Bright Start Child Learning Center, Inc.'s public record shows 12 DOHMH inspections, with 5 critical violations cited in the last 3 years and 0 currently open, last inspected 2026-08-17. Per those records, the center had critical violations in the last 3 years, all recorded as corrected. The median licensed center in Queens has 3 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 74 applications for 30 seats — 2.47 per seat, more applications per seat than 78% of 3-K sites in Queens (borough median 1.26). The DOE also runs free Pre-K here: its last admissions cycle drew 42 applications for 34 seats — 1.24 per seat, more applications per seat than 72% of Pre-K sites in Queens (borough median 0.92). 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.
Corrective Action Plan does Not address each violation, identify causes or provide satisfactory corrective action
Infant Toddler Teacher qualification documents Not submitted to approved agent for review; documents Not available upon request
What this means
Records Infant and toddler teacher qualification documents were not submitted for review, or were not available on request.
Worth asking: What are the qualifications of the infant and toddler teachers?
Staff and volunteers obtain documentation showing immunization with 2 doses measles/mumps, 1 dose rubella, 2 doses varicella and 1 dose Tdap. Medical exemptions only. History of measles, mumps or rubella shall Not replace MMR vaccine except in presence of MMR varicella antibodies.
What this means
Records The rule requires documentation showing that every staff member and volunteer has the required immunizations (measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox and Tdap), or a medical exemption. The citation concerns the records on file.
Worth asking: Do you keep immunization records current for every staff member, volunteers included?
Infant Toddler Teacher qualification documents Not submitted to approved agent for review; documents Not available upon request
What this means
Records Infant and toddler teacher qualification documents were not submitted for review, or were not available on request.
Worth asking: What are the qualifications of the infant and toddler teachers?
DOHMH inspection summary: Passed inspection with no violations
DOHMH inspection summary: Previously closed program re-opened
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