Daycares in New York
16,861 licensed child care providers in New York, drawn from the state licensing agency's public records. Each profile carries the license number, status, and capacity on record. Where the state publishes nothing for a field, or the daycare is not licensed, the profile says so plainly.
New York averages
Averaged across every licensed provider on record, excluding this state from the comparison.
Parent sentiment
+0.4 vs Other states averageAverage parent review rating on Google or Yelp.
- New York3.8
- Other states3.4
2,934 providers sampled
Daycare Index Rating
-3 vs Other states averageComposite of licensing, inspections, reviews, accreditation, transparency. See scoring guide.
- New York50
- Other states53
1,464 providers sampled
What changed in New York this year
The share of dated parent reviews mentioning each theme, over the last twelve months against the twelve before them. Shares rather than totals, because we hold more recent reviews than old ones and counting raw mentions would show everything rising. Only themes with enough mentions to be worth reading appear here.
Praised more than last year
- Staff and teachers38% of reviews, from 34%+4.1 pts
- Facility and cleanliness16% of reviews, from 15%+1.4 pts
Complained about less
No complaint fell enough to report.
New York over time
Every dated record we hold for New York, bucketed by calendar year. A year appears only once it carries enough observations to be a point rather than an anecdote, so the lines start where the state's published record does.
Parent sentiment trend
Show the figures
| Year | Average rating | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4.80 | 51 |
| 2016 | 4.47 | 124 |
| 2017 | 4.51 | 252 |
| 2018 | 4.61 | 375 |
| 2019 | 4.55 | 536 |
| 2020 | 4.52 | 338 |
| 2021 | 4.70 | 460 |
| 2022 | 4.64 | 905 |
| 2023 | 4.67 | 1,341 |
| 2024 | 4.71 | 1,773 |
| 2025 | 4.73 | 2,608 |
| 2026 | 4.74 | 2,093 |
Where they are in New York
Every New York provider we hold a location for. Click a pin for the license record, and pan or zoom to load more.
Where this record comes from
Licensing in New York is administered by the Office of Children and Family Services (New York City center-based programs are permitted by NYC DOHMH and published separately; NYC family, group family and school-age programs are OCFS-overseen and included here) under 18 NYCRR Part 418. This directory republishes the public record and labels every absent field "Not listed" rather than filling it in. Verify current status with the agency before enrolling.
Primary source: https://data.ny.gov/resource/cb42-qumz.json