Health Code 81.18(a) at a NYC daycare: what it means
The short answer
Health Code 81.18(a) is a critical violation (fix within 2 weeks). In the last 3 years of city inspections, 14 NYC daycare centers were cited for it, 14 times in total.
The city's wording
"Refrigeration equipment maintains food at or below 41 deg F"
Most common wording on Child Care Connect for this section. Severity and fix deadlines come from the city's violation key.
What to ask the center
When was it cited, what was the fix, and has it come back since? Each center page below shows whether it was corrected or still open when we last pulled the data (Oct 19, 2026).
Daycares cited for it, most recent first
| Grade | Program |
|---|---|
| Few violations on file | Adapt Community Network Brooklyn · cited Jun 25, 2026 |
| Some violations on file | Helen Keller Services for the Blind Brooklyn · cited Mar 20, 2025 |
| Some violations on file | Bright Start Center Court Square Inc. Queens · cited Mar 13, 2025 |
| Some violations on file | Brooklyn Sandbox Early Learning Center Brooklyn · cited Jan 31, 2025 |
| Open or repeated serious violations | St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Academy Brooklyn · cited Jan 17, 2025 |
| Some violations on file | Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Atonement Queens · cited Sep 18, 2024 |
| Some violations on file | The Spence School Manhattan · cited Jun 4, 2024 |
| Some violations on file | The New Life Child Development Center Inc. Brooklyn · cited Mar 6, 2024 |
| Some violations on file | The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Inc. Brooklyn · cited Feb 29, 2024 |
| Few violations on file | Catholic Charities Neighborhood Service Inc. Brooklyn · cited Feb 27, 2024 |
| Some violations on file | Kidz Korner Day Care Brooklyn · cited Jan 25, 2024 |
| Some violations on file | Wonderland Daycare Queens · cited Jan 24, 2024 |
| Some violations on file | A Child's Place Too Queens · cited Nov 30, 2023 |
| Some violations on file | Learning Steps Day Care Center Inc. Brooklyn · cited Oct 31, 2023 |