Licensed Full-Day Daycare in Richmond Hill, NY

Full-Day Daycare in Richmond Hill

As of August 2026

Richmond Hill's 50 licensed child care providers report a combined capacity of 2,480 children, an average of 50 per site, among the larger averages in this batch of Queens-area cities. Every provider operates as a center, and New York State Office of Children and Family Services records show no family child care homes here. School-age programming accounts for 49 of the 50 providers, making it by far the dominant category in this city's roster. 4 providers hold a QUALITYstarsNY rating. CloverMap lets Richmond Hill families browse this full, verified list of providers.

What to know about childcare in Richmond Hill

Richmond Hill's licensing roster, drawn from New York State Office of Children and Family Services records, lists 50 child care providers, all classified as centers. No family child care homes appear in the data, so families searching Richmond Hill will find facility-based programs across the board -- multiple staff, dedicated classroom space, structured hours -- rather than smaller in-home settings. That distinction shapes what a visit or tour typically looks like, since a center visit usually means meeting several staff members across separate rooms, while a home-based visit centers on a single caregiver and a single space.

Combined, Richmond Hill's 50 providers report a licensed capacity of 2,480 children, an average of 50 per site -- one of the higher averages recorded among the cities in this cohort. That scale suggests Richmond Hill's centers tend to run larger, potentially operating multiple classrooms or serving several age groups under one roof. That capacity figure is also generally split across multiple classrooms organized by age, meaning the number of children in any one group is smaller than the site-wide total might suggest.

Richmond Hill's age-group data is concentrated almost entirely at the school-age level, with 49 of the 50 providers recorded serving school-age children. The dataset does not show meaningful infant, toddler, or preschool coverage for this city, which means a parent searching specifically for care for a younger child may need to look beyond Richmond Hill's immediate roster.

Every Richmond Hill provider is licensed through the New York State Office of Children and Family Services, which sets minimum standards for staffing ratios, group sizes, and facility conditions before any provider can legally operate. 4 Richmond Hill providers additionally hold a QUALITYstarsNY rating, the state's voluntary quality-rating and improvement system.

A Richmond Hill parent searching for before- or after-school programming will find one of the deepest and largest-scale rosters in this batch, with providers like Chichi's Day Care operating among fellow centers averaging 50 children in licensed capacity. Families seeking infant or toddler placement, by contrast, will want to broaden their search past Richmond Hill, since this roster's age coverage is concentrated almost entirely on school-age children.

Because 50 is a count of authorized providers rather than a real-time availability figure, a Richmond Hill parent's practical next step is usually a direct call or visit to a shortlist of centers to confirm open seats, hours, and how a program structures its age groups before enrolling. Comparing capacity alongside the age-group mix already outlined here can help narrow that shortlist before making contact.