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Birch Family Services, Inc.

475 East 57 Street, Brooklyn, NY 11203 (718) 451-5213 License #DC12247
8
inspections on file
12
recorded violations
4
health & safety class
Mar 19, 2026
last inspection

Inspection history

Source: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Inspection records for New York City center-based programs come from the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, which permits them. The city notes that some violations may not be final: programs can challenge citations at a hearing, and adjudicated violations may be dismissed.

Inspection history for Birch Family Services, Inc.
DateKindOutcome as recordedViolationsOfficial record
Mar 19, 2026Monitoring Inspection Non-RoutineReinspection Required0Official report
Mar 12, 2026Initial Annual InspectionReinspection Required; Fines pending6Official report
Mar 12, 2026Monitoring Inspection Non-RoutineReinspection Required; Fines pending6Official report
Jan 27, 2026Initial Annual InspectionPassed inspection with no violations0Official report
Jun 3, 2025Initial Annual InspectionPassed inspection with no violations0Official report
Jan 17, 2025Initial Annual InspectionPassed inspection with no violations0Official report
Dec 5, 2024Initial Annual InspectionPassed inspection; Violations corrected at time of inspection0Official report
Feb 16, 2024Initial Annual InspectionReinspection Not Required0Official report
Oct 18, 2023
no longer in the state’s current file
Initial Annual InspectionReinspection Required; Violations corrected at time of inspection1Official report

Violations

Text reproduced verbatim · NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
How to read violations

Nearly every licensed provider accumulates some. A missing signature and an unlocked medicine cabinet are both “violations”, and they are not the same thing. Look at the class, the pattern over time and how quickly it was corrected — not the count alone.

Paperwork — records, postings, forms Standard — supervision, ratio, training Health & safety — direct risk to a child

Class is our grouping of the state’s own weights, reviewed per state. The agency’s own label is always shown beside it.

Mar 12, 2026Initial Annual Inspection · 6 deficiencies citedOfficial report
Health & safetyState weight: Public Health Hazards
NYC Health Code 47.23(a)

“Constant and competent supervision provided by adequate staff for children and groups of children”

Status as recorded: Corrected
Health & safetyState weight: Public Health Hazards
NYC Health Code 47.77(a)(1)

“Commissioner may order a child care service to close or discontinue operations if the child care service is determined to be operating in a manner or maintaining one or more conditions that constitute an imminent health hazard”

Status as recorded: Corrected
StandardState weight: Critical Violations
NYC Health Code 47.11(b)(6)

“Written Safety Plan does Not cover safety provisions”

Status as recorded: Corrected
StandardState weight: Critical Violations
NYC Health Code 47.59(g)

“Required smoke and carbon monoxide detectors Not provided or maintained at time of inspection.”

Status as recorded: Corrected
PaperworkState weight: General Violations
NYC Health Code 47.27(b)

“Child care service fails to conduct and document daily health assessment of incoming children. Individual Not trained to identify disease.”

Status as recorded: Corrected
PaperworkState weight: General Violations
NYC Health Code 47.41(j)

“At time of inspection floors/walls ceilings were observed Not maintained; in disrepair or covered in a toxic finish.”

Status as recorded: Corrected
Mar 12, 2026Monitoring Inspection Non-Routine · 6 deficiencies citedOfficial report
Health & safetyState weight: Public Health Hazards
NYC Health Code 47.23(a)

“Constant and competent supervision provided by adequate staff for children and groups of children”

Status as recorded: Corrected
Health & safetyState weight: Public Health Hazards
NYC Health Code 47.77(a)(1)

“Commissioner may order a child care service to close or discontinue operations if the child care service is determined to be operating in a manner or maintaining one or more conditions that constitute an imminent health hazard”

Status as recorded: Corrected
StandardState weight: Critical Violations
NYC Health Code 47.11(b)(6)

“Written Safety Plan does Not cover safety provisions”

Status as recorded: Corrected
StandardState weight: Critical Violations
NYC Health Code 47.59(g)

“Required smoke and carbon monoxide detectors Not provided or maintained at time of inspection.”

Status as recorded: Corrected
PaperworkState weight: General Violations
NYC Health Code 47.27(b)

“Child care service fails to conduct and document daily health assessment of incoming children. Individual Not trained to identify disease.”

Status as recorded: Corrected
PaperworkState weight: General Violations
NYC Health Code 47.41(j)

“At time of inspection floors/walls ceilings were observed Not maintained; in disrepair or covered in a toxic finish.”

Status as recorded: Corrected
Oct 18, 2023Initial Annual Inspection · 1 deficiency cited · no longer in the state's current fileOfficial report
PaperworkState weight: General Violations
NYC Health Code 47.13(e)

“Child care service teaching staff in service providing care for children with Special Needs do Not meet staff qualification requirements.”

Status as recorded: Corrected

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