NYC restaurant inspections total 548 in October 12-18, 2026
Citywide restaurant inspections totaled 548 from October 12 through 18, 2026, a change of -29.8% from October 5-11, 2026. The count is 5.2% above the same period a year earlier.
Key figures
- 548 restaurant inspections citywide, October 12-18, 2026
- -29.8% change from 781 inspections, October 5-11, 2026
- Rank No. 33 among 52 weekly totals, to October 18, 2026
- Manhattan led with 241 inspections, October 12-18, 2026
- 12 restaurants closed or re-closed, October 12-18, 2026
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Citywide inspections, October 12-18, 2026
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene recorded 548 restaurant inspections citywide from October 12 through October 18, 2026. The total compares with 781 inspections citywide for October 5-11, 2026, a change of -29.8%.
October 13-19, 2025 recorded 521 inspections citywide. The October 12-18, 2026 total is 5.2% above that period. The agency's records run through October 21, 2026.
Inspections against the previous 4 weeks and the 52-week ranking
The average per week over the previous 4 weeks, September 14 to October 11, 2026, was 716 inspections citywide. The October 12-18, 2026 total sits 23.4% below that figure.
Among 52 weekly totals from October 20, 2025 to October 18, 2026, the October 12-18, 2026 week ranks No. 33. No. 1 marks the top of that list.
Manhattan and Brooklyn lead boroughs, October 12-18, 2026
Manhattan led the boroughs with 241 inspections for October 12-18, 2026. Brooklyn ranked second with 134 inspections. Manhattan's share of the total was 44.0%, counting boroughs with a stated location.
For October 5-11, 2026, Manhattan also ranked first, with 324 inspections.
Grades, closures and daily counts, October 12-18, 2026
Grade A was the largest grade count, at 203 inspections citywide for October 12-18, 2026. Grade A made up 37.0% of all restaurant inspections in that period, against 45.8% for October 5-11, 2026.
Inspections not yet graded totaled 62 citywide for October 12-18, 2026, or 11.3% of all inspections, against 6.8% for October 5-11, 2026. The grade shares use all inspections in each period, and some inspections carry a blank letter grade in the data.
Inspections with a grade pending totaled 59 citywide for October 12-18, 2026, or 10.8% of all inspections, against 9.7% for October 5-11, 2026.
The health department closed or re-closed 12 restaurants citywide during October 12-18, 2026. The previous week, October 5-11, 2026, had 19, and October 13-19, 2025 had 10, a change of +20.0% against that year-earlier period.
Closures ended 2.2% of inspections citywide in October 12-18, 2026, against 2.4% in October 5-11, 2026, a change of -0.2 percentage points. The same period a year earlier, October 13-19, 2025, had a closure share of 1.9%, a change of +0.3 percentage points for 2026.
Daily inspection counts citywide were 3 on Monday, October 12, 2026; 126 on Tuesday, October 13; 137 on Wednesday, October 14; 132 on Thursday, October 15; 60 on Friday, October 16; 77 on Saturday, October 17; and 13 on Sunday, October 18, 2026.
Computed figures in this story (31)
Each value's source, query and retrieval time are recorded. Every number in the text maps to one of the values below.
- O1 restaurant inspections [citywide, week of October 12-18, 2026]: 548
- O2 restaurant inspections [citywide, the previous week, October 5-11, 2026]: 781
- O3 change from the previous week [restaurant inspections, citywide, week of October 12-18, 2026 against October 5-11, 2026]: -29.8%
- O4 restaurant inspections [citywide, the same week a year earlier (364 days before, same weekdays), October 13-19, 2025]: 521
- O5 year-over-year change [restaurant inspections, citywide, week of October 12-18, 2026 against October 13-19, 2025]: +5.2%
- O6 average per week [restaurant inspections, citywide, previous 4 weeks, September 14 to October 11, 2026]: 716
- O7 gap to the previous 4-week average [restaurant inspections, citywide, week of October 12-18, 2026]: -23.4%
- O8 rank of the week among the 52 weeks from October 20, 2025 to October 18, 2026 [restaurant inspections, citywide, weekly totals, No. 1 = highest]: No. 33
- O9 No. 1 borough by restaurant inspections [week of October 12-18, 2026]: Manhattan, 241
- O10 No. 2 borough by restaurant inspections [week of October 12-18, 2026]: Brooklyn, 134
- O11 share of the top borough [restaurant inspections, week of October 12-18, 2026, boroughs with a stated location]: 44.0%
- O12 top borough in the previous period [restaurant inspections, October 5-11, 2026]: Manhattan, 324
- O13 letter grades, No. 1 by count, grade A [restaurant inspections, citywide, week of October 12-18, 2026]: 203
- O14 share of grade A in all restaurant inspections [letter grades, citywide, week of October 12-18, 2026]: 37.0%
- O15 share of grade A in all restaurant inspections [letter grades, citywide, the previous period, October 5-11, 2026]: 45.8%
- O16 letter grades, No. 2 by count, not yet graded [restaurant inspections, citywide, week of October 12-18, 2026]: 62
- O17 share of not yet graded in all restaurant inspections [letter grades, citywide, week of October 12-18, 2026]: 11.3%
- O18 share of not yet graded in all restaurant inspections [letter grades, citywide, the previous period, October 5-11, 2026]: 6.8%
- O19 letter grades, No. 3 by count, grade pending [restaurant inspections, citywide, week of October 12-18, 2026]: 59
- O20 share of grade pending in all restaurant inspections [letter grades, citywide, week of October 12-18, 2026]: 10.8%
- O21 share of grade pending in all restaurant inspections [letter grades, citywide, the previous period, October 5-11, 2026]: 9.7%
- O22 restaurants closed or re-closed by the health department [citywide, week of October 12-18, 2026]: 12
- O23 restaurants closed or re-closed by the health department [citywide, the previous week, October 5-11, 2026]: 19
- O24 restaurants closed or re-closed by the health department [citywide, the same week a year earlier (364 days before, same weekdays), October 13-19, 2025]: 10
- O25 year-over-year change [restaurants closed or re-closed by the health department, citywide, week of October 12-18, 2026 against October 13-19, 2025]: +20.0%
- O26 share of inspections that ended in a closure [citywide, week of October 12-18, 2026]: 2.2%
- O27 share of inspections that ended in a closure [citywide, the previous week, October 5-11, 2026]: 2.4%
- O28 change in share of inspections that ended in a closure against the previous period [citywide, week of October 12-18, 2026]: -0.2 percentage points
- O29 share of inspections that ended in a closure [citywide, the same week a year earlier (364 days before, same weekdays), October 13-19, 2025]: 1.9%
- O30 change in share of inspections that ended in a closure against the same period a year earlier [citywide, week of October 12-18, 2026]: +0.3 percentage points
- O31 the data of the source 'DOHMH New York City Restaurant Inspection Results (data.cityofnewyork.us 43nn-pn8j)' runs through October 21, 2026
How this story was made
Numbers and comparisons were computed by code from official open data and verified a second time. An AI-assisted writing tool drafted the text from those facts only; a different model checked every claim against the source. Stories involving named private people, crime, health or elections are never published automatically.
