Friends Of Crown Heights Educational Center - Brooklyn NY ACS Contracted Preschools

921 HEGEMAN AVENUE , BROOKLYN NY 11208
(929) 234-2866

About the Provider

Description: For nearly four decades, Friends of Crown Heights has been a premier provider of exemplary child care and early childhood education services in the City of New York. Founded amid the progressive social transformations of the mid-1970s, FOCH was one of the first such multicultural community based organizations established in the predominantly working-class neighborhoods of Central Brooklyn. Today, the organization is among New York’s largest and most comprehensive providers of group day care, Universal Pre-Kindergarten and after-school programs in some 15 full-service centers across the borough of Brooklyn and beyond. In addition, FOCH also administers the highly popular Summer in the City program for children aged 5 to 12, as well as the critical Child and Adult Care Food Program – CACFP -- a nutrition education and meal reimbursement program helping providers serve nutritious and safely prepared meals and snacks to children and adults in day care settings.

At Friends of Crown Heights, we are committed to fostering the healthy development of every child in our care. To accomplish this, our dedicated staff of fully licensed and professional educators and caregivers have developed a comprehensive curriculum that nurtures the emotional, social, cognitive and physical development of each child. We also offer a richly multicultural learning environment that reflects the diverse cultural heritage of the families we serve. In addition to our African American and Latino children, more than half of the families we serve are first-generation immigrants from the Anglophone Caribbean, Haiti and Africa. At our Coney Island Center in South Brooklyn, more than 95 percent of our children are Chinese.

Reflecting this amazing diversity, our professional staff at Friends of Crown Heights work closely with our families to incorporate into the curriculum many of the cultural traditions of the surrounding community, including such festivals as Kwanzaa and Juneteenth, the Chinese Lunar New Year, Caribbean Labor Day Carnival and of course, our many American national holidays. At our Coney Island Center, where the population is primarily Mandarin Chinese, Chinese foster grandparents provide daily classroom support by reading to the children, suggesting native menu selections, encouraging the children to try unfamiliar foods and serving as interpreters for parent-teacher conferences. Our multilingual, multicultural professional staff are also able to provide these critical functions throughout the FOCH network.

Although most of our group centers are located in working-class communities and areas of moderate need, FOCH serves children and families across the economic spectrum; we accept a variety of payment plans including vouchers and subsidies from the New York City Administration for Children’s Services, as well as private imbursements.

Additional Information: Years in Operation: 2 or moreCertified to Administer Medication;

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: 26377
  • Capacity: 95
  • Age Range: 2 YEARS - 5 YEARS
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: No
  • District Office: New York City Department of Health
  • District Office Phone: 311 or (212) NEW-YOR (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)

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Inspection/Report History

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Date Type Regulations Status
2019-10-17 Violations requiring immediate correction (Public Health Hazards) 47.23(f)(1) CORRECTED
Brief Description: Teacher to child ratios maintained in Group Child Care program
2019-09-20 Minor violations (General Violations) 47.15(b) CORRECTED
Brief Description: Teaching staff qualifications for infant-toddler child care services Not met; teacher is Not at least 21 years of age
2019-09-20 Minor violations (General Violations) 47.33(c) CORRECTED
Brief Description: Staff failed to obtain proof of immunization; Except for exempt staff, required staff immunizations were not submitted to child care service; records not confidential.
2019-09-20 Violations requiring correction within two weeks (Critical Violations) 47.13(c)(1) CORRECTED
Brief Description: Qualified Group Teacher Not designated to cover for Education Director. Permittee failed to Notify Department of separation from service of Education Director
2018-08-06 Violations requiring correction within two weeks (Critical Violations) 47.39(a) CORRECTED
Brief Description: At the time child care service was providing care it has been determined that the child care service failed to limit areas used by children to their exclusive use. Unauthorized children and/or adults allowed to inhabit child care service facilities during child care hours.
2018-08-06 Violations requiring immediate correction (Public Health Hazards) 47.57(e) CORRECTED
Brief Description: On day of inspection, a designated heat/air quality advisory day, child care service failed to take measures to maintain children and occupant physical comfort and hydration to minimize potential for the occurrence of heat related illnesses.
2017-10-11 47.41 (j) CORRECTED
Brief Description: Minor violations (General Violations)<br/> At time of inspection floors/walls ceilings were observed not maintained; in disrepair or covered in a toxic finish.

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