Kindercare Education At Work, Llc.'s public record shows 10 DOHMH inspections, with 2 critical violations cited in the last 3 years and 2 currently open, last inspected 2026-09-24. 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 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.
Required food protection procedures were Not implemented at time of inspection. Holder of food protection certificate was Not on site during hours of food preparation activity.
What this means
Practice Required food protection procedures were not followed, including that the holder of a food protection certificate was not on site during food preparation.
Worth asking: Who holds the food protection certificate, and are they there at every meal?
DOHMH inspection summary: Reinspection Not Required
At time of inspection it was determined that child care service allows staff to perform their duties that are Not healthy or are incapable of carrying out their duties. Staff medical clearances are Not maintained by child care service.
What this means
Records Either staff were allowed to work while not healthy enough for their duties, or the center did not keep staff medical clearances on file. The city's wording covers both, and the public record does not say which one was found.
Worth asking: How do you keep staff medical clearances up to date?
At time of inspection child care service unable to document that all children enrolled have had an age appropriate medical evaluation.
What this means
Records The center could not document that every enrolled child has had an age-appropriate medical evaluation.
Worth asking: How do you keep each child's medical evaluation on file?
DOHMH inspection summary: Passed inspection with no violations
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