The Hewitt Preschool's public record shows 3 DOHMH inspections, with 3 critical violations cited in the last 3 years and 0 currently open, last inspected 2025-11-12. 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 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.
School-based child care staff observed caring for children while unhealthy. Staff medical certificate of fitness Not provided.
What this means
Records At a school-based child care program, a staff member was seen caring for children while unhealthy, or the staff medical certificate of fitness was not provided.
Worth asking: How do you handle a staff member who is sick on a given day?
DOHMH inspection summary: Reinspection Required
School operator arranges for fingerprinting
What this means
Records At a school-based child care program, the school operator did not arrange fingerprinting as the rule requires.
Worth asking: Are all staff fingerprinted and cleared before they work with children?
School operator arranges for fingerprinting
What this means
Records At a school-based child care program, the school operator did not arrange fingerprinting as the rule requires.
Worth asking: Are all staff fingerprinted and cleared before they work with children?
Teaching and supervisory staff trained in abuse/maltreatment identification and reporting. 2 hours of training received every 24 months. Training provided by OCFS approved trainer. New staff trained within 3 months of hire
What this means
Records Teaching and supervisory staff must be trained to identify and report child abuse and maltreatment. The rule calls for 2 hours every 24 months and for new staff to be trained within 3 months of hire. The citation means that training was missing or out of date.
Worth asking: When was your staff last trained on recognizing and reporting abuse?
Teaching and supervisory staff trained in abuse/maltreatment identification and reporting. 2 hours of training received every 24 months. Training provided by OCFS approved trainer. New staff trained within 3 months of hire
What this means
Records Teaching and supervisory staff must be trained to identify and report child abuse and maltreatment. The rule calls for 2 hours every 24 months and for new staff to be trained within 3 months of hire. The citation means that training was missing or out of date.
Worth asking: When was your staff last trained on recognizing and reporting abuse?
DOHMH inspection summary: Reinspection Required
All exits have clear legible and illuminated exit signs where required by DOB
What this means
Building and equipment At a school-based child care program, exits did not all have clear, legible and illuminated exit signs where the Department of Buildings requires them.
Worth asking: Can I see the exits and the evacuation route?
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?
Walls and ceiling in commercial building Not properly constructed; Not maintained in good repair; unclean
What this means
Building and equipment Walls and ceilings in the commercial building were not properly constructed, were not in good repair, or were unclean.
Worth asking: What was fixed after the inspection?
Choking poster Not provided in food service area at time of inspection.
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