23 INDIA STREET, Brooklyn, NY 11222 · Child Care - Infants/Toddlers
NYC health inspectors visited Lightbridge Academy (Brooklyn) 6 times in the 2020–2023 records, flagging the center 4 times. Its 67% flagged rate is above the NYC average for child care - infants/toddlers (17.4% NYC average). Last inspection on record: April 5, 2023.
Above average Standing vs NYC average.
Staff background screening & clearances — cited 2 time(s), most recently January 13, 2023.
Uncleared staff observed having unsupervised contact with children. Current SCR clearance is over 2 years old. Documents not available.
Infant/toddler teacher qualifications — cited 1 time(s), most recently April 5, 2023.
Education Director qualifications for infant-toddler the centers met.
Supervision, child-to-staff ratios & group size — cited 1 time(s), most recently December 6, 2022.
The center providing care without a staff member trained in First Aid/CPR on site.
Children's medical exams & immunizations — cited 6 time(s), most recently October 11, 2022.
Enrolled children have not received aged appropriate immunization in accordance with Public Health Law 2164 or successor unless medically exempt.
Staff training: SIDS, infection control, ongoing hours — cited 2 time(s), most recently October 11, 2022.
Training in SIDS, Shaken Baby Syndrome and Safe Sleep practices not provided to staff.
NYC inspectors cited 18 violation(s) across 4 flagged inspections (out of 6 total inspections) between 2020 and 2023. The most recent inspection on record is April 5, 2023. City data ends April 2023, so newer inspections are not published.
Lightbridge Academy was flagged in 67% 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 January 13, 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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