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Licensed daycares in 11414Howard Beach, NY

There are 13 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 11414 — 3 licensed centers and 10 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 33 violations across 98 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.34 violations per inspection, which is below the Howard Beach average of 0.95.

3 providers have 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 caregiver-to-child ratio (7 citations), followed by recordkeeping (5). 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 13 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

3 providers.

Dream Big Daycare Inc.

Family day home · Capacity 16 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 77-19 156th Avenue, Floor Basement · Last inspected Apr 16, 2026

0 violationsActive
Happy Smiley Unicorn Inc.

Family day home · Capacity 16 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 15933 86TH STREET, Floor 1ST FLOOR · Last inspected Dec 18, 2024

0 violationsActive
Joanna's Caring Hands

Family day home · Capacity 8 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 102-24 1st Street, Floor 1 · Last inspected Jan 23, 2025

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

My First Adventure Inc.

Family day home · Capacity 16 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 85-16 149th Avenue, Apt PH · Last inspected Jul 1, 2026

1 violationActive
New York Edge, Inc.

Center · Capacity 168 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 98-01 159 Avenue · Last inspected Apr 23, 2026

1 violationActive
Peralta, Madelin

Family day home · Capacity 16 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 159-36 100th st, Floor 1 · Last inspected Jul 1, 2026

1 violationActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Boys & Girls Club Of Metro Queens @ Ps 232Q

Center · Capacity 300 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 153-23 83 Street · Last inspected Mar 6, 2026

10 violationsActive
Stroman, Melissa

Family day home · Capacity 16 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 153-37 Sapphire Street, Floor 1st Floor · Last inspected May 22, 2026

9 violationsActive
Espinal, Laura

Family day home · Capacity 16 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 15320 80th st, Floor 1st floor · Last inspected Jul 1, 2026

5 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 11414

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

1

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

2

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

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