3732 10TH AVENUE, Manhattan, NY 10034 · Child Care - Pre School
Friends OF Crown Height Educational Centers in Manhattan was inspected 10 times between 2020 and 2023, and 2 of those inspections ended with at least one violation cited. That is a 20% flagged rate — about the same as the NYC average for Child Care - Pre School in NYC (21.9%). Last inspection on record: March 21, 2023.
About average Standing vs NYC average.
Staff background screening & clearances — cited 7 time(s), most recently September 16, 2022.
Permittee failed to prohibit unsupervised contact with children by any individual for whom screening results have not been received.
Teacher qualifications & credentials — cited 2 time(s), most recently September 16, 2022.
Qualified Group Teacher not designated to cover for Education Director. Permittee failed to Notify Department of separation from service of Education Director.
Building condition: floors, walls, windows, exits — cited 1 time(s), most recently July 27, 2021.
Floors/walls ceilings were not maintained; in disrepair or covered in a toxic finish.
NYC inspectors cited 10 violation(s) across 2 flagged inspections (out of 10 total inspections) between 2020 and 2023. The most recent inspection on record is March 21, 2023. City data ends April 2023, so newer inspections are not published.
Friends OF Crown Height Educational Centers was flagged in 20% 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 September 16, 2022; status on record: 7 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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