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Grade ASandwiches/Salads/Mixed Buffet

Bee's Knees Provisions

215 SMITH STREET, Brooklyn, 11201

Should you eat here?

Caution — pest-related violations found across multiple inspections, including the latest (3 weeks ago).

Last inspected Jul 14, 2026 · New York City health department

What the inspector found on Jul 14, 2026

  • Signs of pests (like mice, rats, roaches, or flies) or conditions that could attract them.

    Filth 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.

    Critical

  • 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.

Inspection history

DateResultTypeViolations
Jul 14, 2026Grade ACycle Inspection / Initial Inspection2 (1 critical)
Jun 27, 2025Grade ACycle Inspection / Re-inspection1 (1 critical)
May 15, 2025Grade PendingCycle Inspection / Initial Inspection9 (6 critical)
Nov 14, 2023Grade ACycle Inspection / Initial Inspection2 (2 critical)

Problems that keep coming back

Issues cited at more than one inspection — a better signal than any single visit.

  • 3×Raw and ready-to-eat foods were not kept separate, risking contamination.
  • 2×Signs of pests (like mice, rats, roaches, or flies) or conditions that could attract them.
  • 2×Raw and ready-to-eat foods were not kept separate, risking contamination.

Around this address

City records for the building itself, not this restaurant’s inspection.

  • 2 rodent inspections on record, 1 finding rat activity.

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