Child Care Center
✓ Licensed
Zadies Early Childhood Center
East Orange, NJ
· Essex County
280 South Harrison Street,
East Orange, NJ 07018
Quick Facts
Capacity
263 children
Age Range
0 - 13 years
Subsidized Program
Participates
State Rating
3
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Contact Information
📞 (973) 395-5100
Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
151000036
License Issued
Jun 22, 2025
Active Through
Jun 22, 2028
Issued By
New Jersey Department of Children & Families
District Office
New Jersey Dept of Children and Families - Office of Licensing
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About the Provider
Zadies Early Childhood Center is a Child Care Center in East Orange NJ, with a maximum capacity of 263 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 0 - 13 years. It is open Monday - Friday, 07:00 AM - 05:30 PM. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
Hours of Operation
- Monday07:00 AM - 05:30 PM
- Tuesday07:00 AM - 05:30 PM
- Wednesday07:00 AM - 05:30 PM
- Thursday07:00 AM - 05:30 PM
- Friday07:00 AM - 05:30 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Inspection Date | Type | Reinspection / Rule | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-10 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2026-08-07 | Other | No | Center Inspection |
| 2026-08-03 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-07-15 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-06-02 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2026-01-06 | Other | No | Center Inspection |
| 2025-08-08 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-07-21 | Other | No | Center Inspection |
| 2025-05-06 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-04-23 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-03-17 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2024-10-18 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-09-09 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-07-24 | Monitoring,Complaint | No | Center Inspection |
| 2024-02-08 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2023-09-18 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-08-24 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-08-10 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-07-27 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2023-03-06 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-01-31 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-01-31 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-01-31 | Violation | 3A:52-5.2(b) | Ensure that the center's fire protective systems are operative at all times. At the time of the inspection, the fire panel had a trouble signal. A call to the monitoring company confirmed that they were still receiving a signal. - An applicant seeking a license or a Certificate of Life/Safety Approval to operate a center shall comply with all applicable provisions of the New Jersey Uniform Fire Code, as specified in N.J.A.C. 5:70 and hereinafter referred to as the NJUFC. The center shall obtain the building's fire safety inspection certificate issued by the municipality in which it is located, based on a fire inspection conducted within the preceding 12 months, reflecting the center's compliance with all applicable provisions of the NJUFC. The center shall maintain on file the building's fire safety inspection certificate. |
| 2023-01-13 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-01-05 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-12-12 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2022-12-12 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2022-12-12 | Violation | 3A:52-6.6(a)(1) | Based on information, ensure that staff utilize positive methods of guidance and discipline at all times throughout the center. A named staff aggressively lifted 3 named children separately up in the air with 1 hand and forcefully sat them down in their chairs. - The methods of guidance and discipline used shall: be positive. |
| 2022-12-12 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(a)(2) | Based on information, retrain all staff on maintaining staff/child ratios. - Topics of orientation training shall include understanding center operations, policies and procedures, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.5(b)3. |
| 2022-12-12 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(a)(7) | Based on information, retrain all staff on the center's discipline policy. - Topics of orientation training shall include implementing the center's statement of policy on the disciplining of children, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-6.6. |
| 2022-10-17 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-10-11 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-09-14 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-08-11 | Complaint | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-08-11 | Complaint | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-08-11 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(a)(1) | Ensure that all staff complete orientation training within two weeks of hire and annually, on all required topics. - Topics of orientation training shall include supervising and tracking all children, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.3(a). |
| 2022-08-11 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(a)(2) | Based on complaint, retrain all staff on appropriate actions while working with children to ensure staff do not have inappropriate conversations in the presence of children. Provide documentation of training to OOL. - Topics of orientation training shall include understanding center operations, policies and procedures, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.5(b)3. |
| 2022-08-02 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-06-29 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-06-20 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-06-06 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-06-06 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-05-02 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-05-02 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-03-22 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-02-24 | Renewal | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-02-24 | Renewal | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-02-22 | Violation | 3A:52-4.11(a)(1) | Ensure that all staff, the sponsor and/or the sponsor representative complete a CHRI background check as required. 6/6/2022 Provide CHRI clearances for 6 staff. 8/2/2022 Provide CHRI clearances for 2 staff. 8/11/2022 Provide CHRI clearances for 3 staff. - As a condition of securing a license or Certificate of Life/Safety Approval, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall ensure that a Criminal History Record Information (CHRI) fingerprint background check is completed for himself or herself, and for all staff members at least 18 years of age who are or will be working at the center on a regularly- scheduled basis, to determine whether any such person has been convicted of a crime, as specified in P.L. 2000, c. 77 (N.J.S.A. 30:5B-6.10 to 6.17). The sponsor or sponsor representative and each staff member shall complete the electronic fingerprinting process through the vendor authorized by the State to conduct CHRI background checks through the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. |
| 2022-02-22 | Violation | 3A:52-4.5(a)(3)(i)(1) | Ensure that the center has a table of organization that illustrates lines of authority, responsibility and communication. - The sponsor or sponsor representative shall designate individuals with the authority and responsibility to develop and implement written policies and procedures for the operation of the center, including a table of organization that illustrates lines of authority, responsibility and communication. |
| 2022-02-22 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(i)(5)(i) | Complete and submit a DCF Drinking Water Testing Statement of Assurance and a copy of the center's water testing completed by a laboratory certified by the Department of Environmental Protection. - Environmental condition precautions are as follows: at the time of the initial application, any renewal application, relocation of an existing licensed center and, in the discretion of the Office of Licensing, any other time, the applicant or facility operator shall certify in writing that the center provides a potable water supply provided by a public community water system. If the facility is supplied by a public community water system, the applicant or facility operator shall provide documentation of water testing conducted by a laboratory certified by the Department of Environmental Protection for water testing for lead and copper from all faucets and other sources used for drinking water or food preparation and at least 50 percent of all indoor water faucets utilized by the center. |
| 2022-02-22 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(a)(1) | Ensure that all staff complete orientation training within two weeks of hire and annually, on all required topics. - Topics of orientation training shall include supervising and tracking all children, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.3(a). |
| 2022-02-22 | Violation | 3A:52-6.4(a)(4)(i) | Ensure that children over the age of 18 months and under the age of four years who attend the center for four or more consecutive hours are provided an opportunity for rest or sleep each day. - For early childhood programs, the center shall provide opportunities for daily rest and sleep as follows: for children over the age of 18 months and under the age of four years, the center shall provide daily rest or sleep for each child who attends the center for four or more consecutive hours. |
| 2022-02-22 | Violation | 3A:52-6.4(b)(1)(i) | Ensure children nap on an approved mat or cot. Ensure children do not rest while at tables. - The center shall provide sleeping equipment for children 12 months of age and younger, the center shall provide for each child a crib, that complies with the Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC) Federal Safety Standards for Full- Size and Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs; 16 CFR 1219 and 1220, which is incorporated herein by reference, and can be obtained through the CPSC's website at https://www.cpsc.gov/Safety-Education/Safety- Education-Centers/cribs , playpen, or other Office of Licensing-approved sleeping equipment that meets the following requirement that each crib or playpen shall be equipped with |
| 2022-02-22 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(d)(3) | Cease the use of electric space heaters. - Heating requirements are as follows: the center shall not use portable liquid fuel-burning or wood-burning heating appliances or electric space heaters. |
| 2022-02-22 | Violation | 3A:52-5.2(a)(5) | Ensure that all exits and egress areas are unobstructed and that the emergency exit doors are easily operable. Ensure tables in the classroom do not obstruct the egress from the classroom and a minimum 3 foot exit aisle is provided at all times. - The center shall be permitted to obtain a valid fire safety inspection certificate issued by the municipality in which it is located, based on a fire inspection conducted within the preceding 12 months, and submit a copy of the certificate to the Office of Licensing in lieu of a CO or CCO, if the center serves only children 2 ½ years of age or older and is located in a public school building that is used as a public school. |
| 2022-01-06 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2021-11-15 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2021-11-02 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2021-09-16 | Complaint | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2021-08-09 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2020-02-07 | No Selection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2020-01-06 | Complaint | No | Center Inspection |
| 2020-01-06 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2019-11-29 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2019-10-18 | Renewal | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2019-09-30 | Renewal | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2019-09-09 | Renewal | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2019-07-22 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2019-06-26 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2019-06-14 | Renewal | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2019-05-28 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2019-05-10 | Renewal | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2019-05-06 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
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