Description: BRIGHTSTAR DAYCARE INC is a Group Family Day Care in Elmhurst NY, with a maximum capacity of 16 children. The home-based daycare service helps with children in the age range of 12 children, ages 6 weeks to 12 years AND 4 additional school-aged children. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
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| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2026-I-NYCDOH-034713 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited for this Inspection | |||
| 2026-04-20 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2026-I-NYCDOH-033506 |
| Brief Description: Violations Found | |||
| 2026-04-20 | Violation | 416.4(h)(1) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Care can only be provided on floors with two means of egress. When care is provided on the first floor, and the second floor is without a second means of egress, the second floor may only be used for bathroom purposes provided that there is a window on the second floor that has the minimum net clear opening height dimension of at least 24 inches and a minimum net clear opening width dimension of at least 24 inches, and an adequate size through which all children and adults can be evacuated or a window that complies with the Fire and Building Code of New York State, or other applicable code if the Fire and Building Code of New York State is not applicable in that jurisdiction, as a means of egress. | |||
| 2026-04-20 | Violation | 416.15(b)(12) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The group family day care home must report to the Office: any change affecting, or which reasonably might be expected to affect, those portions of the building and property in which the program is operating or which are used for the children's egress in the case of emergency; any change in household members; and any other change that would place the home out of compliance with applicable regulations. | |||
| 2026-01-20 | Annual Unannounced | Annual Unannounced | 2026-I-NYCDOH-014147 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited for this Inspection | |||
| 2025-10-22 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2025-I-NYCDOH-109725 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited for this Inspection | |||
| 2025-10-21 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2025-I-NYCDOH-109606 |
| Brief Description: Violations Found | |||
| 2025-10-21 | Violation | 416.8(a) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Children cannot be left without competent 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 caregiver's range of vision except as provided in section 416.8(b) of this Part and that the caregiver 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. | |||
| 2025-10-21 | Violation | 416.8(e) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The provider must be the primary caregiver of children in a group family day care home. | |||
| 2025-10-21 | Violation | 416.8(g)(1) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: When the provider is absent for 3 or fewer consecutive days, the Office does not need to be notified in advance; however the program must keep a written record of the caregiver present in place of the absent provider. | |||
| 2025-10-21 | Violation | 416.8(j)(1) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: One caregiver may care for a maximum of six children younger than school age, or eight children when at least two of the eight children are school aged. | |||
| 2025-10-21 | Violation | 416.8(j)(3) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: When care is provided for children under the age of two years, there must be at least one caregiver present for every two children under the age of two years in attendance. | |||
| 2025-10-21 | Violation | 416.14(m) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: All child care programs must have at least one caregiver who holds a valid certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid on the premises of the child care program during the program's operating hours. | |||
| 2025-10-21 | Violation | 416.15(b)(20) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: No person other than a caregiver may have unsupervised contact with a child in care at the program. | |||
| 2025-08-01 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2025-I-NYCDOH-056265 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited for this Inspection | |||
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