58 Belmont Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11212 · Child Care - Pre School
Beanstalk Academy in Brooklyn 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 - Pre School in NYC (21.9%). Last inspection on record: April 19, 2023.
Above average Standing vs NYC average.
Staff background screening & clearances — cited 4 time(s), most recently March 7, 2023.
Fingerprint screening not arranged for current and prospective personnel; Results not satisfactory or CAP was not approved.
Supervision, child-to-staff ratios & group size — cited 1 time(s), most recently March 7, 2023.
Constant and competent supervision provided by adequate staff for children and groups of children.
Activities, discipline & safe sleep — cited 3 time(s), most recently November 12, 2021.
Program using video surveillance provides access to equipment and viewing rights to the Department.
Daily health checks & illness procedures — cited 1 time(s), most recently April 7, 2021.
The center failed to Notify DOHMH within 24 hours of child with vaccine preventable illness; meningitis or TB or incidence of disease outbreak.
General Health Code enforcement (3.17) — cited 1 time(s), most recently January 15, 2021.
Individual associated with the center/camp determined to have removed or otherwise defaced Departmental Notice.
NYC inspectors cited 15 violation(s) across 5 flagged inspections (out of 11 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.
Beanstalk Academy was flagged in 45% 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 March 7, 2023; status on record: 2 CORRECTED, 2 OPEN. 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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