Licensed Toddler Care in Brentwood, NY

Toddler Care in Brentwood

As of August 2026

Brentwood's roster includes 127 child care providers in New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) licensing data, all licensed centers with no family child care homes recorded. Age-group coverage is present but small outside school age: 2 providers serve infants, 2 serve toddlers, 3 serve preschoolers, and 123 serve school-age children. Combined licensed capacity totals 2,708 children, averaging 21 per site, among the smallest averages in this dataset. 6 Brentwood providers hold a QUALITYstarsNY rating. CloverMap gathers this full roster for Brentwood families to search.

What to know about childcare in Brentwood

New York State licensing data counts 127 child care providers in Brentwood, all recorded as licensed centers, with no family child care homes in this dataset. Brentwood's total is close to Hempstead's, and like several Long Island cities in this batch, its roster leans heavily toward school-age coverage.

Brentwood providers report a combined licensed capacity of 2,708 children, averaging 21 per site, tied for one of the lowest per-site averages in this batch. That points to a roster built almost entirely from small, individually run centers rather than large multi-classroom sites.

The data shows 2 Brentwood providers serving infants, 2 serving toddlers, 3 serving preschool-age children, and 123 serving school-age children. The small counts for the youngest age groups mean options are limited but real for parents seeking infant or toddler care, while school-age families will find the roster's overwhelming focus.

Every Brentwood provider on this list is licensed through the Office of Children and Family Services, New York's statewide child care regulator, which sets standards for staffing, group size, and facility conditions statewide. 6 Brentwood providers, about 5 percent of the roster, also carry a QUALITYstarsNY rating.

Given how concentrated Brentwood's roster is in school-age care, and how few providers report serving infants or toddlers, families in those categories should plan to contact providers directly and early to confirm openings. Very First Friends Daycare is one provider in the roster representative of Brentwood's mix of small, independently run centers. Comparing QUALITYstarsNY status among the smaller pool of infant and toddler providers is a practical way to prioritize outreach in Brentwood.

An OCFS license is issued once a provider demonstrates it meets New York's baseline requirements for staff-to-child ratios, group sizes appropriate to each age band, staff qualifications, and physical space standards. That license is a floor rather than a ceiling: it confirms a provider has cleared the state's minimum bar for operating legally, and families are still well served by asking providers directly about curriculum, daily schedule, and communication practices before enrolling. In practice, that means Brentwood parents can narrow a search meaningfully by age: infant care generally covers children under about age 2, toddler and preschool programs cover roughly ages 2 through 5, and school-age or after-school programs serve children from about 5 to 12. Because Brentwood's roster reports real counts in every one of those bands, a family can start from the age category that matches their child rather than filtering through the full list. CloverMap's filters let parents sort this roster by age group, licensed capacity, or QUALITYstarsNY status to speed up that comparison.