Congregation Yeshiva Merkaz Hatorah - Jewish Foundation School's public record shows 8 DOHMH inspections, with 8 critical violations cited in the last 3 years and 6 currently open, last inspected 2026-10-22. Per those records, the center has open critical violations on record. The median licensed center in Staten Island has 1 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 49 applications for 45 seats — 1.09 per seat, more applications per seat than 39% of 3-K sites in Staten Island (borough median 1.32). The DOE also runs free Pre-K here: its last admissions cycle drew 47 applications for 40 seats — 1.18 per seat, more applications per seat than 57% of Pre-K sites in Staten Island (borough median 1.07). 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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Also at this address: Rabbi Jacob Joseph School — the free 3-K/Pre-K program listing →
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.
Enrolled children have Not received aged appropriate immunization in accordance with Public Health Law 2164 or successor unless medically exempt
What this means
Records Enrolled children had not received the age-appropriate immunizations required by Public Health Law 2164 and had no medical exemption. The public record does not show how many children.
Worth asking: How do you track each child's immunizations and exemptions?
Enrolled children have Not received aged appropriate immunization in accordance with Public Health Law 2164 or successor unless medically exempt
What this means
Records Enrolled children had not received the age-appropriate immunizations required by Public Health Law 2164 and had no medical exemption. The public record does not show how many children.
Worth asking: How do you track each child's immunizations and exemptions?
At time of inspection it was determined that child care service failed to take any and all necessary action to eliminate potential hazards.
What this means
Building and equipment The center did not take every necessary action to eliminate a potential hazard. The public record shows only this template wording, not which hazard the inspector saw, so the center is the one to ask.
Worth asking: What hazard was cited, and what was done about it?
Child enrolled in child care shall have additional immunizations as required by the Department
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?
DOHMH inspection summary: Reinspection Required; Fines pending
Emergency medical care Not secured when needed; parents Not Notified immediately.
What this means
Practice Emergency medical care was not secured when needed, or parents were not notified immediately.
Worth asking: What do you do when a child is hurt or sick, and how quickly are parents called?
Training in SIDS, Shaken Baby Syndrome and Safe Sleep practices Not provided to staff
What this means
Records Training in SIDS, shaken baby syndrome and safe sleep practices was not provided to staff.
Worth asking: Who is trained in safe sleep, and when was the last training?
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