Playmates Nursery's public record shows 11 DOHMH inspections, with 7 critical violations cited in the last 3 years and 3 currently open, last inspected 2026-05-06. Per those records, the center has open lower-severity violations on record. 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. 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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Also at this address: It's My Turn — the free 3-K/Pre-K program listing →
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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.
Permittee failed to prohibit unsupervised contact with children by any individual for whom screening results have Not been received
What this means
Practice The center did not prohibit unsupervised contact with children by someone whose background screening results had not yet been received.
Worth asking: How do you make sure staff who are waiting on clearance are never alone with children?
Permittee failed to prohibit unsupervised contact with children by any individual for whom screening results have Not been received
What this means
Practice The center did not prohibit unsupervised contact with children by someone whose background screening results had not yet been received.
Worth asking: How do you make sure staff who are waiting on clearance are never alone with children?
DOHMH inspection summary: Reinspection Not Required
At time of inspection trash and garbage observed Not stored in appropriate containers with tight fitting lids.
What this means
Building and equipment Trash and garbage were not stored in appropriate containers with tight-fitting lids.
Worth asking: How is trash handled and stored?
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?
At time of inspection trash and garbage observed Not stored in appropriate containers with tight fitting lids.
What this means
Building and equipment Trash and garbage were not stored in appropriate containers with tight-fitting lids.
Worth asking: How is trash handled and stored?
DOHMH inspection summary: Reinspection Required; Violations corrected at time of inspection
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