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# How Many Health Violations Does Your Favorite Local Eatery Have?
- URL: https://bklyner.com/how-many-health-violations-does-your-favorite-local-eatery-have-bensonhurst/
- Published: 2012-05-07T11:00:27.000Z
- Updated: 2012-05-07T11:00:27.000Z
- Author: lvladimirova
- Tags: bensonhurst restaurants, brian mccabe, dirty food, everyblock, new york health department, violations, #API-Imported

![](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/800px-Maoz_Vegetariano-1-580x435.jpg "Falafel")

Source: Jaime de la Fuente via Wikimedia Commons

A website has recently gone hyperlocal by making it easy to find the most recent health inspections information on your favorite local restaurants.

[EveryBlock](http://nyc.everyblock.com/locations/neighborhoods/?ref=bklyner.com) takes recent restaurant inspections from New York City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and then maps them.

The website lists the number of violation points a site receives per inspection. The number of points determines whether a followup inspection is required. Thus, 0-27 points means that there is no followup required and 28 or more points means that a followup is a must.

[New York Times](http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/19/grading-new-york-restaurants-whats-in-an-a/?ref=bklyner.com) writer Brian J. McCabe penned a piece that explains New York’s grading system in detail. He mentions that it’s a passing or failing grade isn’t the only thing that matters in a score. The specific score an establishment receives holds a great deal of meaning too. For example, there are three categories of violations that may be observed and a passing grade may not guarantee a noted absence of rats or mice.

Check out the EveryBlock [violation ratings page](http://nyc.everyblock.com/locations/neighborhoods/bath-beach/?only=restaurant-inspections&ref=bklyner.com) for neighborhood places and see if you can spot the ones that have a whopping 55 violations.