5 Star Village Cafe
1968 CONEY ISLAND AVENUE, Brooklyn, 11223
Should you eat here?
Caution — pest-related violations found across multiple inspections, including the latest (10 months ago).
Last inspected Sep 16, 2025 · New York City health department
What the inspector found on Sep 16, 2025
Signs of pests (like mice, rats, roaches, or flies) or conditions that could attract them.
Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
Signs of pests (like mice, rats, roaches, or flies) or conditions that could attract them.
Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
CriticalA staff hygiene issue, such as handwashing, glove use, or bare-hand contact with food.
Personal cleanliness is inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn where required. Jewelry worn on hands or arms. Fingernail polish worn or fingernails not kept clean and trimmed.
CriticalRaw and ready-to-eat foods were not kept separate, risking contamination.
Food, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
CriticalA problem with equipment or the physical facility (plumbing, floors, lighting, ventilation).
Nuisance created or allowed to exist. Facility not free from unsafe, hazardous, offensive or annoying condition.
A cleanliness or sanitizing issue with surfaces, dishware, or the general premises.
Design, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
Inspection history
| Date | Result | Type | Violations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2025 | Grade Pending | Administrative Miscellaneous / Compliance Inspection | 6 (3 critical) |
| Jul 2, 2025 | Grade A | Cycle Inspection / Re-inspection | 0 |
| May 15, 2025 | Grade Pending | Cycle Inspection / Initial Inspection | 6 (5 critical) |
| Jan 30, 2024 | Grade B | Cycle Inspection / Re-inspection | 6 (2 critical) |
| Sep 18, 2023 | Grade Pending | Cycle Inspection / Initial Inspection | 5 (1 critical) |
| Oct 12, 2022 | Grade Pending | Cycle Inspection / Compliance Inspection | 3 (1 critical) |
Problems that keep coming back
Issues cited at more than one inspection — a better signal than any single visit.
- 3×A cleanliness or sanitizing issue with surfaces, dishware, or the general premises.
- 3×A cleanliness or sanitizing issue with surfaces, dishware, or the general premises.
- 2×Signs of pests (like mice, rats, roaches, or flies) or conditions that could attract them.
- 2×Signs of pests (like mice, rats, roaches, or flies) or conditions that could attract them.
- 2×A staff hygiene issue, such as handwashing, glove use, or bare-hand contact with food.
- 2×Raw and ready-to-eat foods were not kept separate, risking contamination.
- 2×A cleanliness or sanitizing issue with surfaces, dishware, or the general premises.
- 2×An issue with how food is prepared, protected, or handled during service.
Around this address
City records for the building itself, not this restaurant’s inspection.
- 1 rodent inspection on record, none finding rat activity.
- 2 recent 311 complaints filed at this address.
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