Day Care Center
✓ Licensed
Bay Shore Day Care Center LTD.
Bay Shore, NY
· Suffolk County
107 East Main Street,
Bay Shore, NY 11706
Quick Facts
Capacity
95 children
Age Range
18 Toddlers, 77 Preschoolers
Type of Care
Daytime, Full-Time, Part-Time
Subsidized Program
Does not participate
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Contact Information
📞 (631) 647-4326
Licensed Day Care Center
Active License
License Number
431395
License Holder
Tracey A. Dragotta
Licensed Since
2011
License Issued
Dec 23, 2025
Active Through
Dec 22, 2029
Issued By
New York State Office of Children and Family Services
District Office
Long Island Regional Office
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About the Provider
We offer full time and part time care for your child from 18 months to 5 years. Our Center is open year round, Monday through Friday from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM. *NYS Licensed *Certified Teachers and Caring Staff *Creative Curriculum *Arts & Crafts *Music* Sensory Activities *Fine & Gross Motor Skills Development *Outdoor Play Areas
Additional Information:
Initial License Date: 12/23/2011; This facility is authorized to administer over-the-counter topical ointments only;
There has been enforcement actions since 2003; This facility is authorized to administer medications;Hours of Operation
- Monday07:00 AM - 06:00 PM
- Tuesday07:00 AM - 06:00 PM
- Wednesday07:00 AM - 06:00 PM
- Thursday07:00 AM - 06:00 PM
- Friday07:00 AM - 06:00 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2026-I-LIRO-070111 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited | |||
| 2026-05-06 | Annual Unannounced | Annual Unannounced | 2026-I-LIRO-004447 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2026-04-22 | Other | Other | 2026-I-LIRO-036124 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2026-04-22 | Violation | 418-1.14(c)(1) | N |
| Brief Description: Director and any new staff complete 15 hours of training within the first 6 months | |||
| 2026-04-22 | Violation | 418-1.14(c) | N |
| Brief Description: Director, Staff and Volunteers with substantial contact with children complete minimum of 30 hours of training every 2 years | |||
| 2026-04-22 | Violation | 418-1.14(d) | N |
| Brief Description: Director, Staff and Volunteers with substantial contact with children complete training in required topics | |||
| 2025-12-17 | Application - Renewal | Application - Renewal | 2025-I-LIRO-057869 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2025-12-17 | Violation | 418-1.5(a) | N |
| Brief Description: Suitable precautions are taken to eliminate all safety and health hazards | |||
| 2025-11-24 | Other | Other | 2025-I-LIRO-117007 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited | |||
| 2025-09-30 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2024-I-LIRO-115859 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited | |||
| 2025-03-25 | Annual Unannounced | Annual Unannounced | 2025-I-LIRO-005515 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2024-08-06 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2024-I-LIRO-078262 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited | |||
| 2024-01-16 | Annual Unannounced | Annual Unannounced | 2024-I-LIRO-005347 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2024-01-16 | Mid-Point | Mid-Point | 2023-I-LIRO-056000 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2024-01-16 | Violation | 418-1.14(c)(2) | N |
| Brief Description: A minimum of five (5) hours of Office-approved training must be obtained each year which addresses topics or subject matters set forth in 418-1.14(d). | |||
| 2024-01-16 | Violation | 418-1.14(c)(1) | N |
| Brief Description: Director and any new staff complete 15 hours of training within the first 6 months | |||
| 2024-01-16 | Violation | 418-1.14(c) | N |
| Brief Description: Director, Staff and Volunteers with substantial contact with children complete minimum of 30 hours of training every 2 years | |||
| 2024-01-16 | Violation | 418-1.14(d) | N |
| Brief Description: Director, Staff and Volunteers with substantial contact with children complete training in required topics | |||
| 2022-07-29 | Violation | 418-1.8(a) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher's range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child's age emotional, physical, and cognitive development. | |||
| 2022-07-29 | Violation | 418-1.10(d) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: The director or licensee of the child day care center is responsible for implementing procedures which ensure the safety and protection of any child named in a report of child abuse or maltreatment involving a situation which occurs while the child is in attendance at the center. Immediately after making or causing to be made a report pursuant to section 418-1.10(c), the director or licensee of the center must take such appropriate action as is necessary to ensure the health and safety of the children involved in the report and, as necessary, of any other children in the care of the center. The director or licensee must also take all reasonable steps to preserve any potential evidence of abuse or maltreatment. Insofar as possible, any action taken under this subdivision must cause as little disruption as possible to the daily routine of the children in the center. | |||
| 2022-07-29 | Violation | 418-1.15(b)(14)(ii) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must immediately notify the parent and Office upon learning of the following events involving a child which occurred while the child was in care at the program or was being transported by the program: serious incident, | |||
| 2022-06-21 | Violation | 418-1.5(a) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard. | |||
| 2022-05-31 | Violation | 418-1.8(k)(4)(i) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: for 3-year-old children: there must be one teacher for every seven children; | |||
| 2022-05-31 | Violation | 418-1.11(i)(3) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Staff must assist children in keeping clean and comfortable, and in learning appropriate personal hygiene practices. | |||
| 2022-05-31 | Violation | 418-1.11(i)(6) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: All rooms, equipment, surfaces, supplies and furnishings accessible to children must be cleaned and then sanitized or disinfected, using an EPA registered product, as needed to protect the health of children, and in a manner consistent with the program's health care plan approved by the Office. | |||
| 2022-05-31 | Violation | 418-1.12(d) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Food must be prepared and stored in a safe and sanitary manner and served at appropriate intervals. | |||
| 2022-05-31 | Violation | 418-1.12(h) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Where meals are furnished by the child day care center, the servings must be in portions suitable for the size and age of the children in care including infants. There must be a sufficient amount of food available to children to permit second helpings of nutritious food. | |||
| 2022-05-16 | Violation | 418-1.9(a) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must establish and follow a written plan for behavior management that is acceptable to the office. This plan must include how the staff will approach challenging behaviors, help children solve problems and encourage acceptable behaviors. | |||
| 2022-05-16 | Violation | 418-1.9(b) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: The staff must use acceptable techniques and approaches to help children solve problems. | |||
| 2022-05-16 | Violation | 418-1.9(h) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Physical restraint is prohibited. Physical restraint is the act of using force to extremely limit a child's body movements for a lengthy period of time. It involves holding a child against his/her will and putting pressure on the child's chest and/or extremities in an effort to significantly restrict his/her movement, thereby making it extremely difficult for a child to move. It may also involve holding a child flat on the ground and restricting his/her body from movement. | |||
| 2022-05-16 | Violation | 418-1.9(m) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Methods of discipline, interaction or toilet training which frighten, demean or humiliate a child are prohibited. | |||
| 2022-05-16 | Violation | 418-1.10(c)(1) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Child care center staff must personally make, or cause to be made, an immediate report to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment by telephone, followed by a written report within 48 hours, in the form and manner prescribed by the Office, to the child protective service of the social services district in the county in which the child resides. | |||
| 2022-05-16 | Violation | 418-1.15(b)(14)(ii) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must immediately notify the parent and Office upon learning of the following events involving a child which occurred while the child was in care at the program or was being transported by the program: serious incident, | |||
| 2022-04-27 | Violation | 418-1.5(aa) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The following items must be used and stored in such a manner that they are not accessible to children: handbags, backpacks or briefcases belonging to adults; plastic bags; and toys and objects small enough for young children to swallow. | |||
| 2022-03-15 | Violation | 418-1.8(a) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher's range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child's age emotional, physical, and cognitive development. | |||
| 2022-03-15 | Violation | 418-1.9(a) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must establish and follow a written plan for behavior management that is acceptable to the office. This plan must include how the staff will approach challenging behaviors, help children solve problems and encourage acceptable behaviors. | |||
| 2022-03-15 | Violation | 418-1.9(j) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Corporal punishment is prohibited. For the purposes of this Subpart, the term corporal punishment means punishment inflicted directly on the body including, but not limited to, physical restraint, spanking, biting, shaking, slapping, twisting or squeezing; demanding excessive physical exercise, prolonged lack of movement or motion, or strenuous or bizarre postures; and compelling a child to eat or have in the child's mouth soap, foods, hot spices or irritants or the like. | |||
| 2022-03-15 | Violation | 418-1.10(c)(1) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Child care center staff must personally make, or cause to be made, an immediate report to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment by telephone, followed by a written report within 48 hours, in the form and manner prescribed by the Office, to the child protective service of the social services district in the county in which the child resides. | |||
| 2022-03-15 | Violation | 418-1.10(d) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: The director or licensee of the child day care center is responsible for implementing procedures which ensure the safety and protection of any child named in a report of child abuse or maltreatment involving a situation which occurs while the child is in attendance at the center. Immediately after making or causing to be made a report pursuant to section 418-1.10(c), the director or licensee of the center must take such appropriate action as is necessary to ensure the health and safety of the children involved in the report and, as necessary, of any other children in the care of the center. The director or licensee must also take all reasonable steps to preserve any potential evidence of abuse or maltreatment. Insofar as possible, any action taken under this subdivision must cause as little disruption as possible to the daily routine of the children in the center. | |||
| 2022-03-15 | Violation | 418-1.15(b)(14)(ii) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must immediately notify the parent and Office upon learning of the following events involving a child which occurred while the child was in care at the program or was being transported by the program: serious incident, | |||
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