Licensed Daycares in Uniondale, NY

Daycare & Childcare in Uniondale

As of August 2026

Uniondale reports 93 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. The roster covers every age group in small numbers: 3 providers serve infants, 4 serve toddlers, 5 serve preschoolers, and 87 serve school-age children. Combined licensed capacity totals 1,896 children, averaging 20 per site, the smallest average in this dataset. 4 Uniondale providers hold a QUALITYstarsNY rating. CloverMap gathers this full roster for Uniondale families to search.

What to know about childcare in Uniondale

New York State licensing data counts 93 child care providers in Uniondale, all recorded as licensed centers, with no family child care homes in this dataset. Uniondale's roster is one of the smaller ones in this batch, dominated by small, single-site operations.

Uniondale providers report a combined licensed capacity of 1,896 children, averaging 20 per site, the lowest average capacity among the cities in this batch. That reflects a roster made up almost entirely of small centers rather than larger multi-classroom sites.

The data shows 3 Uniondale providers serving infants, 4 serving toddlers, 5 serving preschool-age children, and 87 serving school-age children. As in several nearby Long Island cities, school-age coverage dominates, but a small set of providers report serving each of the younger age groups as well.

Every Uniondale provider on this list is licensed through the Office of Children and Family Services, New York's statewide child care regulator, which sets baseline requirements for staffing, group size, and facility conditions. 4 Uniondale providers, about 4 percent of the roster, also carry a QUALITYstarsNY rating.

Given Uniondale's small average capacity, parents should expect to be comparing modest, individually run centers rather than large campuses, and should reach out early for infant and toddler slots given how few providers report serving those ages. MAGGIE'S PLAY HOUSE DAY CARE INC. is one provider in the roster representative of Uniondale's mix of small, independently run centers. Weighing QUALITYstarsNY status alongside a center's specific age-group focus is a practical way to narrow a Uniondale search.

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 Uniondale parents can narrow a search meaningfully by age: infant care generally covers children under about age 2, toddler and preschool programs cover roughly ages 2 through 5, and school-age or after-school programs serve children from about 5 to 12. Because Uniondale's roster reports real counts in every one of those bands, a family can start from the age category that matches their child rather than filtering through the full list. CloverMap's filters let parents sort this roster by age group, licensed capacity, or QUALITYstarsNY status to speed up that comparison.