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Licensed daycares in 14216Buffalo, NY

There are 6 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 14216 — 5 licensed centers and 1 family day home. Together they have been cited for 46 violations across 90 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.51 violations per inspection, which is above the Buffalo average of 0.44.

One provider has a clean three-year record — inspected regularly, never cited. No facility in this ZIP code currently holds a revoked or suspended license.

The most-cited issue here is supervision (10 citations), followed by physical safety (8). Worth knowing before you tour.

Every record below comes from NYS Office of Children and Family Services and links back to the state's own document.

Compare all 6 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

1 provider.

Nature's Nest Childcare

Family day home · Capacity 16 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 30 avery avenue, Floor 1st · Last inspected May 18, 2026

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

1 provider. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.

Holy Cross Head Start Inc.

Center · Capacity 38 · Ages 3 yr – 5 yr · 203 Sanders Road North Buffalo Center · Last inspected Jun 2, 2026

3 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Jumped Up Jellybeans, Inc

Center · Capacity 54 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 1365 Hertel Avenue · Last inspected Apr 9, 2026

19 violationsActive
Ymca Buffalo Niagara

Center · Capacity 80 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 111 Great Arrow Drive · Last inspected May 27, 2026

13 violationsActive
Puddle Jumpers Llc

Center · Capacity 66 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 2422 Delaware Ave · Last inspected Apr 2, 2026

6 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 14216

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

1

Walk me through how children are supervised during outdoor time and transitions between rooms.

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 York records

New York 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 York does publish complaint outcomes. We show everything the state makes public and link to the source for each item.

Data synced from NYS Office of Children and Family Services on Jul 10, 2026. Source records · Report an error