Licensed Half-Day Programs in Rego Park, NY

Half-Day Programs in Rego Park

As of August 2026

Rego Park counts 33 providers in the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) licensing system, and the roster is uniformly center-based, with no family child care homes recorded. All 33 providers serve school-age children, and none are logged for infants, toddlers, or preschoolers. Combined licensed capacity reaches 1,598 children, an average of 48 per site. CloverMap lets Rego Park families browse the full verified roster of providers.

What to know about childcare in Rego Park

Rego Park's roster in New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) licensing data lists 33 providers, every one a licensed center. No family child care homes appear in Rego Park's data. RAYITO DE LUZ II DAYCARE INC is among the providers on this list, representative of the school-site-based programs that make up much of Rego Park's roster. That center-only composition is not unusual for this dataset, and it means families here are comparing facility-based programs against one another on their own merits rather than against a home-based alternative.

Combined, Rego Park's 33 providers are licensed for 1,598 children, an average of 48 per site. That capacity figure represents the maximum the state permits each provider to serve, not a live measure of current openings, so a program at or near capacity may still be worth contacting directly about its waitlist. A provider's actual day-to-day enrollment can run well below its licensed capacity, particularly for a program that recently opened or serves a seasonal population, so capacity is best treated as an upper bound for planning purposes rather than a promise of space.

All 33 of Rego Park's providers are recorded as serving school-age children, with none logged for infants, toddlers, or preschoolers in this dataset. That concentration suggests the roster this profile draws from is weighted toward school-age and before-and-after-school programming rather than early childhood care.

Every provider on Rego Park's list is licensed through OCFS, the state agency responsible for regulating child care throughout New York. An OCFS license confirms a provider has met the state's baseline requirements for staffing, group size, and facility conditions before being permitted to operate -- the starting point for any parent's evaluation. That regulatory structure applies the same way whether a provider serves a handful of children or a much larger group, which is part of why comparing licensed capacity and age-group coverage, rather than licensing status alone, tends to be more useful for narrowing a list.

Because Rego Park's entire roster is center-based and concentrated in school-age care, parents of younger children should treat this profile as a reflection of the available data rather than a complete local picture, while parents of school-age children have 33 center options, including school-site programs like RAYITO DE LUZ II DAYCARE INC, to compare on capacity and location. Search platforms like CloverMap can help organize that shortlist, but the final steps -- a phone call, a tour, a conversation about a specific child's needs -- still rest with the family.