Licensed Infant Care in Yorktown Heights, NY

Infant Care in Yorktown Heights

As of August 2026

Yorktown Heights is home to 21 providers, 1 of which carry a QUALITYstarsNY rating, according to OCFS licensing data. All 21 operate as centers, reporting combined licensed capacity for 1558 children, averaging about 74 per site — one of the higher averages in this cohort. Preschool care makes up the largest single age-group share. CloverMap lists Yorktown Heights' full roster, including Lakeland Children's Center, Inc., for families comparing options and reported capacity.

What to know about childcare in Yorktown Heights

Every one of Yorktown Heights' 21 listed providers is a center — New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) records show no family or group family day care homes registered in the city. That means the entire roster shares a dedicated-facility operating model, with classroom groupings and multiple staff, rather than the smaller single-caregiver setup of a licensed home provider, so comparisons in Yorktown Heights come down to size, age focus, and rating rather than format.

Licensed capacity across the 21 reporting providers totals 1558 children, averaging roughly 74 per site — a notably high figure for this cohort, suggesting Yorktown Heights' centers tend to run larger, multi-classroom operations. That scale typically supports more simultaneous openings across age groups than a city with a lower average capacity.

Age coverage is broad, with a clear preschool concentration: 4 providers serve infants, 8 serve toddlers, 12 serve preschoolers — the largest of the four bands — and 13 serve school-age children. That preschool depth, paired with solid toddler numbers, makes Yorktown Heights a comparatively strong market for parents with children in the one- to five-year-old range.

Every provider on this roster is licensed or registered through OCFS, the agency responsible for setting and enforcing New York's child care standards. A license confirms a program has met the state's baseline requirements for staffing, group size, and health and safety practices before enrolling children — a floor, not a ranking, so schedule and program style still deserve direct comparison.

One Yorktown Heights provider, Lakeland Children's Center, Inc., carries a QUALITYstarsNY rating, New York's voluntary quality-improvement program, giving families a data point beyond licensing status and reported capacity.

Given the depth of preschool and toddler coverage alongside above-average capacity per site, Yorktown Heights is worth prioritizing for families with young children who also want larger programs with more room across classrooms; CloverMap's listings make the full twenty-one-provider comparison visible at once. That combination of scale and age-group depth is relatively uncommon in this cohort, where most cities are strong in one dimension but not both — worth factoring in for families comparing Yorktown Heights against neighboring towns. Families touring in Yorktown Heights should ask each center directly how its reported capacity splits across classrooms, since a high citywide average can still mean a tight waitlist for one specific age group even when the roster overall looks strong.