Kennedy Children's Center's public record shows 8 DOHMH inspections, with 9 critical violations cited in the last 3 years and 0 currently open, last inspected 2026-10-08. Per those records, the center had critical violations in the last 3 years, all recorded as corrected. The median licensed center in Manhattan 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.
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?
DOHMH inspection summary: Previously closed program re-opened
DOHMH inspection summary: Reinspection Required; Fines pending
Department is Notified in 24 hours of the death or serious injury of a child in childcare by permittee
What this means
Practice This section requires the Health Department to be notified within 24 hours of the death or serious injury of a child in care. The public record does not say what the incident was.
Worth asking: What do you do when a child is seriously hurt, and who do you notify?
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?
Emergency medical transportation of child Not arranged. Child to staff ratios Not maintained in response to emergency care.
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