Harlem Link Preschool's public record shows 5 DOHMH inspections, with 3 critical violations cited in the last 3 years and 2 currently open, last inspected 2026-10-14. Per those records, the center has open critical violations on record. The median licensed center in Manhattan has 2 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 131 applications for 60 seats — 2.18 per seat, more applications per seat than 72% of 3-K sites in Manhattan (borough median 1.07). The DOE also runs free Pre-K here: its last admissions cycle drew 99 applications for 46 seats — 2.15 per seat, more applications per seat than 78% of Pre-K sites in Manhattan (borough median 1). 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: Harlem Link Charter School Pre - Kindergarten — the free 3-K/Pre-K program listing →
Also at this address: P.S. 185 - The Early Childhood Discovery And Design Magnet 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.
Children immunized against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, MMR, varicella, HepB, pneumococcal disease and Hib. Immunization records and medical exemption records on site and available upon request
What this means
Records The center could not show that children are immunized against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, MMR, varicella, hepatitis B, pneumococcal disease and Hib, or did not have immunization or medical exemption records on site and available on request. The city classes this one as serious.
Worth asking: Can I see how you keep each child's immunization or exemption record?
Each staff member has documentation showing they received 2 doses measles/mumps vaccine, 1 dose rubella vaccine, 2 doses varicella vaccine and 1 dose Tdap
What this means
Records At a school-based child care program, documentation of required staff immunizations (measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox and Tdap) was missing for at least one staff member.
Worth asking: Do you keep immunization records current for every staff member?
DOHMH inspection summary: Passed inspection with no violations
DOHMH inspection summary: Reinspection Required
Children enrolled in school-based child care program have Not received appropriate medical examination.
What this means
Records At a school-based child care program, enrolled children had not received an appropriate medical examination. The city lists this as a critical violation.
Worth asking: How do you confirm each child's medical exam is done before they start?
Teaching and supervisory staff trained in infection control, reporting of infectious diseases, administration of medication, handling/storage of hazardous materials, general safety, and transportation. New staff trained within 3 months of hire
What this means
Records At a school-based child care program, staff had not been trained in infection control, reporting infectious diseases, giving medication, handling hazardous materials, general safety and transportation, or new staff had not been trained within 3 months of hire.
Worth asking: Who is trained to give medication, and when were they last trained?
Each staff member has documentation showing they received 2 doses measles/mumps vaccine, 1 dose rubella vaccine, 2 doses varicella vaccine and 1 dose Tdap
What this means
Records At a school-based child care program, documentation of required staff immunizations (measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox and Tdap) was missing for at least one staff member.
Worth asking: Do you keep immunization records current for every staff member?
Within 3 months of hire all staff trained in emergency procedures in the Written Safety Plan. Training include loss of child response, lockdown, gas, electrical, sewer or water main break and extreme weather
What this means
Records At a school-based child care program, staff were not trained in the emergency procedures in the written safety plan within 3 months of hire. Those procedures include a lost child, lockdown, gas or electrical problems, a water or sewer main break and extreme weather.
Worth asking: What is the plan if a child goes missing or there is an emergency, and are all staff trained in it?
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