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Early Morning Daycare in New York

Daycares that open before 7 AM in New York, town by town. Pick a town below, or search by town or ZIP.

daycares that open before 7 AM listed
766
towns
288
towns have their own early morning daycare page
64
of all New York daycares
4%

Map of New York: each dot is a town with daycares that open before 7 AM, sized by how many are listed

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What puts a daycare on this listThe hours on its state license record open before 7 AM, or run 24 hours. Where the state publishes no hours, its public business listing gives the same opening time before 7 AM on every weekday.The New York license list we load does not publish opening hours, so here this list uses the hours on each daycare's public business listing: the same opening time before 7 AM on every weekday.Each listing shows its opening time. Ask whether it opens that early every day.

New York

Largest towns for early morning daycare in New York

Rochester43 open before 7 AMBronx33 open before 7 AMSyracuse27 open before 7 AMBuffalo23 open before 7 AMFreeport22 open before 7 AMBrooklyn20 open before 7 AMBrentwood19 open before 7 AMHempstead19 open before 7 AMUniondale14 open before 7 AMWestbury12 open before 7 AMYonkers11 open before 7 AMQueens9 open before 7 AM

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
All daycares18,819
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

Before you enroll

Choosing early morning care in New York

  1. 1

    Check the opening time

    Each listing shows its hours. Ask whether staff are there to take children at opening every day.

  2. 2

    Ask about breakfast

    Ask whether children who arrive early get breakfast, and whether you send it.

  3. 3

    Ask about the early group

    Some daycares combine age groups early in the morning. Ask who is with your child until the rooms open.

  4. 4

    Check the license record

    Open a listing for its state license, its hours as the state lists them and the inspection record.

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 288 New York towns with early morning daycare, A to Z

A9 towns
B20 towns
C24 towns
D7 towns
E14 towns
F12 towns
G10 towns
H19 towns
I4 towns
J3 towns
K2 towns
L17 towns
M27 towns
N19 towns
O9 towns
P12 towns
Q3 towns
R13 towns
S26 towns
T4 towns
U2 towns
V3 towns
W26 towns
Y3 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

Pennsylvania2,348 open before 7 AMConnecticut1,012 open before 7 AMNew Jersey506 open before 7 AMMassachusetts236 open before 7 AMVermont115 open before 7 AM

Questions

Questions about early morning daycare in New York

How many daycares that open before 7 AM are in New York?

766 daycares that open before 7 AM are listed in 288 New York towns. Each listing shows its opening time. Ask whether it opens that early every day.

Which New York town has the most daycares that open before 7 AM?

Rochester, with 43 listed. Next are Bronx (33) and Syracuse (27).

Which daycares in New York open at 6 AM?

333 daycares open at 6 AM or earlier by the hours we hold in New York. All 766 on this list open before 7 AM. Call to confirm the time.

Which daycares in New York open at 5 AM?

21 open at 5 AM or earlier.

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.