Creative Minds Center,Inc.'s public record shows 10 DOHMH inspections, with 6 critical violations cited in the last 3 years and 0 currently open, last inspected 2026-07-09. Per those records, the center had critical violations in the last 3 years, all recorded as corrected. The median licensed center in Brooklyn 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.
All teachers have Not received training in infectious disease control and reporting.
What this means
Records Not all teachers had received training in infectious disease control and reporting.
Worth asking: Which staff are trained in infectious disease control, and when?
All teachers have Not received training in infectious disease control and reporting.
What this means
Records Not all teachers had received training in infectious disease control and reporting.
Worth asking: Which staff are trained in infectious disease control, and when?
At time of inspection it was determined that child care service failed to ensure staff received required training within time frames and/or failed to maintain training records.
What this means
Records Staff did not complete required training within the required time, or the center could not show training records.
Worth asking: Can I see how you track each person's required training?
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?
DOHMH inspection summary: Reinspection Required; Fines pending
Qualified Group Teacher Not designated to cover for Education Director. Permittee failed to Notify Department of separation from service of Education Director
What this means
Records A qualified group teacher was not designated to cover for the Education Director, or the Department was not notified when the Education Director left.
Worth asking: Who is your current Education Director, and who covers when they are out?
DOHMH inspection summary: Reinspection Required; Fines pending
At time of inspection toxic substances observed improperly stored so as to result in the potential for exposure or contamination of facility surfaces.
What this means
Building and equipment Toxic substances were stored in a way that could expose children or contaminate surfaces.
Worth asking: Where are cleaning supplies and chemicals stored?
Epi auto injector Not provided, Not maintained or expired.
What this means
Building and equipment An epinephrine auto-injector (for severe allergic reactions) was not provided, was not maintained, or was expired.
Worth asking: Where is the auto-injector kept, and who is trained to use it?
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?
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