
There are four letters, A to D, with no F. The same rule applies in every state, and the cutoffs are never adjusted for a state, county or city. We always use the latest inspection.
How grades work has the full rules.
| Official result | Letter | Listings |
|---|---|---|
| A (12 pts) | A | 4,889 |
| 0 violations | A | 4,534 |
| A (13 pts) | A | 4,241 |
| 1 violation | B | 2,829 |
| A (10 pts) | A | 2,460 |
| 2 violations | B | 2,316 |
| A (7 pts) | A | 1,911 |
| 3 violations | C | 1,894 |
How New York restaurants grade
The latest grade for each of the 39,895 listings.
Inspection dates in our New York data run from Jan 3, 2024 to Oct 10, 2026. 29,043 of the 39,895 listings (72.8%) were inspected in the 12 months before Oct 16, 2026. A restaurant may have been inspected again since.
Top-rated places in New York
Every A-grade place in our New York data gets the same GradeLocal score (95), so this list shows the ten most recently inspected A-grade places, one per name.
- AAbove BallroomStaten IslandGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 10, 2026
- ACafe 1 of a KindQueensGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 10, 2026
- ACanaan BreadQueensGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 10, 2026
- AChama MamaBrooklynGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 10, 2026
- AHollow NickelBrooklynGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 10, 2026
- AMiyama Sushi & SteakhouseQueensGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 10, 2026
- AMoon CheeseQueensGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 10, 2026
- ANicotra Ballroom + Employee Cafeteria + Tea-RoomStaten IslandGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 10, 2026
- ANobi SushiManhattanGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 10, 2026
- AOkonomi / Yuji RamenBrooklynGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 10, 2026
A grade shows one inspection on one day. Check the official record linked on each page.
Counties in New York
Every county with at least one listing. Pick one to see its restaurants.
Questions about New York grades
Who inspects restaurants in New York?
New York City: the city health department's letter grades and violation points. Other counties: New York State Department of Health violation counts. Erie and Suffolk counties aren't covered yet.
What does New York publish: a score, a letter or something else?
The agencies behind our New York listings publish the agency’s own letter grades and violation counts. None of them publish a score out of 100, so every New York score on GradeLocal is a GradeLocal score, worked out from the official result.
How does GradeLocal grade restaurants in New York?
When the agency publishes its own letter, we use that letter. When an agency publishes an F, we show it as a D. For violation counts, we count every violation in the latest inspection. None is an A, 1 or 2 is a B, 3 to 5 is a C, and 6 or more is a D. An emergency closure order is also a D. Results with no score of their own get a set score for each letter: A is 95, B is 85, C is 72 and D is 50. We always use the latest inspection.
How many New York restaurants are on GradeLocal?
39,895 restaurants in 60 counties. The average score is 88.3, a B. 65.5% have an A.
How current are the New York grades?
Inspection dates in our New York data run from Jan 3, 2024 to Oct 10, 2026. We update each state’s records regularly, but there is always a delay, and a restaurant may have been inspected again since. For the latest official report, follow the agency link on each restaurant’s page.