144-61 ROOSEVELT AVENUE, Queens, NY 11354 · Child Care - Pre School
Of the 9 inspections NYC logged for The Shield Institute from 2020 to 2023, 6 resulted in cited violations — a 67% flagged rate, which is above the NYC average against the 21.9% average for child care - pre school centers citywide. Last inspection on record: January 23, 2023.
Above average Standing vs NYC average.
Staff background screening & clearances — cited 16 time(s), most recently January 23, 2023.
Fingerprint screening not arranged for current and prospective personnel; Results not satisfactory or CAP was not approved.
Building condition: floors, walls, windows, exits — cited 7 time(s), most recently April 1, 2022.
Floors/walls ceilings were not maintained; in disrepair or covered in a toxic finish.
Disease reporting — cited 2 time(s), most recently December 28, 2020.
Suspected and confirmed cases and carriers of diseases covered under this section shall be reported to the Department immediately by phone and in writing by facsimile mail or electronic transmission.
Conduct detrimental to health & safety — cited 1 time(s), most recently December 28, 2020.
Individual associated with the center/camp involved in an act detrimental to health and safety.
Staff training: SIDS, infection control, ongoing hours — cited 7 time(s), most recently January 23, 2023.
The center failed to ensure staff received required training within time frames and/or failed to maintain training records.
NYC inspectors cited 39 violation(s) across 6 flagged inspections (out of 9 total inspections) between 2020 and 2023. The most recent inspection on record is January 23, 2023. City data ends April 2023, so newer inspections are not published.
The Shield Institute was flagged in 67% of its inspections, versus a 21.9% average for Child Care - Pre School centers citywide — above the NYC average.
Inspectors classified at least one citation as a public-health hazard (the city's most serious tier): Fingerprint screening not arranged for current and prospective personnel; Results not satisfactory or CAP was not approved. Last cited January 23, 2023; status on record: 12 OPEN, 4 CORRECTED. An OPEN status means no correction was recorded by April 2023 — not proof it is still uncorrected today.
Has every adult with unsupervised access to children — including volunteers — cleared fingerprinting and the State Central Register? Can you confirm no one starts before clearance? (Suggested by the center's most recent violation family: staff background screening & clearances.)
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