Drop-In Daycare in New York
Daycares that offer drop-in care in New York, town by town. Pick a town below, or search by town or ZIP.
- daycares that offer drop-in care listed
- 98
- towns
- 61
- towns have their own drop-in daycare page
- 5
- of all New York daycares
- 1%
Map of New York: each dot is a town with daycares that offer drop-in care, sized by how many are listed
New York
Largest towns for drop-in daycare in New York
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.
| Program | Listed |
|---|---|
| All daycares | 18,819 |
| Take infants | 2,017 |
| Child care centers | 7,008 |
| Accept subsidy | 229 |
| In-home daycares | 11,811 |
| Christian & church daycares | 284 |
| Montessori schools | 223 |
| Preschools & pre-K | 4,338 |
| Early morning daycare | 766 |
| Part-time daycare | 363 |
| Drop-in daycare | 98 |
| After-school care | 3,511 |
| Bilingual daycare | 200 |
| Head Start | 469 |
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
Before you enroll
Using drop-in care in New York
- 1
Register before you need it
Most drop-in care needs forms and records on file first. Ask what to send before the first visit.
- 2
Ask how to book
Ask how far ahead to book a drop-in day, and whether spots depend on who is absent that day.
- 3
Ask how it charges
Ask whether drop-in care is by the hour, half day or day, and if there is a minimum.
- 4
Visit once first
A short visit helps your child settle. Ask whether you can stay for the first hour.
New York
Cost, inspections and ratios in New York
A to Z
All 61 New York towns with drop-in daycare, A to Z
A1 town
- Ardsley1 offer drop-in
B11 towns
- Baldwin2 offer drop-in
- Bay Shore2 offer drop-in
- Beacon1 offer drop-in
- Binghamton1 offer drop-in
- Blasdell2 offer drop-in
- Bloomingdale1 offer drop-in
- Brentwood1 offer drop-in
- Briarcliff1 offer drop-in
- Bronx5 offer drop-in
- Brooklyn12 offer drop-in
- Buffalo1 offer drop-in
C3 towns
- Charlton1 offer drop-in
- Cheektowaga1 offer drop-in
- Coram1 offer drop-in
E3 towns
- Ellicottville1 offer drop-in
- Elmont1 offer drop-in
- Elmsford1 offer drop-in
F2 towns
- Flushing1 offer drop-in
- Fresh Meadows1 offer drop-in
G1 town
- Geneseo1 offer drop-in
H3 towns
- Hamburg1 offer drop-in
- Hauppauge1 offer drop-in
- Holtsville1 offer drop-in
I1 town
- Ithaca2 offer drop-in
J2 towns
- Jamaica1 offer drop-in
- Johnson City2 offer drop-in
L2 towns
- Lagrangeville1 offer drop-in
- Lynbrook1 offer drop-in
M3 towns
- Macedon1 offer drop-in
- Mastic1 offer drop-in
- Mount Vernon1 offer drop-in
N6 towns
- Nanuet1 offer drop-in
- New Paltz1 offer drop-in
- New York12 offer drop-in
- Niskayuna1 offer drop-in
- North Baldwin1 offer drop-in
- North Syracuse1 offer drop-in
P4 towns
- Pleasant Valley1 offer drop-in
- Port Jervis1 offer drop-in
- Port Washington1 offer drop-in
- Poughkeepsie1 offer drop-in
Q1 town
- Queens1 offer drop-in
S5 towns
- Saint Albans1 offer drop-in
- Scarsdale1 offer drop-in
- Schenectady2 offer drop-in
- Spring Valley1 offer drop-in
- Syracuse1 offer drop-in
U1 town
- Uniondale1 offer drop-in
V1 town
- Valley Stream3 offer drop-in
W5 towns
- Wantagh1 offer drop-in
- Wappingers Falls1 offer drop-in
- Watertown1 offer drop-in
- West Haverstraw1 offer drop-in
- White Plains2 offer drop-in
No town on this list matches. Check the spelling, or search by ZIP code above.
Nearby
Nearby states
Questions
Questions about drop-in daycare in New York
How many daycares that offer drop-in care are in New York?
98 daycares that offer drop-in care are listed in 61 New York towns. A daycare not on this list may still take drop-ins; ask.
Which New York town has the most daycares that offer drop-in care?
Brooklyn, with 12 listed. Next are New York (12) and Bronx (5).
What is drop-in daycare?
Care when you need it, without a regular weekly schedule. Each daycare sets its own rules: ask whether you must register your child first, how far ahead to book, and whether it charges by the hour, half day or day.
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.