Licensed Daycares in Ridgewood, NY

Daycare & Childcare in Ridgewood

As of August 2026

Every one of Ridgewood's 49 licensed child care providers serves school-age children, a complete match rarely seen elsewhere in this dataset, according to New York State Office of Children and Family Services records. All 49 providers are centers, with no family child care homes listed. Combined licensed capacity totals 2,263 children, an average of 46 per site. 4 providers hold a QUALITYstarsNY rating. CloverMap lets Ridgewood families browse this complete, verified roster of listings.

What to know about childcare in Ridgewood

Ridgewood's licensing roster, according to New York State Office of Children and Family Services data, includes 49 child care providers, every one classified as a center. No family child care homes appear in the data, meaning families in this Queens area's roster are choosing among facility-based programs exclusively. That difference in structure also tends to show up in daily routines, with a center more likely to follow a fixed published schedule across multiple staff-led classrooms rather than the more flexible, single-caregiver rhythm of a home setting.

Combined, Ridgewood's 49 providers report a licensed capacity of 2,263 children, an average of 46 per site -- a relatively high figure among the cities in this batch. That scale suggests Ridgewood's centers tend to run larger, potentially with multiple classrooms serving different groups within a single site. As with most centers, that capacity is likely distributed across several classrooms rather than one undivided space, so a family should expect a specific age-based group size rather than the full site total.

Ridgewood's age-group data stands out for its uniformity: all 49 providers are recorded serving school-age children, and the dataset shows no meaningful infant, toddler, or preschool coverage for this city. A parent searching Ridgewood for before- or after-school care has the full roster to work with, while a parent needing infant or toddler placement will need to look beyond this city's listings.

Every Ridgewood provider is licensed through the New York State Office of Children and Family Services, which reviews staffing, group size, and facility conditions before granting a license. 4 Ridgewood providers additionally hold a QUALITYstarsNY rating, the state's voluntary quality-rating and improvement system layered on top of the base license.

For a Ridgewood family, the practical search is entirely among centers built for school-age programming -- providers such as JAS MALGOSIA FAMILY INC. sit within a roster of 49 that skews uniformly toward that age group. Families with younger children should treat Ridgewood as a secondary stop rather than a primary search location, since none of the recorded providers here serve infants, toddlers, or preschoolers.

For a Ridgewood family, this roster works best as a starting point rather than a final answer: licensing status confirms a center meets the state's baseline requirements, but details like hours, enrollment timing, and current openings still require a direct conversation with each program. Weighing a center's reported capacity against its age-group coverage, as outlined above, is one practical way to shorten that list before reaching out.