280 LIVONIA AVENUE, Brooklyn, NY 11212 · Child Care - Pre School
P.a.l./w.o.c.e. Head Start in Brooklyn was inspected 9 times between 2020 and 2023, and 5 of those inspections ended with at least one violation cited. That is a 56% flagged rate — above the NYC average for Child Care - Pre School in NYC (21.9%). Last inspection on record: March 31, 2023.
Above average Standing vs NYC average.
Staff background screening & clearances — cited 3 time(s), most recently August 3, 2021.
Fingerprint screening not arranged for current and prospective personnel; Results not satisfactory or CAP was not approved.
Fire safety & emergency equipment — cited 1 time(s), most recently April 5, 2022.
Fire extinguishers observed not to be inspected or maintained.
Building condition: floors, walls, windows, exits — cited 1 time(s), most recently February 7, 2023.
Floors/walls ceilings were not maintained; in disrepair or covered in a toxic finish.
Staff health & immunization records — cited 2 time(s), most recently November 3, 2022.
Staff and volunteers obtain documentation showing immunization with 2 doses measles/mumps, 1 dose rubella, 2 doses varicella and 1 dose Tdap. Medical exemptions only. History of measles, mumps or rubella shall not replace MMR vaccine except in presence of MMR varicella antibodies.
NYC inspectors cited 7 violation(s) across 5 flagged inspections (out of 9 total inspections) between 2020 and 2023. The most recent inspection on record is March 31, 2023. City data ends April 2023, so newer inspections are not published.
P.a.l./w.o.c.e. Head Start was flagged in 56% 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 August 3, 2021; status on record: 3 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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