The city’s Department of Consumer Affairs inspected 650 grocery stores and found that hundreds did not display prices, overcharged and used faulty scales, among other violations. These 25 stores—three of which are located in the Bronx— were hit with the highest total fines last year:
370 Supermarkets cited for violations
$380,000 Total fines
1. Pioneer, 325 Lafayette Ave., Fort Greene, Brooklyn, $11,460
2. Associated Supermarket, 1380 Pennsylvania Ave., East New York, Brooklyn, $9,220
3. Trade Wise Supermarket, 33 Truxton St., Brownsville, Brooklyn, $9,015
4. Trade Wise Supermarket, 455 Sutter Ave., Brownsville, Brooklyn, $8,405
5. Stop & Shop, 2754 Hylan Blvd., Oakwood, Staten Island, $7,170
6. The Kosher Garden, 1507 Coney Island Ave., Midwood, Brooklyn, $6,408
7. Pathmark, 17 12th St., Gowanus, Brooklyn, $4,850
8. Key Food, 592 Lenox Ave., Harlem, $4,450
9. Key Food, 3485 Neptune Ave., Coney Island, Brooklyn, $4,425
10. Key Food, 169-175 Atlantic Ave., Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, $4,200
11. Food Town Super Market, 382 McDonald Ave., Kensington, Brooklyn, $4,175
12. Foodtown, 1420 Fulton St., Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, $3,850
13. Associated Supermarket, 1291 Broadway, Bushwick, Brooklyn, $3,798
14. Pathmark, 2136 Bartow Ave., Co-op City, Bronx, $3,750
15. Food City, 7414 3rd Ave., Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, $3,725
16. Pathmark, 2875 Richmond Ave., Heartland Village, Staten Island, $3,350
17. Pioneer Supermarket, 256 St. Ann’s Avenue, Mott Haven, Bronx, $3,325
18. C-Town, 7907 13th Ave., Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, $3,300
19. Fairway Supermarket, 480 Van Brunt St., Red Hook, Brooklyn, $3,120
20. Food Bazaar, 21 Manhattan Ave., Williamsburg, Brooklyn, $3,095
21. Pathmark, 3785 Nostrand Ave., Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, $3,060
22. Morton Williams, 2465 Jerome Ave., University Heights, Bronx, $3,000
23. Whole Foods, 10 Columbus Circle, Midtown, $2,975
24. Waldbaum’s, 6400 Amboy Road, Pleasant Plains, Staten Island, $2,960
25. Golden Mango, 1871 Rockaway Parkway, Canarsie, Brooklyn, $2,860