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Licensed daycares in 12208Albany, NY

There are 15 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 12208 — 7 licensed centers and 8 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 150 violations across 176 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.85 violations per inspection, which is above the Albany average of 0.18.

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 physical safety (37 citations), followed by caregiver-to-child ratio (21). 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.

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Clean record — no violations in 3 years

3 providers.

Albany Community Action Partnership

Center · Capacity 71 · Ages 3 yr – 5 yr · 21 Hackett Blvd. · Last inspected May 20, 2026

0 violationsActive
Nuristani, Sedra

Family day home · Capacity 8 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 601 Mercer St., Floor 2, Apt 6 · Last inspected Apr 21, 2026

0 violationsActive
Sanchez, Eustacia

Family day home · Capacity 8 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 311 Hackett Blvd · Last inspected Jun 22, 2026

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Alfia & The Chipmunks Daycare

Family day home · Capacity 16 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 53 Hollywood Avenue, Floor 1, Apt 1 · Last inspected Feb 11, 2026

1 violationActive
Young Explorers Group Family Daycare

Family day home · Capacity 16 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 52 Glendale Avenue · Last inspected Feb 11, 2026

2 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Albany Jewish Community Center

Center · Capacity 393 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 340 Whitehall Road · Last inspected Jun 17, 2026

48 violationsActive
Smart, Marion

Family day home · Capacity 16 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 269 South Main Ave. · Last inspected May 8, 2026

18 violationsActive
Albany Police Athletic League, Inc.

Center · Capacity 81 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 844 Madison Ave · Last inspected Jun 8, 2026

17 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 12208

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

1

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

2

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

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