814 AMSTERDAM AVENUE, Manhattan, NY 10025 · Child Care - Infants/Toddlers
The Learning Experience in Manhattan was inspected 8 times between 2020 and 2023, and 3 of those inspections ended with at least one violation cited. That is a 38% flagged rate — above the NYC average for Child Care - Infants/Toddlers in NYC (17.4%). Last inspection on record: February 22, 2023.
Above average Standing vs NYC average.
Staff background screening & clearances — cited 8 time(s), most recently February 9, 2023.
Fingerprint screening not arranged for current and prospective personnel; Results not satisfactory or CAP was not approved.
Staff training: SIDS, infection control, ongoing hours — cited 2 time(s), most recently February 9, 2023.
The center failed to ensure staff received required training within time frames and/or failed to maintain training records.
Supervision, child-to-staff ratios & group size — cited 1 time(s), most recently February 9, 2023.
Education Director or equivalent was not present to supervise children/staff in an infant/toddler program.
Written safety plan — cited 1 time(s), most recently November 5, 2021.
Written Safety Plan does not cover safety provisions.
Teacher qualifications & credentials — cited 1 time(s), most recently October 14, 2021.
Qualified Group Teacher not designated to cover for Education Director. Permittee failed to Notify Department of separation from service of Education Director.
NYC inspectors cited 17 violation(s) across 3 flagged inspections (out of 8 total inspections) between 2020 and 2023. The most recent inspection on record is February 22, 2023. City data ends April 2023, so newer inspections are not published.
The Learning Experience was flagged in 38% 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): Fingerprint screening not arranged for current and prospective personnel; Results not satisfactory or CAP was not approved. Last cited February 9, 2023; status on record: 8 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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