POETICA COFFEE

📍 240 PROSPECT PARK WEST, New York City, NY 11215  · Brooklyn
75
Needs Improvement
Latest Inspection Score
Inspected: 2026-01-14
⚠️ Latest Violations (12)
Not Critical
Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
Not Critical
Mechanical or natural ventilation not provided, inadequate, improperly installed, in disrepair or fails to prevent and control excessive build-up of grease, heat, steam condensation, vapors, odors, smoke or fumes.
Not Critical
Non-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
Not Critical
Mechanical or natural ventilation not provided, inadequate, improperly installed, in disrepair or fails to prevent and control excessive build-up of grease, heat, steam condensation, vapors, odors, smoke or fumes.
Not Critical
Non-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
Not Critical
Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
Critical
Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
Critical
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
Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
Critical
Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
Critical
Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
Critical
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.
📋 Inspection History (2)
Date Score Type Status
2026-01-14 75 Cycle Inspection / Re-inspection Violations were cited in the following area(s).
2025-12-07 78 Cycle Inspection / Initial Inspection Violations were cited in the following area(s).

Data sourced from New York City health department public records.
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