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Licensed daycares in 07106Newark, NJ

There are 12 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 07106. Together they have been cited for 400 violations across 35 inspections in the past three years, an average of 11.43 violations per inspection, which is above the Newark average of 5.94.

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 (81 citations), followed by physical safety (80). 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 12 providers

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Vailsburg Child Development Center At Palm Street

Center · 1033-1035 South Orange Avenue · Last inspected Feb 24, 2025

78 violationsActive
Vailsburg Child Development Smith Street Center

Center · 179-189 Smith Street · Last inspected Feb 24, 2025

47 violationsActive
Unified Vailsburg Child Development Center

Center · 475-487 Irvington Avenue · Last inspected Feb 24, 2025

46 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 07106

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