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 Total Capacity: 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;

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: 536918
  • Capacity: 16
  • Age Range: Total Capacity: 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: Jan 06, 2012
  • Current License Issue Date: Jan 06, 2022
  • Current License Expiration Date: Jan 05, 2026
  • District Office: New York City Dept. of Health - Regional Office
  • District Office Phone: (718) 222-6399 (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)

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Inspection/Report History

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Date Type Regulations Status
2022-05-19 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.
2022-05-19 Violation 416.11(a)(1) Corrected
Brief Description: No child may be accepted for care in a child care program unless the program has been furnished with a written statement signed by a health care provider verifying that the child is able to participate in child care and currently appears to be free from contagious or communicable diseases. A child's medical statement must have been completed within the 12 months preceding the date of enrollment.
2022-05-19 Violation 416.13(a)(3) Corrected
Brief Description: The provider, assistant(s), and substitutes must each meet the following qualifications: be capable of providing, and agree to provide, safe and suitable care to children which is supportive of the children's physical, intellectual, emotional and social well-being;
2022-05-19 Violation 416.15(a)(1) Corrected
Brief Description: Obtain a License and Operate in Compliance with Applicable Laws and Regulations
2022-05-19 Violation 416.15(a)(2)(i) Corrected
Brief Description: The program must post or display conspicuously in a place to which parents have free and daily access, a copy of the most recent compliance history report immediately after it is issued to the program by the Office.
2021-12-10 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;
2021-12-10 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
2021-12-10 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.
2021-12-10 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.
2021-12-10 Violation 416.14(c) Corrected
Brief Description: Each employee and volunteer must complete a minimum of thirty (30) hours of training every two years. The required 30 hours of training every two years is subject to the following conditions:
2021-12-10 Violation 416.15(b)(11)(i) Corrected
Brief Description: In hiring caregivers subsequent to issuance of a license, a program: must notify the Office immediately in writing when there is any change of caregivers;
2021-12-10 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,
2021-12-10 Violation 416.15(b)(11)(ii)(b) Corrected
Brief Description: the forms necessary to check the register of substantiated category one cases of abuse or neglect maintained by the Justice Center for the Protection of Persons with Special Needs pursuant to Section 495 of the Social Services Law,
2021-12-10 Violation 416.15(b)(11)(ii)(c) Corrected
Brief Description: fingerprint images necessary for the Office to conduct a criminal history review,
2021-12-10 Violation 416.15(b)(11)(ii)(d) Corrected
Brief Description: a sworn statement indicating whether, to the best of the applicant's knowledge, he or she has ever been convicted of a

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Reviews

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Shayshina Nov 08, 2017
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 Oct 14, 2014

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 Aug 19, 2013

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 Jul 25, 2013

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 Mar 13, 2013

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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