Program Name: Harbor Day Care Center, Inc.    License/Registration ID: 39861


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Kristen A. Beckmann Contact Title: Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Open
School District: Herricks
Site Address: Map
999 Herricks Road, New Hyde Park, NY 11040
First Licensed/Registration Date: Mar 5, 1987
Current Registration Period: Mar 5, 2023 - Mar 4, 2027
Phone: (516) 248-7048
Fax: (516) 248-6623
Total Capacity: 460
-Infants: 28
-Toddlers: 72
-Preschool: 285
-School-Age: 75
Open Child Care Slots*:
This information was self reported to OCFS on 2/28/2025 10:12:23 AM
-Infants: 0
-Toddlers: 0
-Preschool: 0
-School-Age: 0

*Important Note: This self reported information on open child care slots can quickly change.


Please contact this program for the most current openings.


Care available during non-traditional hours: No
Removed from referral list: No
This facility is approved to administer medications. This program is located in a school.
This facility has Non-Patient Specific Auto Injectors.

For additional information on this program and compliance history, contact
Office: Long Island Regional Office
Phone: (631) 240-2560
For additional details and to view the checklist used during an inspection, please click on the Inspection ID links below. Inspection checklists are generated per inspection type and reason. Also note, that any regulatory requirement can be assessed and cited during an inspection and as a result, may not be reflected on the inspection checklist. These items would be reflected in the program's compliance history that is posted.

 Inspection History: (Inspections in the past 24 months)

Date Inspection Type Inspection ID Inspection Result  
Dec 3, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-LIRO-114870 No violations cited for this Inspection
Dec 3, 2024 Complaint (Investigation Pending) 2024-I-LIRO-112733 Violations Found
Aug 13, 2024 Fire Safety - Other 2024-I-LIRO-079839 No violations cited for this Inspection
Aug 5, 2024 Other 2024-I-LIRO-078119 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jul 31, 2024 Other 2024-I-LIRO-077615 Violations Found
Jul 29, 2024 Complaint (Investigation Pending) 2024-I-LIRO-075776 Violations Found
Jul 22, 2024 Complaint (Unsubstantiated) 2024-I-LIRO-075367 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jun 6, 2024 Fire Safety - TA 2024-I-LIRO-050918 No violations cited for this Inspection
Feb 1, 2024 Annual Unannounced 2024-I-LIRO-001240 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jul 20, 2023 Annual Unannounced 2023-I-LIRO-000671 No violations cited for this Inspection
Additional Inspection History

*Inspections may be conducted outside of program operating hours and/or off-site(where inspector was not on premises where care is provided) for the following reasons:
-Record/File Review
-Interviewing of Staff
-Or Other Investigative Reasons

 Compliance History
Date of Last Inspection: Dec 3, 2024 Currently uncorrected violations: None
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Dec 3, 2024 418-1.9(a) 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. Corrected
Dec 3, 2024 418-1.9(j) 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. Corrected
Jul 31, 2024 418-1.8(a) 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. Corrected
Jul 31, 2024 418-1.8(b) The child day care center must employ staff who will promote the physical, intellectual, social, cultural and emotional well-being of the children. Corrected
Jul 31, 2024 418-1.9(h) 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. Corrected
Jul 31, 2024 418-1.9(m) Methods of discipline, interaction or toilet training which frighten, demean or humiliate a child are prohibited. Corrected
Jul 31, 2024 418-1.13(a)(1) Staff and volunteers must be mature, of good character and possess suitable personal qualifications. Corrected
Jul 31, 2024 418-1.14(b) Each applicant for, or individual in the position of director, teacher, or volunteer must complete Office-approved training that complies with federal minimum health and safety pre-service or three-month orientation period requirements. This training must be obtained pre-service or within three months of starting such position. Corrected
Jul 31, 2024 418-1.14(c)(1) Each staff person and volunteer must complete a minimum of thirty (30) hours of training every two years. The required thirty (30) hours of training every two years is subject to the following conditions: Fifteen (15) of the required thirty (30) hours of training must be obtained during the person's first six months at the program. Corrected
Jul 31, 2024 418-1.15(a)(1)(ii) Each child day care center must operate in compliance with the regulations of the Office and all other applicable laws and regulations. Corrected
Jul 29, 2024 418-1.9(a) 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. Corrected
Jul 29, 2024 418-1.9(j) 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. Corrected
Jul 29, 2024 418-1.10(c)(1) 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. Corrected
Jul 29, 2024 418-1.15(b)(14)(ii) 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, Corrected
*Violations are posted on this web site after the inspection results have been finalized in a report mailed to the provider. Violations are listed here as 'Corrected' after the Office has verified corrections with the provider, and a letter confirming the corrections has been mailed to the provider.
For additional information on this program and compliance history, contact
Office: Long Island Regional Office
Phone: (631) 240-2560

 Enforcement History
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The enforcement actions listed on this website only include denial, revocation or suspension of a child care program's license or registration. Fines are not shown on this website. OCFS stops referring families to the program if a program's license or registration is closed, revoked or suspended.

Other enforcement actions such as Corrective action plans and fines are not shown on this website.
Enforcement Actions since May, 2020: Yes