238 5 AVENUE, Brooklyn, NY 11215 · Child Care - Pre School
NYC health inspectors visited Sunflower Academy (Brooklyn) 9 times in the 2020–2023 records, flagging the center 3 times. Its 33% flagged rate is above the NYC average for child care - pre school (21.9% NYC average). Last inspection on record: March 7, 2023.
Above average Standing vs NYC average.
Supervision, child-to-staff ratios & group size — cited 1 time(s), most recently October 27, 2021.
Teacher to child ratios and group size maintained in Group Child Care program.
Staff training: SIDS, infection control, ongoing hours — cited 1 time(s), most recently August 4, 2021.
The center failed to ensure staff received required training within time frames and/or failed to maintain training records.
Building condition: floors, walls, windows, exits — cited 1 time(s), most recently June 30, 2022.
Floors/walls ceilings were not maintained; in disrepair or covered in a toxic finish.
NYC inspectors cited 3 violation(s) across 3 flagged inspections (out of 9 total inspections) between 2020 and 2023. The most recent inspection on record is March 7, 2023. City data ends April 2023, so newer inspections are not published.
Sunflower Academy was flagged in 33% 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): Teacher to child ratios and group size maintained in Group Child Care program. Last cited October 27, 2021; status on record: 1 CORRECTED. An OPEN status means no correction was recorded by April 2023 — not proof it is still uncorrected today.
What are your actual child-to-staff ratios in each room right now, and is someone on site today trained in first aid and CPR? (Suggested by the center's most recent violation family: supervision, child-to-staff ratios & group size.)
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