Edith & Carl Marks Jewish Community House Of Bensonhurst, Inc's public record shows 9 DOHMH inspections, with 4 critical violations cited in the last 3 years and 3 currently open, last inspected 2026-10-20. Per those records, the center has open critical violations on record. 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. The DOE also runs free 3-K here: its last admissions cycle drew 54 applications for 27 seats — 2 per seat, more applications per seat than 78% of 3-K sites in Brooklyn (borough median 1). The DOE also runs free Pre-K here: its last admissions cycle drew 42 applications for 30 seats — 1.4 per seat, more applications per seat than 81% of Pre-K sites in Brooklyn (borough median 0.81). 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.
Fingerprint screening Not arranged for current and prospective personnel; Results Not satisfactory or CAP was Not approved
What this means
Records Fingerprint background screening was not arranged for current or prospective staff, or a result was not satisfactory and the plan the city requires in that case was not approved. The citation does not say a person with a record was working with children.
Worth asking: How do you make sure every employee's fingerprint clearance is complete before they start?
A corrective action plan was Not submitted by the permittee to DOHMH for approval
Appropriate child activity Not provided by child care service; unacceptable forms of discipline utilized by staff of child care service.
What this means
Practice Either appropriate activities were not provided for the children, or staff used forms of discipline the rules do not allow. The city's wording covers both, and the public record does not say which one was found.
Worth asking: What is your discipline policy, and how are staff trained in it?
DOHMH inspection summary: Passed inspection with no violations
DOHMH inspection summary: Passed inspection with no violations
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