Bright Horizons At West 53rd's public record shows 14 DOHMH inspections, with 7 critical violations cited in the last 3 years and 0 currently open, last inspected 2026-08-07. Per those records, the center had critical violations in the last 3 years, all recorded as corrected. 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. 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.
Constant and competent supervision provided by adequate staff for children and groups of children
What this means
Practice Children were not under constant and competent supervision by enough staff. The city's wording is a template, and the public record does not say what the inspector saw.
Worth asking: How do you cover supervision during naps, bathroom trips, meals and outdoor play?
DOHMH inspection summary: Passed inspection with no violations
DOHMH inspection summary: Reinspection Not Required
Refrigeration units provided with thermometers; thermometers calibrated to (+)(-) 2 degree F accuracy; properly placed in warmest spot of unit
What this means
Building and equipment Refrigeration units were missing a thermometer, the thermometer was not accurate to within 2 degrees F, or it was not placed in the warmest spot of the unit.
Worth asking: Do the refrigerators have thermometers, and who checks them?
Commercial building regularly cleaned; kept clean and in good repair; kept free of overcrowding.
What this means
Building and equipment The commercial building was not regularly cleaned, not kept in good repair, or not kept free of overcrowding.
Worth asking: How often is the space cleaned, and by whom?
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