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Daycares in New York

Child care centers and home daycares in New York, town by town, with the ages each one serves, its hours and, where the state publishes it, its inspection record. Pick a town below, or search by town or ZIP.

daycares listed
18,819
towns
1,040
take infants
2,017
accept subsidy
229

Map of New York: each dot is a town with daycares, sized by how many are listed

New York

Largest towns in New York

Bronx3,937 daycaresBrooklyn2,954 daycaresNew York1,405 daycaresRochester574 daycaresQueens559 daycaresStaten Island382 daycaresYonkers266 daycaresSyracuse238 daycaresBuffalo222 daycaresJamaica187 daycaresFreeport147 daycaresFlushing136 daycares

Programs

Programs in New York

Counts come from the state record and what each daycare says it offers. A daycare without a tag may still offer the program; ask.

ProgramListed
Take infants2,017
Child care centers7,008
Accept subsidy229
In-home daycares11,811
Christian & church daycares284
Montessori schools223
Preschools & pre-K4,338
Early morning daycare766
Part-time daycare363
Drop-in daycare98
After-school care3,511
Bilingual daycare200
Head Start469

The New York state record

New York State Office of Children and Family Services licenses daycares in New York.

License list
The state's public list of licensed child care
Ages served
The ages on each license
Inspections
Every visit the state publishes back to 2023
Cited rules
Each cited rule, in the state's own wording
Search the New York state records

New York

Cost, inspections and ratios in New York

Daycare cost in New YorkWeekly prices by age and countyWhat New York inspectors citeThe rules cited most, and what they meanStaff-to-child ratios in New YorkHow many children each adult may care forTour checklist for New YorkQuestions to ask when you visit

A to Z

All 1,040 New York towns, A to Z

A47 towns
B75 towns
C104 towns
D27 towns
E47 towns
F34 towns
G51 towns
H68 towns
I11 towns
J13 towns
K14 towns
L50 towns
M85 towns
N54 towns
O26 towns
P57 towns
Q4 towns
R42 towns
S102 towns
T19 towns
U5 towns
V10 towns
W89 towns
Y6 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

Massachusetts8,884 daycaresPennsylvania6,471 daycaresNew Jersey4,080 daycaresConnecticut3,228 daycaresVermont1,041 daycares

Questions

Questions about daycare in New York

How many daycares are in New York?

18,819 daycares are listed across 1,040 New York towns: 7,008 child care centers and 11,811 home daycares.

Who licenses daycares in New York?

New York State Office of Children and Family Services licenses daycares in New York. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.

How many New York daycares take infants?

2,017, by the state record or their own description. A daycare without this tag may still take infants; ask.

How many New York daycares accept child care subsidies?

229 are listed as accepting subsidies. Ask each one whether it has a subsidy spot open now.