Happy Days At Riverdale's public record shows 19 DOHMH inspections, with 16 critical violations cited in the last 3 years and 7 currently open, last inspected 2026-09-24. Per those records, the center has open critical violations on record. The median licensed center in Bronx has 4 critical violations over the same window. Its license appears on DOHMH's current active-programs roster. The DOE also runs free 3-K here: its last admissions cycle drew 23 applications for 15 seats — 1.53 per seat, more applications per seat than 70% of 3-K sites in the Bronx (borough median 1). The DOE also runs free Pre-K here: its last admissions cycle drew 20 applications for 18 seats — 1.11 per seat, more applications per seat than 67% of Pre-K sites in the Bronx (borough median 0.83). 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: Happy Days @ Riverdale — 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.
DOHMH inspection summary: Reinspection Required; Program closed
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?
At time of inspection it was determined that individual associated with child care service/camp involved in an act detrimental to health and safety.
What this means
Practice The city's wording says an individual associated with the child care service or camp was involved in an act detrimental to health and safety. The public record does not say what the act was.
Worth asking: What happened, and what changed afterward?
Commissioner may order a child care service to close or discontinue operations if the child care service is determined to be operating in a manner or maintaining one or more conditions that constitute an imminent health hazard
Constant and competent supervision provided by adequate staff for children and groups of children
What this means
Practice Children were not under constant and competent supervision by enough staff. The city's wording is a template, and the public record does not say what the inspector saw.
Worth asking: How do you cover supervision during naps, bathroom trips, meals and outdoor play?
DOHMH inspection summary: Reinspection Not Required
Child care service observed utilizing chairs and other equipment Not of suitable size for children in attendance on day of inspection.
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