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Licensed daycares in 08050Manahawkin, NJ

There are 6 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 08050. Together they have been cited for 288 violations across 25 inspections in the past three years, an average of 11.52 violations per inspection, which is roughly in line with the Manahawkin average of 11.17.

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 health and medication (60 citations), followed by physical safety (53). 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 6 providers

4 or more violations in 3 years

8 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.

Happy Days Preschool

Center · 400 N Main St #5 · Last inspected Apr 6, 2026

83 violationsActive
Learning Ladder Nursery & Preschool

Center · 333 Haywood Road Building 2, Unit 1 · Last inspected Nov 7, 2025

62 violationsActive
Main Street Day Care Center

Center · 1000 North Main Street · Last inspected Apr 7, 2026

52 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 08050

Health and medication is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by physical safety. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.

1

How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?

2

When was your last playground and facility safety check, and what did it find?

3

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