850 JENNINGS STREET, Bronx, NY 10459 · Child Care - Pre School
Little Scholars Early Development Center in Bronx was inspected 4 times between 2020 and 2023, and 4 of those inspections ended with at least one violation cited. That is a 100% flagged rate — above the NYC average for Child Care - Pre School in NYC (21.9%). Last inspection on record: April 19, 2023.
Above average Standing vs NYC average.
Staff background screening & clearances — cited 2 time(s), most recently April 19, 2023.
Permittee failed to prohibit unsupervised contact with children by any individual for whom screening results have not been received.
Building condition: floors, walls, windows, exits — cited 4 time(s), most recently March 7, 2023.
Floors/walls ceilings were not maintained; in disrepair or covered in a toxic finish.
Staff health & immunization records — cited 1 time(s), most recently October 28, 2021.
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 4 flagged inspections (out of 4 total inspections) between 2020 and 2023. The most recent inspection on record is April 19, 2023. City data ends April 2023, so newer inspections are not published.
Little Scholars Early Development Center was flagged in 100% 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): Permittee failed to prohibit unsupervised contact with children by any individual for whom screening results have not been received. Last cited April 19, 2023; status on record: 2 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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