Licensed Toddler Care in Bay Shore, NY

Toddler Care in Bay Shore

As of August 2026

Providers like YOUNG ACHIEVERS DAYCARE, INC. are part of Bay Shore's roster of 40 licensed child care centers, all recorded in New York State Office of Children and Family Services data with no family child care homes listed. Combined licensed capacity totals 1,773 children, an average of 44 per site. School-age programming leads at 36 providers, with 4 serving preschoolers and 2 serving toddlers. 4 providers hold a QUALITYstarsNY rating. CloverMap lets Bay Shore families browse this complete, verified roster of listings.

What to know about childcare in Bay Shore

New York State Office of Children and Family Services licensing data records 40 child care providers in Bay Shore, every one classified as a center. No family child care homes appear on the roster, so Bay Shore families searching this data will be comparing facility-based programs exclusively. That center-only composition also means licensing paperwork, staff credentialing, and facility requirements are applied at a facility level rather than a single household, which is worth knowing when comparing this roster to cities with a more mixed provider base.

Bay Shore's 40 providers report a combined licensed capacity of 1,773 children, an average of 44 per site -- a moderately high figure among the cities in this batch, suggesting centers here run somewhat larger than the cohort's smallest averages. Because capacity is reported at the site level, the figure reflects a center's full licensed footprint rather than the size of any single classroom a child would be placed into.

Age coverage in Bay Shore leans toward school-age care, with 36 of 40 providers serving that group, but preschool and toddler care are also represented, with 4 and 2 providers respectively. The dataset shows no meaningful infant coverage in Bay Shore, so a family searching specifically for infant care may need to look beyond this city's roster.

All 40 Bay Shore providers are licensed through the New York State Office of Children and Family Services, which verifies staffing ratios, group sizes, and facility conditions before granting a license. 4 Bay Shore providers additionally hold a QUALITYstarsNY rating, the state's voluntary quality-rating and improvement system. License holders are expected to maintain those standards on an ongoing basis, not just at the point of initial approval, which is part of why the OCFS roster is kept current over time.

A Bay Shore parent will find a roster centered on school-age care but with real preschool and toddler representation, including operators like YOUNG ACHIEVERS DAYCARE, INC. Families with an infant, however, should plan to expand their search beyond Bay Shore's own listings, since the city's licensing data shows no providers recorded serving that age group.

As with any licensing roster, the numbers here describe authorized capacity and program structure rather than real-time openings, so a Bay Shore parent narrowing a list should expect to follow up directly with individual centers to confirm current availability and enrollment timing. The age-group and capacity details already discussed can help prioritize which centers in Bay Shore are worth that follow-up first.