Blue Doves, Inc - Brooklyn NY Group Family Day Care

544 Schenectady Avenue, Floor 1st 1st. Floor, Brooklyn NY 11238
(347) 529-1985
5 Reviews

About the Provider

Description: Blue Doves, Inc is a Group Family Day Care in Brooklyn 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.

Additional Information: Initial License Date: 1/6/2012; This facility is authorized to administer over-the-counter topical ointments only; There has been enforcement actions since 2003; This facility is authorized to administer medications;

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: 536918
  • Capacity: 16
  • Age Range: 12 children, ages 6 weeks to 12 years AND 4 additional school-aged children
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: No
  • Schools Served: Brooklyn 17 School District
  • Initial License Issue Date: 2012-01-06
  • Current License Issue Date: 2026-01-06
  • Current License Expiration Date: 2030-01-05
  • District Office: New York City Dept. of Health - Regional Office
  • District Office Phone: (718) 306-0301 (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)

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Inspection/Report History

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Date Type Regulations Status
2026-04-07 Monitoring Monitoring 2026-I-NYCDOH-028648
Brief Description: No violations cited for this Inspection
2026-01-12 Annual Unannounced Annual Unannounced 2026-I-NYCDOH-005116
Brief Description: No violations cited for this Inspection
2026-01-09 Documentation Review Documentation Review 2026-I-NYCDOH-017917
Brief Description: Violations Found
2026-01-09 Violation 416.2(d)(1) Corrected
Brief Description: Applicants for renewal of a license must submit: a completed application for renewal, including required attestations, on forms furnished by the Office or approved equivalents. Such application and attestations must include an agreement by the applicant to operate the group family day care home in conformity with applicable laws and regulations;
2026-01-09 Violation 416.2(d)(7) Corrected
Brief Description: Applicants for renewal of a license must submit to the Office at least 60 days in advance of the expiration date of the license the following: proof of compliance with the training requirements of section 416.14 of this Part; and
2025-12-03 Monitoring Monitoring 2025-I-NYCDOH-118590
Brief Description: No violations cited for this Inspection
2025-09-04 Application - Renewal Application - Renewal 2025-I-NYCDOH-067702
Brief Description: No violations cited for this Inspection
2025-05-02 Monitoring Monitoring 2025-I-NYCDOH-037101
Brief Description: No violations cited for this Inspection
2025-03-20 Monitoring Monitoring 2025-I-NYCDOH-029339
Brief Description: Violations Found
2025-03-20 Violation 416.15(c)(13) Corrected
Brief Description: The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection: a daily schedule documenting the arrival and departure times of each caregiver, employees and volunteers;
2025-03-20 Violation 416.4(h)(4) Corrected
Brief Description: All paths of egress on the interior and exterior of the home, including corridors, aisles and approaches must be kept free of obstructions, impediments and debris at all times.
2025-03-20 Violation 416.7(o)(4) Corrected
Brief Description: The resting/napping places must: be where children will not be stepped on;
2025-03-20 Violation 416.7(o)(5) Corrected
Brief Description: The resting/napping places must: be in a location where safe egress is not blocked; and
2025-03-20 Violation 416.11(b)(1)(ii) Corrected
Brief Description: The provider, assistant(s), and substitute(s), must each submit a medical statement on forms furnished by the Office or an approved equivalent from a health care provider: before such person has any involvement in child care work.
2025-03-20 Violation 416.15(b)(11)(ii)(a) Corrected
Brief Description: the forms necessary for the Office to inquire whether the applicant is the subject of an indicated report of child abuse or maltreatment on file with the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment,

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Reviews

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Shayshina 2017-11-08 01:09:30
I have used this provider for more than 6 months

My daughter have been going here for the past two years and she has learned so much I absolutely love the staff they are very caring and very supportive. The children have tons of activities to do throughout the day.This daycare also caterers to children with autism which I love very few Daycare's give this service.

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NIECY 2014-10-14 02:43:32

THE WORST PLACE EVER!!! AS A FORMER EMPLOYEE IM TELLING PEOPLE DONT BRING THEIR KIDS HERE. THE WORKERS ARE DISRESPECTFUL, IVE SEEN THEM CALL KIDS STUPID AND TELLING THEM TO SHUT UP... AND THEY ARGUE IN FRONT OF KIDS ABOUT THEIR PERSONAL BUSINESS.

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Ms.Jay 2013-08-19 16:14:44

My son has attended this day care for almost a year. I love this place. The staff are warm and caring people. The kids absolutely adore them. The staff make learning fun thru song and play. My son flourishing with the help of the blue doves staff. Couldn't have chose a better facility. Thanks BlueDoves you guys and girls rock!

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Ricardo dixon 2013-07-25 13:26:27

I absolutely love this program for my children I have a three year old and a five year old and my children are very happy here. The staff is amazing and the environment is wonderful. The children are doing activities throughout the day. When you walk in this daycare you can see the learning and feel the love that the staff has for the children. My son was not eating well when my husband and I started my son here now my son is doing well in all areas of his little life I absolutely love this program.

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Mrs. Taylee 2013-03-13 16:46:20

Keep your child far away from this day care center! At first I thought this would be the perfect environment for my son who has a speech delay, but I later learned that I very wrong. Each day I was told how great He was doing in school and then one day I walk in and the director of the program (who has a full time job and arrives at the center after 3 pm each day) announced to me that my 2 year old was autistic. I was shocked and sad. She told me that he needed to be reevaluated and that I should say that he regressed, even though he had by all accounts done no such thing. The next two days every time I picked him up, she would fill me in on her own diagnosis of my child although she is not qualified to so! Desperate to get him any help he needed I tried to listen to her and set up an evaluation, but made it clear that I would not lie. Against my better judgment I allowed him to continue attending the school, and then one evening I walk in to find my child in a weighted vest sweating all over! At no time did anyone ask our permission to use a vest! We were never made aware that beats were used! The teachers decided to take it upon themselves to treat my child without asking his parents! The director of this school believes that her experience trumps being professional and having the common courtesy to ask for consent, or even have a verbal conversation before implementing what she believes is best. I feel betrayed and disappointed at their actions.

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