Licensed Preschool in Rosedale, NY

Preschool in Rosedale

As of August 2026

Just 1 of Rosedale's 45 licensed child care providers holds a QUALITYstarsNY rating, the smallest quality-rated share recorded in this batch, according to New York State Office of Children and Family Services data. All 45 providers operate as centers, with no family child care homes listed. Combined licensed capacity totals 1,113 children, an average of 25 per site. School-age programming accounts for 43 of the 45 providers. CloverMap lets Rosedale families browse this complete, verified roster of listings.

What to know about childcare in Rosedale

New York State Office of Children and Family Services data records 45 licensed child care providers in Rosedale, every one classified as a center. No family child care homes appear on the roster, so families in this Queens area will be comparing facility-based programs exclusively. For a parent weighing the two models in the abstract, a center generally offers more staff continuity if one teacher is absent, while a home-based provider offers a smaller, more consistent group of faces day to day.

Rosedale's 45 providers report a combined licensed capacity of 1,113 children, an average of 25 per site -- on the smaller end among cities in this batch. That suggests Rosedale's centers run modestly sized rather than operating as large multi-classroom campuses. That site-wide capacity typically gets divided among several classrooms serving different age groups, so the group size a child would actually join is smaller than the full-site number implies.

Age coverage in Rosedale is concentrated almost entirely at the school-age level, with 43 of the 45 providers recorded serving that group. The dataset shows no meaningful infant, toddler, or preschool coverage for this city, so a family with a younger child will likely need to search beyond Rosedale's own roster.

Every Rosedale provider is licensed through the New York State Office of Children and Family Services, which verifies staffing ratios, group sizes, and facility conditions before granting a license. Just 1 Rosedale provider holds a QUALITYstarsNY rating, notably fewer than most other cities of comparable size in this dataset. License holders are expected to maintain those standards on an ongoing basis, not just at the point of initial approval, which is part of why the OCFS roster is kept current over time.

A Rosedale parent should expect a small-scale, school-age-focused roster, with providers like Sherlet Day Care LLC representing the independent, center-based operators found here. With quality-rating participation limited to a single provider, families comparing options in Rosedale will likely be weighing factors like capacity and location more heavily than QUALITYstarsNY status.

Rosedale's roster reflects which providers are licensed to operate, not which have space available right now, so a parent's search typically continues past this list with direct outreach to confirm openings, hours, and age-group fit. Centers with capacity and age coverage that closely match a family's needs, as described above, are usually the most efficient starting point for that outreach.