Kinder Korner 491 Inc. is child care in the provider's own home. New York State licenses this kind of home (“group family day care”) for up to 12 children plus 4 school-age children; an assistant must be on hand once more than eight children are present. State inspectors check it, not the city Health Department. The state's file shows 3 inspection visits, most recently Jul 20, 2026, with 3 violations not yet shown as fixed. Per the state's record, this provider has violations the record does not yet show as fixed. Its license or registration runs through Mar 25, 2029 in the state registry. Everything we publish for this record is free.
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Inspection history
Every state inspection visit on record for this home, newest first, from New York State's public file. We show the record as it stands and don't grade it.
How to read this record
- New York State inspects home programs at least once a year unannounced, when the license or registration comes up for renewal, and after complaints. Every visit is listed with its date and result.
- Violations found means inspectors cited one or more rule violations on that visit. Each one lists the rule, what it requires, and whether the record shows it corrected (fixed) or still uncorrected.
- The state doesn't publish severity rankings the way the city does for daycare centers. Read the description itself, and ask the provider about anything that worries you.
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Official rule text — what the state requires: The provider, assistant(s), and substitute(s), must each submit a medical statement on forms furnished by the Office or an approved equivalent from a health care provider: before such person has any involvement in child care work.
What this means
Records The provider, assistants and substitutes must each submit a medical statement from a health care provider before having any involvement in child care work. The citation concerns those statements.
Worth asking: Does every adult who cares for children have a medical statement on file?
Official rule text — what the state requires: The provider, assistant(s), and substitutes must each meet the following qualifications: provide to the Office the names, addresses and daytime telephone numbers of at least two acceptable references, other than relatives. At least one of the references must be able to attest to the employment history, work record and qualifications, if the person had ever been employed outside the home. At least one of the references must be able to attest to the character, habits and personal qualifications to be a group family day care provider, assistant, or substitute; and
What this means
Records The provider, assistants and substitutes must give the state the names, addresses and daytime phone numbers of at least two acceptable references who are not relatives. One must be able to speak to employment history if the person has worked outside the home, and one to character and personal qualifications. The citation concerns that paperwork.
Worth asking: Are the required references on file for everyone who works with the children?
Official rule text — what the state requires: All child day care providers, employees, volunteers and any person age eighteen (18) or older living or who begins to live in a group family day care home are required to complete a Statewide Central Register database check.
What this means
Records Providers, employees, volunteers and anyone 18 or older who lives in the home, or starts to live there, must complete a Statewide Central Register database check. The citation concerns that requirement. It does not say what a check found.
Worth asking: Has everyone over 18 in the home completed the required register check?
Official rule text — what the state requires: Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a caregiver's range of vision except as provided in section 416.8(b) of this Part and that the caregiver be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child's age, emotional, physical and cognitive development.
What this means
Practice Children must be supervised at all times. The state's wording defines this as awareness of what each child is doing, with every child in a caregiver's range of vision except where the rule allows otherwise, and a caregiver close enough to step in. The public record does not describe what was seen.
Worth asking: How are the children supervised during naps, meals and outdoor play?
Official rule text — what the state requires: When care is provided for children under the age of two years, there must be at least one caregiver present for every two children under the age of two years in attendance.
What this means
Practice When children under two are in care, there must be at least one caregiver present for every two children under two in attendance. A citation means that was not the case when the home was cited.
Worth asking: How many caregivers are present when the youngest children are here?
Official rule text — what the state requires: All paths of egress on the interior and exterior of the home, including corridors, aisles and approaches must be kept free of obstructions, impediments and debris at all times.
What this means
Building and equipment All paths of exit inside and outside the home, including corridors, aisles and approaches, must be kept free of obstructions, impediments and debris at all times. A citation means that was not the case when the home was cited.
Worth asking: Which exits would the children use, and are they kept clear?
Official rule text — what the state requires: An operable flashlight or battery powered lantern must be kept in the child care area. Such equipment must be properly maintained for use in the event of a power failure.
Official rule text — what the state requires: Other than for school age children, sleeping and napping arrangements must be made in writing between the parent and the program. Such arrangements shall include: the area of the home where the child will nap; whether the child will nap on a cot, mat, bed or a crib; and how the napping child will be supervised, consistent with the requirements of section 416.8 of this Part.
What this means
Records Except for school age children, sleeping and napping arrangements must be made in writing between the parent and the program. They must name the area of the home where the child will nap, whether the child will nap on a cot, mat, bed or crib, and how the napping child will be supervised. The citation concerns that written agreement.
Worth asking: Do you have a written nap arrangement for each child, and where do the children sleep?
Official rule text — what the state requires: two acceptable references;
What this means
Records Among the background check paperwork a program must keep on file are two acceptable references. The public record shows only that line of the rule, so it does not say whose references were missing.
Worth asking: Are the required references on file for every caregiver?
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