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A Place for Kids

327 Cherry St, New York NY 10002 · License #924152 · School-Age Child Care

Registration
Capacity 160 childrenAges 3 yr – 13 yrLast inspected Apr 21, 2026
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Director
Minerva Chin
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Address
327 Cherry St, New York NY 10002 · Directions

Hours

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Care & schedule

When they operate

School-Age Child Care

Ages served

19 Preschoolers and 141 School-Aged Children
  • Licensed for 160 children
11
Violations, past 3 yrs
From inspections (not complaints)
0
High-risk violations
Serious / high-risk non-compliance
0
Substantiated complaints
Published by NYS OCFS
4
Inspections, past 3 yrs
Monitoring & assessments

How this facility compares

Violations per inspection, 3-yr
This facility
2.8
New York average
0.9

Inspection history & violations

Source: NYS Office of Children and Family Services
Apr 21, 2026 — Annual Unannounced
No violations cited · view state record
Clean
Oct 3, 2025 — Monitoring
4 violations cited · view state record
4 violations
  • Violation

    414.4(b)(1) · Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during various hours of operation of the school age child care program.

    Corrected by Oct 3, 2025

  • Violation

    414.11(b)(1) · Staff and volunteers must each submit a medical statement on forms furnished by the Office or an approved equivalent from a health care provider:

    Corrected by Oct 3, 2025

  • Violation

    414.13(b) · School-age child care programs must review and evaluate the backgrounds of all applicants for staff and volunteer positions. All applicants whose backgrounds must be reviewed must be required to provide the following:

    Corrected by Oct 3, 2025

  • Violation

    414.15(c)(11) · The program must maintain on file at the program, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: personnel information including a list of all staff with job assignments and schedules; each staff and volunteer's final and, if applicable, provisional criminal history review and background check approval letter(s); staff resumes; medical statement; acceptable references and other information required by section 414.13 of this Part;

    Corrected by Oct 3, 2025

Aug 14, 2025 — Expansion
No violations cited · view state record
Clean
Jun 13, 2025 — Annual Unannounced
7 violations cited · view state record
7 violations
  • Violation

    414.4(b)(1) · Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during various hours of operation of the school age child care program.

    Corrected by Jun 13, 2025

  • Violation

    414.8(a) · Children cannot be left without competent direct supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher's range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child's age emotional, physical, and cognitive development.

    Corrected by Jun 13, 2025

  • Violation

    414.8(k)(1)(i) · for a child of school-age through the age of nine years old: there must be one teacher for every ten children;

    Corrected by Jun 13, 2025

  • Violation

    414.11(b)(1) · Staff and volunteers must each submit a medical statement on forms furnished by the Office or an approved equivalent from a health care provider:

    Corrected by Jun 13, 2025

  • Violation

    414.11(b)(6) · The initial medical statement for staff and volunteers must include the results of a Mantoux tuberculin test or other federally approved tuberculin test performed within the 12 months preceding the date of the application.

    Corrected by Jun 13, 2025

  • Violation

    414.13(b)(6) · School-age child care programs must review and evaluate the backgrounds of all applicants for staff and volunteer positions. All applicants whose backgrounds must be reviewed must be required to provide the following: The information necessary to complete the criminal history review and background clearance requirements as outlined in this Part. This information must be submitted to the Office on forms provided by the Office.

    Corrected by Jun 13, 2025

  • Violation

    414.15(c)(11) · The program must maintain on file at the program, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: personnel information including a list of all staff with job assignments and schedules; each staff and volunteer's final and, if applicable, provisional criminal history review and background check approval letter(s); staff resumes; medical statement; acceptable references and other information required by section 414.13 of this Part;

    Corrected by Jun 13, 2025

Data synced from NYS Office of Children and Family Services · Source records · Report an error