Licensed Toddler Care in Flushing, NY

Toddler Care in Flushing

As of August 2026

Flushing's roster includes 134 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. School-age programming accounts for nearly the entire roster, with 132 providers serving that age group. Combined licensed capacity reaches 7,792 children, averaging 58 per site, one of the higher averages in this dataset. 3 Flushing providers carry a QUALITYstarsNY rating. CloverMap brings this full roster together for families searching in Flushing.

What to know about childcare in Flushing

New York State licensing data counts 134 child care providers in Flushing, all classified as licensed centers, with no family child care homes recorded in this dataset. Flushing's roster is modest in total size but, like Jamaica's, runs toward larger individual centers, a pattern reflected in its capacity figures.

Flushing providers report a combined licensed capacity of 7,792 children, averaging 58 per site, among the highest per-site averages in this batch. That points to a roster concentrated in a smaller number of comparatively large centers rather than many small operations.

The dataset records 132 Flushing providers serving school-age children, with no entries logged for infant, toddler, or preschool care. As elsewhere in this batch, that gap reflects the scope of this particular dataset rather than a claim that no younger-child options exist in the area; families with a school-age or after-school need will find the most directly usable data here.

All 134 Flushing providers are licensed by the Office of Children and Family Services, New York's statewide child care regulator, which sets minimum standards for staffing, group size, and facility conditions. 3 Flushing providers carry a QUALITYstarsNY rating, one of the lower counts in this batch, though still a meaningful signal for the specific centers involved.

Because Flushing's average capacity runs high, parents comparing centers here should ask how a site's overall licensed capacity breaks down by classroom or age group rather than assuming uniform availability. Bahar, Yaffa is one individually run provider representative of Flushing's roster. Given the concentration in school-age coverage, families with infants or toddlers should confirm current program offerings directly with individual Flushing providers.

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 Flushing'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 Flushing providers. CloverMap's filters still let parents sort this roster by licensed capacity or QUALITYstarsNY status.