609 JACKSON AVE, Bronx, NY 10455 · Child Care - Infants/Toddlers
NYC health inspectors visited Sunshine Learning Center (Bronx) 11 times in the 2020–2023 records, flagging the center 7 times. Its 64% flagged rate is above the NYC average for child care - infants/toddlers (17.4% NYC average). Last inspection on record: February 24, 2023.
Above average Standing vs NYC average.
Staff background screening & clearances — cited 5 time(s), most recently July 21, 2022.
Uncleared staff observed having unsupervised contact with children. Current SCR clearance is over 2 years old. Documents not available.
Supervision, child-to-staff ratios & group size — cited 1 time(s), most recently May 6, 2022.
Teacher to child ratios and group size maintained in Group Child Care program.
Food handling & kitchen sanitation — cited 2 time(s), most recently February 10, 2023.
The center fails to store dry goods in insect/rodent proof containers.
Fire safety & emergency equipment — cited 1 time(s), most recently February 10, 2023.
Exits and other egress not provided with required signage.
Building condition: floors, walls, windows, exits — cited 1 time(s), most recently February 10, 2023.
Interior entrances and exits monitored and secure; Panic bars required on exterior entrances and exits by May 1, 2016.
NYC inspectors cited 15 violation(s) across 7 flagged inspections (out of 11 total inspections) between 2020 and 2023. The most recent inspection on record is February 24, 2023. City data ends April 2023, so newer inspections are not published.
Sunshine Learning Center was flagged in 64% 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): Uncleared staff observed having unsupervised contact with children. Current SCR clearance is over 2 years old. Documents not available. Last cited July 21, 2022; status on record: 5 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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