2739 BEDFORD AVENUE, Brooklyn, NY 11210 · Child Care - Pre School
NYC health inspectors visited Cortelyou Early Childhood Center, INC. (Brooklyn) 8 times in the 2020–2023 records, flagging the center 2 times. Its 25% flagged rate is about the same as the NYC average for child care - pre school (21.9% NYC average). Last inspection on record: March 2, 2023.
About average Standing vs NYC average.
Staff background screening & clearances — cited 1 time(s), most recently November 1, 2021.
Permittee failed to prohibit unsupervised contact with children by any individual for whom screening results have not been received.
Supervision, child-to-staff ratios & group size — cited 1 time(s), most recently March 10, 2022.
The center providing care without a staff member trained in First Aid/CPR on site.
NYC inspectors cited 2 violation(s) across 2 flagged inspections (out of 8 total inspections) between 2020 and 2023. The most recent inspection on record is March 2, 2023. City data ends April 2023, so newer inspections are not published.
Cortelyou Early Childhood Center, INC. was flagged in 25% of its inspections, versus a 21.9% average for Child Care - Pre School centers citywide — about the same as the NYC average.
Inspectors classified at least one citation as a public-health hazard (the city's most serious tier): Permittee failed to prohibit unsupervised contact with children by any individual for whom screening results have not been received. Last cited November 1, 2021; status on record: 1 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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