Bay Area Head Start

Ages and programs

Reported to 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) by Bay Area Head Start and published in the state licence record. Availability is not the same as licensing, so confirm openings directly.

What New York licensed

The state describes Bay Area Head Start’s capacity as “116 Preschoolers”. Each figure is a ceiling OCFS set, not a count of children enrolled or places free.

Preschool places

116

Program opened

February 12, 2004

Registration through

February 11, 2028

School district

William Floyd

OCFS region

Long Island Regional Office

Amenities and accessibility

Reported on the provider's Google business listing, not verified by the state.

How the reviews split

The 4.0 average comes from 26 Google reviews. An average hides whether opinion is consistent or divided, so the spread is shown too.

• 5 star19
• 4 star0
• 3 star1
• 2 star1
• 1 star5

From Google

Recent parent reviews

• ★★★★★

  Bay area head start is a wonderful place to have your little ones, go to. My children has had a wonderful experience. All the staff are very kind and polite.My I add Carol is doing a wonderful job running the show.

  Monika MMMay 6, 2025
• ★★★★★

  If you are a UPK parent, please do not send your child to this location! They allow violent kids to hurt other children and continue in the classroom the next day. Please consider another UPK provider because the school district can not over rule their policies. We were in the program for less than a month and I pulled my child because of violent children.

  Kamila LechnerOct 6, 2023
• ★★★★★

  My son attended UPK here through William Floyd. He is a 'covid kid's and was barely three when the virus started and EVERYTHING shut down. He was at home with me (his mom) 24/7 for a year and a half and he would've happily stayed doing that. He had a very rough transition to pre k. All I can say is that k goodness for a few key staff members there that made that rough transition so so much better!!! specifically Ms. Lynne and Ms Carol. They were ALWAYS there when he was struggling, they always had time for him to go to their offices, take a walk or work in the garden even though I'm sure they had mountains of other work to do. They are both so warm and nurturing and I always knew when they were there that my boy would be ok. I don't know that we would've lasted the year had it not been for the two of them. There are also a couple assistant teachers that went the extra mile for my son (and even his older sister), Ms. Trudy and Ms. Eileen. They were fantastic and made me feel so much better about having my son in a school where he was struggling to fit in and regulate his emotions. Head Start is incredibly lucky to have such outstanding employees who absolutely go above and beyond what the job entails. Can't thank them enough

  Kiersten ConnollyJul 11, 2022
• ★★★★★

  An amazing place for kids to go and lean not sure what your kid learned @SARA MANEK. It sounds like you want your kid to be stupid and not excel in school.

  Lady MJun 14, 2022
• ★★★★★

  Do not recommend this pre k at all. Carol is the main reason why these kids didn’t do anything like the other head starts did. Very sad. I was told there would be tons of things going on, but there was NONE and when I say NONE I mean NONE. Example: police and fire dept. came to school but not for us. They have other things they did and we didn’t. Carol will tell you because of Covid but it isn’t the truth is just Carol. I never make reviews but this was MUCH needed. Hope this helps you all make your decision on Pre k.

  Sara ManekJun 9, 2022
• ★★★★★

  My kids go there and it is a wonderful fun and caring school and the principal is wonderful aswell

  Angel LoveJul 1, 2019

Reviews shown verbatim as published on Google Maps.