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Licensed daycares in 11554East Meadow, NY

There are 15 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 11554 — 8 licensed centers and 7 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 140 violations across 142 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.99 violations per inspection, which is above the East Meadow average of 0.62.

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 recordkeeping (38 citations), followed by caregiver-to-child ratio (22). 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 15 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

1 provider.

Rainbow Meadows Ds Llc

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 263 Pontiac Place · Last inspected Apr 23, 2026

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Big Chief Nursery School

Center · Capacity 168 · Ages 0 mo – 5 yr · 2427 N Jerusalem Rd · Last inspected Jun 11, 2026

1 violationActive
Sunnyside Day Care Inc.

Family day home · Capacity 16 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 540 Chamberlin st · Last inspected Jun 20, 2026

1 violationActive
Little Gardens Child Care Inc

Center · Capacity 92 · Ages 12 mo – 5 yr · 470 East Meadow Avenue · Last inspected May 27, 2026

2 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Rainbows And Clouds Group Family Daycare, Inc.

Family day home · Capacity 16 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 1865 Bly Road · Last inspected May 15, 2026

26 violationsActive
Allstar Children's Center, Llc

Center · Capacity 144 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 200 Merrick Ave, Floor 2 · Last inspected Mar 26, 2026

23 violationsActive
Brilliant Minds Childcare, Llc

Family day home · Capacity 16 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 1497 Flower Lane · Last inspected Jun 11, 2026

20 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 11554

Recordkeeping is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by caregiver-to-child ratio. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.

1

What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?

2

How do you maintain caregiver-to-child ratios during shift changes, lunch breaks, and pickup?

3

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

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