Bright Start Early Learning Academy LLC's public record shows 17 DOHMH inspections, with 29 critical violations cited in the last 3 years and 1 currently open, last inspected 2026-10-02. Per those records, the center has open lower-severity violations on record. 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 24 applications for 30 seats — 0.8 per seat, more applications per seat than 28% of 3-K sites in Queens (borough median 1.26). The DOE also runs free Pre-K here: its last admissions cycle drew 12 applications for 30 seats — 0.4 per seat, more applications per seat than 9% 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.
Education Director is Not qualified or certified
Teacher qualification documents Not submitted to approved agent for review
What this means
Records Teacher qualification documents were not submitted to the approved agent for review.
Worth asking: Have all teachers' qualifications been reviewed and approved?
Child care service fails to conduct and document daily health assessment of incoming children. Individual Not trained to identify disease.
What this means
Practice The center did not conduct and document a daily health assessment of children as they arrived, or the person doing it was not trained to identify disease.
Worth asking: Who checks the children each morning, and how is it recorded?
DOHMH inspection summary: Previously cited violations corrected
DOHMH inspection summary: Reinspection Not Required
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?
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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