Mazel - F.R.E.E.'s public record shows 7 DOHMH inspections, with 12 critical violations cited in the last 3 years and 4 currently open, last inspected 2026-10-20. Per those records, the center has open critical violations on record. The median licensed center in Brooklyn 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. The DOE also runs free 3-K here: its last admissions cycle drew 37 applications for 26 seats — 1.42 per seat, more applications per seat than 68% of 3-K sites in Brooklyn (borough median 1). The DOE also runs free Pre-K here: its last admissions cycle drew 39 applications for 26 seats — 1.5 per seat, more applications per seat than 82% of Pre-K sites in Brooklyn (borough median 0.81). 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.
Fingerprint screening Not arranged for current and prospective personnel; Results Not satisfactory or CAP was Not approved
What this means
Records Fingerprint background screening was not arranged for current or prospective staff, or a result was not satisfactory and the plan the city requires in that case was not approved. The citation does not say a person with a record was working with children.
Worth asking: How do you make sure every employee's fingerprint clearance is complete before they start?
Child care service providing care without a staff member trained in First Aid/CPR on site at time of inspection.
What this means
Practice The center was providing care without a staff member trained in first aid and CPR on site.
Worth asking: Who on site is trained in first aid and CPR at all hours?
At time of inspection it was determined that child care service failed to conduct and document monthly fire drills.
What this means
Practice The center did not conduct and document monthly fire drills.
Worth asking: When was your last fire drill, and how are drills recorded?
Child care service fails to conduct and document daily health assessment of incoming children. Individual Not trained to identify disease.
What this means
Practice The center did not conduct and document a daily health assessment of children as they arrived, or the person doing it was not trained to identify disease.
Worth asking: Who checks the children each morning, and how is it recorded?
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 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 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?
DOHMH inspection summary: Passed inspection with no violations
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