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WAFELS & DINGES
284 KINGSLAND AVENUE Brooklyn NY 11222
Health Inspection: violations
Score: 144
Official health department data. Inspected 2025-10-23; refreshed 2026-10-11. May lag the official record. Check the official source
7 findings at the latest imported inspection (2025-10-23), including 5 critical violations. These dated findings do not mean the establishment failed overall or that issues remain unresolved.
Inspection history and recorded findings
2025-10-23: Pre-permit (Operational) / Initial Inspection
Score: 144. Establishment Closed by DOHMH. Violations were cited in the following area(s) and those requiring immediate action were addressed.
- Critical: 03A — Food, prohibited, from unapproved or unknown source, home canned or home prepared. Animal slaughtered, butchered or dressed (eviscerated, skinned) in establishment. Reduced Oxygen Packaged (ROP) fish not frozen before processing. ROP food prepared on premises transported to another site.
- Critical: 05C — Food contact surface, refillable, reusable containers, or equipment improperly constructed, placed or maintained. Unacceptable material used. Culinary sink or other acceptable method not provided for washing food.
- Critical: 05E — Toilet facility not provided for employees or for patrons when required. Shared patron-employee toilet accessed through kitchen, food prep or storage area or utensil washing area.
- Critical: 05F — Insufficient or no hot holding, cold storage or cold holding equipment provided to maintain Time/Temperature Control for Safety Foods (TCS) at required temperatures
- Critical: 05H — No approved written standard operating procedure for avoiding contamination by refillable returnable containers.
- Not Critical: 09E — Wash hands sign not posted near or above hand washing sink.
- Not Critical: 10B — Anti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.
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