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Licensed daycares in 18104Allentown, PA

There are 41 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 18104 — 13 licensed centers and 28 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 426 violations across 152 inspections in the past three years, an average of 2.80 violations per inspection, which is below the Allentown average of 3.77.

3 providers have a clean three-year record — inspected regularly, never cited. 3 facilities currently hold a revoked or suspended license.

The most-cited issue here is recordkeeping (144 citations), followed by health and medication (68). Worth knowing before you tour.

Every record below comes from Pennsylvania DHS, Office of Child Development and Early Learning and links back to the state's own document.

Compare all 41 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

3 providers.

Bubble Guppies Daycare Inc

Family day home · Capacity 6 · Ages 0 mo – 15 yr · 515 N 21st St · Last inspected Mar 9, 2026

0 violationsActive
Rcymca At Cetronia Elementary School

Center · Capacity 999 · Ages 5 yr – 15 yr · 3635 Broadway · Last inspected Mar 19, 2026

0 violationsActive
Rcymca At Kratzer Elementary School

Center · Capacity 999 · Ages 5 yr – 15 yr · 2200 Huckleberry Rd · Last inspected Apr 21, 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.

Rcymca At Parkway Manor Elementary School

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 5 yr – 15 yr · 768 Parkway Rd · Last inspected Oct 21, 2025

1 violationActive
Learning Ladder Bilingual Day Care

Family day home · Capacity 6 · Ages 0 mo – 15 yr · 2218 W Union St · Last inspected Sep 18, 2025

3 violationsActive
Lehigh Valley Childrens Centers/Muhlenberg Sch

Center · Capacity 999 · Ages 5 yr – 15 yr · 740 N 21st St · Last inspected Mar 5, 2026

3 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Nina Daycare

Family day home · Capacity 6 · Ages 0 mo – 15 yr · 2020 1/2 W Tilghman St · Last inspected Feb 10, 2026

30 violationsActive
Nativity Lutheran Early Childhood Education Center

Center · Capacity 161 · Ages 3 yr – 15 yr · 4004 W Tilghman St · Last inspected Dec 8, 2025

24 violationsActive
Allentown Jewish Community Center Day Ca

Center · Capacity 280 · Ages 0 mo – 15 yr · 702 N 22nd St · Last inspected Apr 30, 2026

23 violationsActive

No longer operating

3 providers with a revoked, suspended, or closed license.

Joyful Little Steps Llc

Family day home · Capacity 6 · 1750 W Union St · Last inspected Nov 25, 2025

2 violationsClosed
Laura Marko Pursell

Family day home · Capacity 6 · 3050 W Liberty St · Last inspected Mar 13, 2026

12 violationsClosed
Jewish Day School Of The Lehigh Valley

Center · Capacity 40 · 2313 W Pennsylvania St · Last inspected Nov 17, 2025

40 violationsClosed

Questions to ask when you tour in 18104

Recordkeeping is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by health and medication. 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 log medication administration, and who verifies it?

3

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

A note on Pennsylvania records

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

Data synced from Pennsylvania DHS, Office of Child Development and Early Learning on Jul 8, 2026. Source records · Report an error