99 SUFFOLK STREET, Manhattan, NY 10002 · Child Care - Infants/Toddlers
Elements Nursery in Manhattan was inspected 11 times between 2020 and 2023, and 5 of those inspections ended with at least one violation cited. That is a 45% flagged rate — above the NYC average for Child Care - Infants/Toddlers in NYC (17.4%). Last inspection on record: February 28, 2023.
Above average Standing vs NYC average.
Building condition: floors, walls, windows, exits — cited 1 time(s), most recently January 12, 2023.
Windows excluding fire escape windows in a the center observed without window guards in a the center.
Supervision, child-to-staff ratios & group size — cited 1 time(s), most recently June 11, 2021.
Teacher to child ratios and group size maintained in Group Child Care program.
Children's medical exams & immunizations — cited 2 time(s), most recently February 28, 2023.
The center unable to document that all children enrolled have had an age appropriate medical evaluation.
Staff health & immunization records — cited 3 time(s), most recently April 28, 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.
Lighting & ventilation — cited 1 time(s), most recently June 11, 2021.
The center failed to provide sufficient lighting and or failed to maintain adequate foot candles in areas used by children.
NYC inspectors cited 8 violation(s) across 5 flagged inspections (out of 11 total inspections) between 2020 and 2023. The most recent inspection on record is February 28, 2023. City data ends April 2023, so newer inspections are not published.
Elements Nursery was flagged in 45% of its inspections, versus a 17.4% average for Child Care - Infants/Toddlers centers citywide — above the NYC average.
Inspectors classified at least one citation as a public-health hazard (the city's most serious tier): Windows excluding fire escape windows in a the center observed without window guards in a the center. Last cited January 12, 2023; status on record: 1 CORRECTED. An OPEN status means no correction was recorded by April 2023 — not proof it is still uncorrected today.
Can we walk the classrooms together? I want to see the current condition of the floors, walls, ceilings and windows. (Suggested by the center's most recent violation family: building condition: floors, walls, windows, exits.)
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