Uptown Harlem Gems's public record shows 6 DOHMH inspections, with 3 critical violations cited in the last 3 years and 1 currently open, last inspected 2025-10-30. Per those records, the center has open critical violations on record. The median licensed center in Manhattan has 2 critical violations over the same window. Its license appears on DOHMH's current active-programs roster. The DOE also runs free Pre-K here: its last admissions cycle drew 67 applications for 80 seats — 0.84 per seat, more applications per seat than 42% of Pre-K sites in Manhattan (borough median 1). 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: Harlem Gems North — the free 3-K/Pre-K program listing →
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.
Failure to install approved window guards or limiting devices in child accessible areas
What this means
Building and equipment The city's wording is a public health hazard, immediately dangerous to children: approved window guards or limiting devices were not installed in areas children can reach.
Worth asking: Which windows have guards or limiting devices, and who checks them?
DOHMH inspection summary: Reinspection Required
Written safety plan is available with established policies and procedures for safe operation including fire safety health care plan corrective action plans staff training and emergency evacuation plan. Plan reviewed annually and updated as needed.
Written safety plan describes provisions for health care maintenance and compliance; provisions for emergency medical care first aid and CPR
DOHMH inspection summary: Passed inspection with no violations
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