Group Family Day Care
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Gonzo's Family Tree Day Care
Staten Island, NY
· Richmond County
Mersereau Ave.,
Staten Island, NY 10303
Quick Facts
Capacity
16 children
Age Range
12 children, ages 6 weeks to 12 years AND 4 additional school-aged children
Subsidized Program
Does not participate
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Licensed Group Family Day Care
Active License
License Number
664908
Licensed Since
2014
License Issued
Feb 20, 2024
Active Through
Feb 19, 2028
Issued By
New York State Office of Children and Family Services
District Office
New York City Dept. of Health - Regional Office
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About the Provider
Gonzo's Family Tree Day Care is a Group Family Day Care in Staten Island NY, with a maximum capacity of 16 children. The home-based daycare service helps with children in the age range of 12 children, ages 6 weeks to 12 years AND 4 additional school-aged children. It is open Monday - Friday, 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
Additional Information:
Initial License Date: 3/6/2012; This facility is authorized to administer over-the-counter topical ointments only; This facility is authorized to administer medications;
Hours of Operation
- Monday08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
- Tuesday08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
- Wednesday08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
- Thursday08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
- Friday08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-10 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2026-I-NYCDOH-100469 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited | |||
| 2026-08-05 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2026-I-NYCDOH-068977 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2026-08-05 | Violation | 416.4(h)(4) | P/V |
| Brief Description: Paths of egress, both interior and exterior are free of obstructions and debris including ice/snow | |||
| 2026-08-05 | Violation | 416.5(j) | P/V |
| Brief Description: All medications, toxic substances, etc in original containers, used and stored so no hazard created | |||
| 2026-08-05 | Violation | 416.5(f)(1) | P/V |
| Brief Description: No pools/ponds/water hazards located on or adjacent to the program property; or if present, barriers exist to prevent access | |||
| 2026-08-05 | Violation | 416.5(a) | P/V |
| Brief Description: Porches, walkways, decks, ramps and stairs kept clear of ice and snow | |||
| 2026-08-05 | Violation | 416.8(e) | P/V |
| Brief Description: Approved provider is the primary caregiver | |||
| 2026-06-24 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2026-I-NYCDOH-060002 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2026-06-24 | Violation | 416.8(e) | P/V |
| Brief Description: Approved provider is the primary caregiver | |||
| 2026-04-15 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2026-I-NYCDOH-029961 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2026-04-15 | Violation | 416.8(e) | N |
| Brief Description: Approved provider is the primary caregiver | |||
| 2026-04-15 | Violation | 416.11(b)(2) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Thereafter a medical statement will be required when an event or condition reasonably calls into question a caregiver's ability to provide safe and suitable child care. | |||
| 2026-04-15 | Violation | 416.11(b)(4) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: The medical statement must give satisfactory evidence that the individual is physically fit to provide child day care and has no diagnosed psychiatric or emotional disorder which would preclude such individual from providing child day care. | |||
| 2026-04-15 | Violation | 416.13(a)(3) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: The provider, assistant(s), and substitutes must each meet the following qualifications: be capable of providing, and agree to provide, safe and suitable care to children which is supportive of the children's physical, intellectual, emotional and social well-being; | |||
| 2026-04-15 | Violation | 416.15(b)(19)(i) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Within five days of a household member turning eighteen (18) years of age or a person eighteen (18) years of age or older beginning to live in the residence, the program must: submit the State Central Register of Child Abuse And Maltreatment database check forms necessary to complete required screening by the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment to determine if the person is the subject of an indicated report of child abuse or maltreatment; and | |||
| 2026-02-05 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2026-I-NYCDOH-020853 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2026-02-05 | Violation | 416.8(e) | P/V |
| Brief Description: Approved provider is the primary caregiver | |||
| 2026-02-05 | Violation | 416.4(h)(4) | N |
| Brief Description: Paths of egress, both interior and exterior are free of obstructions and debris including ice/snow | |||
| 2026-01-21 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2026-I-NYCDOH-019218 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2026-01-21 | Violation | 416.8(e) | P/V |
| Brief Description: Approved provider is the primary caregiver | |||
| 2026-01-21 | Violation | 416.13(d) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: All child day care providers, employees, volunteers and any person age eighteen (18) or older living or who begins to live in a group family day care home are required to complete a Statewide Central Register database check. | |||
| 2026-01-15 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2026-I-NYCDOH-019458 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2026-01-15 | Violation | 416.5(a) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard. | |||
| 2026-01-15 | Violation | 416.5(f)(1) | N |
| Brief Description: No pools/ponds/water hazards located on or adjacent to the program property; or if present, barriers exist to prevent access | |||
| 2026-01-15 | Violation | 416.5(j) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: All matches, lighters, medicines, drugs, detergents, aerosol cans and other poisonous or toxic materials must be stored in their original containers, and must be used in such a way that they will not contaminate play surfaces, food or food preparation areas, or constitute a hazard to children. Such materials must be kept in a place inaccessible to children. | |||
| 2026-01-15 | Violation | 416.8(e) | N |
| Brief Description: Approved provider is the primary caregiver | |||
| 2026-01-15 | Violation | 416.11(b)(2) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Thereafter a medical statement will be required when an event or condition reasonably calls into question a caregiver's ability to provide safe and suitable child care. | |||
| 2026-01-15 | Violation | 416.11(b)(4) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: The medical statement must give satisfactory evidence that the individual is physically fit to provide child day care and has no diagnosed psychiatric or emotional disorder which would preclude such individual from providing child day care. | |||
| 2026-01-15 | Violation | 416.13(a)(3) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: The provider, assistant(s), and substitutes must each meet the following qualifications: be capable of providing, and agree to provide, safe and suitable care to children which is supportive of the children's physical, intellectual, emotional and social well-being; | |||
| 2026-01-15 | Violation | 416.15(a)(1)(ii) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Each group family day care home must operate in compliance with the regulations of the Office and all other applicable laws and regulations. | |||
| 2026-01-07 | Annual Unannounced | Annual Unannounced | 2026-I-NYCDOH-006190 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2026-01-07 | Violation | 416.5(a) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard. | |||
| 2026-01-07 | Violation | 416.5(f)(1) | N |
| Brief Description: No pools/ponds/water hazards located on or adjacent to the program property; or if present, barriers exist to prevent access | |||
| 2026-01-07 | Violation | 416.5(i) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Protective caps, covers or permanently installed obstructive devices must be used on all electrical outlets that are accessible to children. | |||
| 2026-01-07 | Violation | 416.5(t) | 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 children to swallow. | |||
| 2026-01-07 | Violation | 416.11(h)(1)(i) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The caregivers also must: obtain written consent at the time of admission from the parent which authorizes the provider or other caregivers to obtain emergency health care for the child; | |||
| 2026-01-07 | Violation | 416.15(a)(1)(ii) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Each group family day care home must operate in compliance with the regulations of the Office and all other applicable laws and regulations. | |||
| 2026-01-07 | Violation | 416.15(c)(5) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection daily attendance records that are filled out at the time a child arrives and departs, and must include arrival and departure times; | |||
| 2025-12-17 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2025-I-NYCDOH-121776 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited | |||
| 2025-12-11 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2025-I-NYCDOH-120633 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2025-12-11 | Violation | 416.5(a) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard. | |||
| 2025-12-11 | Violation | 416.5(f)(1) | N |
| Brief Description: No pools/ponds/water hazards located on or adjacent to the program property; or if present, barriers exist to prevent access | |||
| 2025-12-11 | Violation | 416.11(b)(7) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must retain on file in the program a medical statement, on forms furnished by the Office or approved equivalents, from a health care provider for each person residing in the home. | |||
| 2025-12-11 | Violation | 416.13(b) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: All child day care providers, employees, volunteers and any person age eighteen (18) or older living or who begins to live in a group family day care home are required to comply with the criminal history review provisions of this Part and Part 413 of this Title. | |||
| 2025-12-11 | Violation | 416.13(c) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: All child day care providers, employees, volunteers and any person age eighteen (18) or older living or who begins to live in a group family day care home hired after June 30, 2013, must comply with the background check requirements for the register of substantiated category one cases of abuse or neglect maintained by the Justice Center for the Protection of Persons with Special Needs pursuant to Section 495 of the Social Services Law. | |||
| 2025-12-11 | Violation | 416.13(d) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: All child day care providers, employees, volunteers and any person age eighteen (18) or older living or who begins to live in a group family day care home are required to complete a Statewide Central Register database check. | |||
| 2025-12-11 | Violation | 416.15(a)(1)(ii) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Each group family day care home must operate in compliance with the regulations of the Office and all other applicable laws and regulations. | |||
| 2025-09-15 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2025-I-NYCDOH-100877 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited | |||
| 2025-06-02 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2025-I-NYCDOH-043793 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2025-06-02 | Violation | 416.6(a) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The Licensee must obtain written consent on forms furnished by the Office or approved equivalents from the parent of the child for any transportation of the children in care at the group family day care home provided or arranged for by a caregiver. | |||
| 2025-06-02 | Violation | 416.7(l) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Other than for school age children, sleeping and napping arrangements must be made in writing between the parent and the program. Such arrangements shall include: the area of the home where the child will nap; whether the child will nap on a cot, mat, bed or a crib; and how the napping child will be supervised, consistent with the requirements of section 416.8 of this Part. | |||
| 2025-06-02 | Violation | 416.12(n) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must obtain a written statement, from the parent of each infant in care, setting forth the breast milk, formula and feeding schedule instructions for the infant and must be updated as changes are made. | |||
| 2025-03-10 | Annual Unannounced | Annual Unannounced | 2025-I-NYCDOH-007386 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2025-03-10 | Violation | 416.14(c)(1) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The required 30 hours of training every two years is subject to the following conditions: Fifteen of the required thirty (30) hours of training must be obtained during the person's first six months at the program. | |||
| 2024-11-21 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2024-I-NYCDOH-109217 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited | |||
| 2024-08-29 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2024-I-NYCDOH-082632 |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2024-08-29 | Violation | 416.15(c)(6) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection children's individual health care plans; parental consents for emergency medical treatment; child's medical statement, immunizations, and any available results of lead screening for children not yet enrolled in kindergarten or a higher grade only; the name and dosage of any medications used by a child, the frequency of administration of such medications, and a record of their administration by caregivers; daily health check documentation; a record of illnesses and injuries occurring while in care; and any indicators of child abuse or maltreatment; | |||
| 2024-04-16 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2024-I-NYCDOH-042737 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited | |||
| 2024-04-16 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2024-I-NYCDOH-042733 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited | |||
| 2024-03-15 | Annual Unannounced | Annual Unannounced | 2024-I-NYCDOH-007349 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited | |||
| 2024-03-06 | Complaint (Unsubstantiated) | Complaint (Unsubstantiated) | |
| Brief Description: Violations found | |||
| 2023-12-06 | Application - Renewal | Application - Renewal | 2023-I-NYCDOH-046981 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited | |||
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