Licensed Preschool in Far Rockaway, NY

Preschool in Far Rockaway

As of August 2026

Far Rockaway reports 82 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. All 82 providers serve school-age children. Combined licensed capacity totals 2,919 children, averaging 36 per site. 4 Far Rockaway providers hold a QUALITYstarsNY rating. CloverMap gathers this full verified roster for Far Rockaway families to search directly in one place.

What to know about childcare in Far Rockaway

New York State licensing data counts 82 child care providers in Far Rockaway, all recorded as licensed centers, with no family child care homes appearing in this dataset. Far Rockaway's total matches the Queens entry elsewhere in this batch in raw count, though its typical center runs considerably smaller.

Far Rockaway providers report a combined licensed capacity of 2,919 children, averaging 36 per site, a mid-range figure compared with the rest of this batch. That suggests a roster of moderately sized centers rather than either very small or unusually large operations.

All 82 Far Rockaway providers are recorded as serving school-age children, with no entries logged for infant, toddler, or preschool care. As with other cities in this batch where those categories are absent, that reflects the scope of this particular roster; families with younger children should reach out to providers directly to confirm current programs.

Every Far Rockaway provider on this list is licensed through the Office of Children and Family Services, New York's statewide child care regulator, which sets baseline standards for staffing, group size, and facility conditions. 4 Far Rockaway providers, about 5 percent of the roster, also carry a QUALITYstarsNY rating.

Given the roster's full concentration in school-age care, a Far Rockaway search is most useful for parents seeking elementary-age or after-school coverage. St Hill, Doris is one individually run provider representative of Far Rockaway's roster. Comparing licensed capacity and QUALITYstarsNY status across this relatively compact set of providers is a manageable way to build a shortlist in Far Rockaway.

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 Far Rockaway's roster in this dataset speaks most directly to families whose need falls in the school-age band, roughly ages 5 through 12, since that is where every provider's reported coverage is concentrated. Parents seeking infant care (generally under about age 2) or preschool care (roughly ages 2 through 5) should treat the absence of those categories here as a gap in this particular roster and confirm current offerings directly with individual Far Rockaway providers. CloverMap's filters still let parents sort this roster by licensed capacity or QUALITYstarsNY status.