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Licensed daycares in 08701 — Lakewood, NJ
There are 24 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 08701. Together they have been cited for 2,139 violations across 65 inspections in the past three years, an average of 32.91 violations per inspection, which is above the Lakewood average of 23.96.
No provider in this ZIP code has a completely clean three-year record. No facility in this ZIP code currently holds a revoked or suspended license.
The most-cited issue here is physical safety (591 citations), followed by health and medication (376). Worth knowing before you tour.
Every record below comes from New Jersey DCF, Office of Licensing and links back to the state's own document.
Compare all 24 providers
4 or more violations in 3 years
37 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
Questions to ask when you tour in 08701
Physical safety is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by health and medication. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.
When was your last playground and facility safety check, and what did it find?
How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?
What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?
A note on New Jersey records
New Jersey does not publish a severity classification for violations, so we can't tell you which citations were most serious — only what was cited and whether it was corrected. New Jersey does publish complaint outcomes. We show everything the state makes public and link to the source for each item.
Data synced from New Jersey DCF, Office of Licensing on Jul 9, 2026. Source records · Report an error