Description: Harlem PAL is the place where leaders are born. Located in the heart of Harlem, our center provides a safe haven for young people-winter, spring, summer and fall. Not only is the Harlem Center a place where we develop our youth academically but we offer Recreation, Boxing, Arts and Crafts, Step and Dance. We expand on our youths capabilities and empower them to strive for more than their best. The Saturday Academy focuses primarily on the performing arts; we offer classes in Choir, Tap, Jazz, Hip-hop, Modern, African Dance, and Step.
Additional Information: This facility is authorized to administer over-the-counter topical ointments only; Initial License Date: 6/14/2002; This facility is authorized to administer medications; Care is available during non-traditional hours;Where possible, ChildcareCenter provides inspection reports as a service to families. This information is deemed reliable, but is not guaranteed. We encourage families to contact the daycare provider directly with any questions or concerns, as the provider may have already addressed some or all issues. Reports can also be verified with your local daycare licensing office.
| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | Annual Unannounced | Annual Unannounced | 2026-I-NYCDOH-002176 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited for this Inspection | |||
| 2025-11-18 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2025-I-NYCDOH-116845 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited for this Inspection | |||
| 2025-11-06 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2025-I-NYCDOH-114034 |
| Brief Description: Violations Found | |||
| 2025-11-06 | Violation | 414.11(b)(1)(i) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Staff and volunteers must each submit a medical statement on forms furnished by the Office or an approved equivalent from a health care provider: at the time of initial school age child care program application; | |||
| 2025-11-06 | Violation | 414.13(b)(2) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: 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 names, addresses and day time telephone numbers of at least two acceptable references, other than relatives, at least one of whom can verify employment history, work record and qualifications, and at least one of whom can attest to the applicant's character, habits and personal qualifications to be a school-age child care program staff member; | |||
| 2025-11-06 | Violation | 414.13(b)(3) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: 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: a sworn statement by the applicant indicating whether, to the best of the applicant's knowledge, such applicant has ever been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony in New York State or any other jurisdiction and fingerprint images as required to comply with the requirements of 413.4 of this Title; | |||
| 2025-06-10 | Annual Unannounced | Annual Unannounced | 2025-I-NYCDOH-003062 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited for this Inspection | |||
| 2024-12-16 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2024-I-NYCDOH-113987 |
| Brief Description: Violations Found | |||
| 2024-12-16 | Violation | 414.5(a) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard. | |||
| 2024-10-24 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2024-I-NYCDOH-103269 |
| Brief Description: Violations Found | |||
| 2024-10-24 | Violation | 414.5(a) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard. | |||
| 2024-10-24 | Violation | 414.8(a) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: 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. | |||
| 2024-10-24 | Violation | 414.8(k)(1)(i) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: for a child of school-age through the age of nine years old: there must be one teacher for every ten children; | |||
| 2024-10-24 | Violation | 414.13(b)(2) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: 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 names, addresses and day time telephone numbers of at least two acceptable references, other than relatives, at least one of whom can verify employment history, work record and qualifications, and at least one of whom can attest to the applicant's character, habits and personal qualifications to be a school-age child care program staff member; | |||
| 2024-09-26 | Annual Unannounced | Annual Unannounced | 2024-I-NYCDOH-002727 |
| Brief Description: Violations Found | |||
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