Kindercare Education LLC's public record shows 8 DOHMH inspections, with 10 critical violations cited in the last 3 years and 0 currently open, last inspected 2026-04-22. 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?
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?
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?
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 cited violations corrected
DOHMH inspection summary: Reinspection Required; Fines pending
Enrolled children 6 months to 59 months have Not received FDA approved annual influenza immunization by December 31 of the year
What this means
Records Not every enrolled child aged 6 to 59 months had received the annual flu vaccine by December 31 of the year. The public record does not show how many children or whether exemptions were on file.
Worth asking: How do you track flu shots and exemptions each fall?
Epi auto injector Not provided, Not maintained or expired.
What this means
Building and equipment An epinephrine auto-injector (for severe allergic reactions) was not provided, was not maintained, or was expired.
Worth asking: Where is the auto-injector kept, and who is trained to use it?
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?
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