279-281 EAST BURNSIDE AVENUE, Bronx, NY 10457 · Child Care - Pre School
NYC health inspectors visited Sharon Baptist Head Start (Bronx) 7 times in the 2020–2023 records, flagging the center 2 times. Its 29% flagged rate is above the NYC average for child care - pre school (21.9% NYC average). Last inspection on record: March 30, 2023.
Above average Standing vs NYC average.
Conduct detrimental to health & safety — cited 1 time(s), most recently January 12, 2021.
Individual associated with the center/camp involved in an act detrimental to health and safety.
Cleanliness & facility upkeep — cited 1 time(s), most recently January 12, 2021.
Toxic substances observed improperly stored so as to result in the potential for exposure or contamination of facility surfaces.
Pest control — cited 1 time(s), most recently January 12, 2021.
The center not free of pests or maintains pest harborage conditions.
Heating, ventilation & room temperature — cited 1 time(s), most recently January 12, 2021.
The center failed to take any and all necessary action to eliminate the potential for exposure to choking hazards by children.
Building condition: floors, walls, windows, exits — cited 5 time(s), most recently March 30, 2023.
Floors/walls ceilings were not maintained; in disrepair or covered in a toxic finish.
NYC inspectors cited 9 violation(s) across 2 flagged inspections (out of 7 total inspections) between 2020 and 2023. The most recent inspection on record is March 30, 2023. City data ends April 2023, so newer inspections are not published.
Sharon Baptist Head Start was flagged in 29% 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): Individual associated with the center/camp involved in an act detrimental to health and safety. Last cited January 12, 2021; status on record: 1 CORRECTED. An OPEN status means no correction was recorded by April 2023 — not proof it is still uncorrected today.
The city cited conduct detrimental to children's health and safety here. What happened, and what changed afterward? (Suggested by the center's most recent violation family: conduct detrimental to health & safety.)
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