Ira's Briarwood Day Care & Preschool Inc.'s public record shows 15 DOHMH inspections, with 12 critical violations cited in the last 3 years and 7 currently open, last inspected 2026-10-16. Per those records, the center has open critical violations on record. The median licensed center in Queens has 3 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 27 applications for 30 seats — 0.9 per seat, more applications per seat than 33% of 3-K sites in Queens (borough median 1.26). The DOE also runs free Pre-K here: its last admissions cycle drew 23 applications for 40 seats — 0.57 per seat, more applications per seat than 20% of Pre-K sites in Queens (borough median 0.92). 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: Ira's Parkway Daycare & Preschool Inc. — the free 3-K/Pre-K program listing →
Part of Ira's Briarwood Day Care — see all 2 NYC locations and the chain's combined record →
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
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?
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
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?
Child care service failed to Notify DOHMH within 24 hours of child abuse allegation/indication or record of criminal activity of individuals associated with child care service; serious injury, death or loss of a child.
What this means
Practice The center did not notify DOHMH within 24 hours of a child abuse allegation or indication, of criminal activity by someone associated with the center, or of a serious injury, death or loss of a child. The public record does not say which event was involved.
Worth asking: What events do you have to report to DOHMH, and how quickly do you report them?
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