Leading Kids Preschool's public record shows 13 DOHMH inspections, with 1 critical violations cited in the last 3 years and 0 currently open, last inspected 2026-06-01. Per those records, the center had critical violations in the last 3 years, all recorded as corrected. 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 23 applications for 11 seats — 2.09 per seat, more applications per seat than 72% of 3-K sites in Queens (borough median 1.26). The DOE also runs free Pre-K here: its last admissions cycle drew 12 applications for 17 seats — 0.71 per seat, more applications per seat than 31% 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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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/observed that child care service failed to conduct pre-employment verification of staff credentials.
What this means
Records The center did not verify staff credentials before hiring.
Worth asking: How do you verify a new hire's credentials before they start?
In-depth review and real time drills in Safety Plan emergency procedures Not provided to required persons annually; training Not comprehensive.
What this means
Records Required persons were not given an in-depth review and real-time drills of the safety plan's emergency procedures each year, or the training was not comprehensive.
Worth asking: When were staff last drilled on emergency procedures?
Staff and volunteers obtain documentation showing immunization with 2 doses measles/mumps, 1 dose rubella, 2 doses varicella and 1 dose Tdap. Medical exemptions only. History of measles, mumps or rubella shall Not replace MMR vaccine except in presence of MMR varicella antibodies.
What this means
Records The rule requires documentation showing that every staff member and volunteer has the required immunizations (measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox and Tdap), or a medical exemption. The citation concerns the records on file.
Worth asking: Do you keep immunization records current for every staff member, volunteers included?
Staff and volunteers obtain documentation showing immunization with 2 doses measles/mumps, 1 dose rubella, 2 doses varicella and 1 dose Tdap. Medical exemptions only. History of measles, mumps or rubella shall Not replace MMR vaccine except in presence of MMR varicella antibodies.
What this means
Records The rule requires documentation showing that every staff member and volunteer has the required immunizations (measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox and Tdap), or a medical exemption. The citation concerns the records on file.
Worth asking: Do you keep immunization records current for every staff member, volunteers included?
DOHMH inspection summary: Passed inspection; Violations corrected at time of inspection
DOHMH inspection summary: Reinspection Not Required
Commercial building regularly cleaned; kept clean and in good repair; kept free of overcrowding.
What this means
Building and equipment The commercial building was not regularly cleaned, not kept in good repair, or not kept free of overcrowding.
Worth asking: How often is the space cleaned, and by whom?
Commercial building regularly cleaned; kept clean and in good repair; kept free of overcrowding.
What this means
Building and equipment The commercial building was not regularly cleaned, not kept in good repair, or not kept free of overcrowding.
Worth asking: How often is the space cleaned, and by whom?
Commercial building regularly cleaned; kept clean and in good repair; kept free of overcrowding.
What this means
Building and equipment The commercial building was not regularly cleaned, not kept in good repair, or not kept free of overcrowding.
Worth asking: How often is the space cleaned, and by whom?
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