Battery Park City Day Nursery, Inc.'s public record shows 9 DOHMH inspections, with 2 critical violations cited in the last 3 years and 1 currently open, last inspected 2026-10-09. Per those records, the center has open lower-severity violations on record. The median licensed center in Manhattan has 2 critical violations over the same window. Its Article 47 drinking-water lead test is on file with no elevated result. Its license appears on DOHMH's current active-programs roster. The DOE also runs free 3-K here: its last admissions cycle drew 48 applications for 40 seats — 1.2 per seat, more applications per seat than 52% of 3-K sites in Manhattan (borough median 1.07). The DOE also runs free Pre-K here: its last admissions cycle drew 31 applications for 35 seats — 0.89 per seat, more applications per seat than 43% of Pre-K sites in Manhattan (borough median 1). Government records on this page are free; the interpretation layer (peer ranking, trend, cross-agency check) is the paid Safety Analysis.
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Inspection history
DOHMH inspection records, newest first, with each violation's official severity and current OPEN/CORRECTED status. We show the government record verbatim and don't grade it.
How to read this record
- Critical — DOHMH's classification for violations that pose a risk to children's health or safety. The center must correct these, and DOHMH follows up.
- General — lower-risk Health Code violations. They still must be corrected.
- OPEN — not yet recorded as corrected in the latest data. CORRECTED — fixed, and the correction is on the record.
- DOHMH inspects licensed centers routinely, after complaints, and to verify corrections — so a violation on record is normal; what matters is severity, whether it is still open, and whether it repeats. Details in our methodology.
At time of inspection child care service unable to document that all children enrolled have had an age appropriate medical evaluation.
What this means
Records The center could not document that every enrolled child has had an age-appropriate medical evaluation.
Worth asking: How do you keep each child's medical evaluation on file?
DOHMH inspection summary: Passed inspection with no violations
DOHMH inspection summary: Reinspection Not Required
At time of inspection it was observed that child care service failed to provide appropriate guards on designated structures/equipment to protect children from potential injury.
What this means
Building and equipment The center did not provide appropriate guards on designated structures or equipment to protect children from potential injury.
Worth asking: What equipment needed a guard, and was it fixed?
At time of inspection floors/walls ceilings were observed Not maintained; in disrepair or covered in a toxic finish.
What this means
Building and equipment A floor, wall or ceiling was in disrepair, or was covered in a finish the city calls toxic. It is among the most commonly cited rules.
Worth asking: What was repaired after the inspection, and can I see that room?
Plumbing and plumbing fixtures Not properly connected, vented, drained; Not installed and maintained in commercial building
What this means
Building and equipment Plumbing or plumbing fixtures in the commercial building were not properly connected, vented, drained, installed or maintained.
Worth asking: What was repaired after the inspection?
At time of inspection child care service failed to provide sufficient lighting and or failed to maintain adequate foot candles in areas used by children.
What this means
Building and equipment Areas used by children did not have enough light.
Worth asking: Can I see the rooms where the children play and nap?
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